...fuftained with glory **• the weight of empire ; nor is our own age dcfiitute of fuch diftinguished characters. But if we except the doubtful achievements...of Semiramis , Zenobia is perhaps the only female , whofe fuperior genius broke through the fervile indolence impofed on her tier beauty fex by the climate...

...our own age destitute of such distinguished characters. But if we except the doubtful atehievements of Semiramis, Zenobia is perhaps the only female whose...imposed on her sex by the climate and manners of Asia J. She claimed her descent * Eumen. in. Vet. Panegyr. iv. 8. t Vopiscus in Hist. August p. 246. Autun...

...with glory the •weight of empire, nor is our own age destitute of such distinguished characters. But Zenobia is perhaps the only female, whose superior...imposed on her sex by the climate and manners of Asia. She claimed her descent from the Macedonian kings of Egypt, equalled in beauty her ancestor Cleopatra,...

...relish for the pleasures of retirement. . Zeaobia, the celebrated queen of Palmyra and the Bast, a female whose superior genius broke through the servile...imposed on her sex by the climate and manners of Asia, the most lovely as well as the most heroic of her sex, who spread the terror of her arms over Arabia,...

...Eumenius de re^taurandis scholis. " CHAP. ed characters. But if \ve except the doubtful achieve XI' ments of Semiramis. Zenobia is perhaps the only female whose...indolence imposed on her sex by the climate and manners of Asia54. She claimed her descent from the Macedonian kings of Kgypt, equalled in beauty her ancestor...

...several illustrious women, who have sustained, with glory, the weight of empire ; nor is our own age destitute of such distinguished characters. But if...Zenobia is perhaps the only female whose superior gertius broke through the servile indolence imposed on her sex by the climate and manners of Asia.h...

...produced several illustrious women who have sustained with glory the weight of empire; nor is our own age destitute of such distinguished characters. But if...Semiramis, Zenobia is perhaps the only female whose superiorgenius broke through the servile indolence imposed on her sex by the climate and manners of...

...repeat of her internal administration what Gibbon says of Zenobia, in his masterly sketch of that " the only female whose superior genius broke through...imposed on her sex by the climate and manners of Asia." In lieu of the little passions which so frequently perplex a female reign, the soundest maxims of steadiness...

...may repeat of her internal administration what Gibbon says of Zenobia, in his masterly sketch of that "the only female whose superior genius broke through...imposed on her sex by the climate and manners of Asia." In lieu of the little passions which so frequently perplex a female reign, the soundest maxims of steadiness...

...may repeat of her internal administration what Gibbon says of Zenobia, in his masterly sketch of that "the only female whose superior genius broke through...imposed on her sex by the climate and manners of Asia." In lieu of the little passions which so frequently perplex a female reign, the soundest maxims of steadiness...