 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...  The British Essayists - Page 56redigeeritud poolt - 1808Full view - About this book
 | James Boswell - 1786 - 552 lehte
...petit, lasciva puella.' ' My Phillis me with pelted apples plies.' DRVDEN. Virgil, Eclogues, iii. 64. ' The helpless traveller, with wild surprise. Sees the...rise, And smother'd in the dusty whirlwind dies.' Cato, act ii. sc. 6. 4 Johnson seems unwilling to believe this. ' I am not of opinion Col's 332 yoknsons... | |
 | John Bell - 1791 - 292 lehte
...Numidian wastes extend, Sudden, th' impetuous hurricanes descend, Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play, Tear up the sands, and sweep whole plains...helpless traveller, with wild surprise Sees the dry desart all around him rise, And, smother'd in the dusty whirlwind, dies. [£xeunt. ACT III. SCENE I.... | |
 | John Bell - 1797 - 462 lehte
...Numidian wastes extend, Sudden, th' impetuous hurricanes descend, Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play, Tear up the sands, and sweep whole plains...helpless traveller, with wild surprise Sees the dry desart all around him rise, And, smother'd in the dusty whirlwind, dies. [Extant. ACT III. SCENE I.... | |
 | 1797 - 462 lehte
...Numidian wastes extend, Sudden, th' impetuous hurricanes descend, Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play, Tear up the sands, and sweep whole plains...helpless traveller, with wild surprise Sees the dry desart all around him rise, And, smother'd in the dusty whirlwind, dies. [Exeunt, ACT HI. SCENE I.... | |
 | 1803 - 440 lehte
...wide Numidian wastes extend, S udden th'impetuoushurricanesdescend, Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play, Tear up the sands, and sweep whole plains...surprise, Sees the dry desert all around him rise, And, smotherM in the dusty whirlwind, dies. When Scmpronius promises himself the possession of Marcia by... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 470 lehte
...Numidian wastes extend, Sud/len, th' impetuous hurricanes descend, Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play, Tear up the sands, and sweep whole plains...rise, And smother'd in the dus'ty whirlwind dies. - r ACT III. • SCENE I. MARCUS, PORTIUS. MARCUS. i HANKS to my stars, I have not ranged about The... | |
 | 1804 - 510 lehte
...wastes extend, Sudden, the impetuous hurricanes descend, Wheel through the air, in circling eddles play, Tear up the sands, and sweep whole plains away....helpless traveller, with wild surprise, Sees the dry desart all around him rise, And, smothered in the dusty whirlwind, dies. [Exeutit. ACT III. SCENE I.... | |
 | Thomas Smith - 1803 - 298 lehte
...Numidian wastes extend, Sudden the 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, J Stes tho dry desert all around him rise, > And, smotlier'd in the dusty whirlwind, dies." ' J Mr.... | |
 | William Francklin - 1805 - 402 lehte
...Numidian wastes extend, " Sudden th' impetuous hurricanes descend, " Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play, " Tear up the sands, and sweep whole...rise, " And, smother'd in the dusty whirlwind, dies !"* In their progrefs during this fingular march, the guides are directed by the Sun by day, and the... | |
 | 1806 - 408 lehte
...Numidian wastes extend, Sudden, th' impetuous hurricanes descend, Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play, Tear up the sands, and sweep whole plains...helpless traveller, with wild surprise Sees the dr-y desart all around him rise, And, smother'd in the dusty whirlwind, dies. - .' N 5 ' i CATO'S ADVICE... | |
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