 So, where our wide Numidian wastes extend, Sudden, th' impetuous hurricanes descend, Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play, Tear up the sands, and sweep whole plains away. The helpless traveller, with wild surprise, Sees the dry desert all around...  Military Memoirs of Mr. George Thomas; Who, by Extraordinary Talents and ... - Page 225by William Francklin - 1805 - 383 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph A. Meen - 1865 - 274 pages
...scene : " So where our wide Numidian states extend, Sudden the impetuous hurricanes descend, Which through the air in circling eddies play, Tear up the...wild surprise, Sees the dry desert all around him riie, And, smothered in the dusty whirlwind, dies." These winds are referred to by Isaiah (ch. xxi.... | |
 | 1867 - 336 pages
...unshaken Cato Will look aghast, while unforeseen destruction Pours in upon him thus from every side. So, where our wide Numidian wastes extend, Sudden...rise, And, smother'd in the dusty whirlwind, dies. [Exeunt. ACT IIL SCBNE L A Portico of the Palace. Enter MARCUS and PORCIUS. Jfcrr. Thanks to my... | |
 | John Eadie - 1868 - 722 pages
...beauty "Lo! where our wiile Xumidian wastes extend. Sudden the impetuous hurricanes descend: Which smothered in the dusty whirlwind, dies." " The few hours we remained in this situation were passed... | |
 | 1869 - 338 pages
...unshaken Cato Will look aghast, while unforeseen destruction Pours in upon him thus from every side. So, where our wide Numidian wastes extend, Sudden...traveller, with wild surprise, Sees the dry desert fill around him rise, And, emother'd in the dusty whirlwind, dies. [Exttmi. ACT ΓΟ. SCENE L A... | |
 | 1839 - 618 pages
...mementos of its existence, except by way of storms and hurricanes. Well may we exclaim " Sudden the impetuous hurricanes descend, Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play, Tear up the sands, and swoop whole plains away ! " ' I ' . banks of the rivers during the hay harvest presented the appearance... | |
 | Virgil - 1871 - 376 pages
...the death of Cato : Caio, end of 2nd Act : " So, where our wide Numidian wastes extend, Sudden, the impetuous hurricanes descend, Wheel through the air,...surprise, Sees the dry desert all around him rise, And smothered in the dusty whirlwind dies." Nor, sooth, can every soil bear every [sort], By rivers willows,... | |
 | William Beamont - 1871 - 348 pages
...as beauty Lo ! where our wide Numidian wastes extend Sudden impetuous hurricanes descend, Which through the air in circling eddies play, Tear up the...surprise, Sees the dry desert all around him rise : And smothered in the dusty whirlwind, dies." CHAPTER VI. THE BEDOUINS. A FEW words on the dwellers in the... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 pages
...drudge no more In turning the dull Stoics o'er." DR. ISAAC WATTS: Hero's School of Morality, STORMS. So, where our wide Numidian wastes extend, Sudden...play, Tear up the sands, and sweep whole plains away. ADDISON. A murky storm deep low'ering o'er our heads Hung imminent, that with impervious gloom Opposed... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1876 - 868 pages
...seem to hare borne the name of Kglah, and this is specified as the ' third Eglah.' " Liffhtfoot. " So, where our wide Numidian wastes extend, sudden...rise, and, smother'd in the dusty whirlwind, dies." Additon. I Keith. a Is. xri. 1J. " ' We ftndArabs,1 La Roque tells us from D' '.rvieux, ' who have... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 pages
...drudge no more In turning the dull Stoics o'er." DR. ISAAC WATTS: Hero's School of Morality. STORMS. So, where our wide Numidian wastes extend, Sudden...play, Tear up the sands, and sweep whole plains away. ADDISON. A murky storm deep low'ering o'er our heads Hung imminent, that with impervious gloom Opposed... | |
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