...he turned his arms against Zruobia, the cele-rf Zenon*; hratedqueenof Palmyra and the East. Modern Europe has produced several illustrious women who...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...indolence 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...

...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...indolence 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...

...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...indolence 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...

...and the East. Modern Europe has produced several illustrious women who have sustained with glory tile weight of empire ; nor is our own age destitute of such distinguished cha^ racters. But if we except the doubtful achievements of Semiramis, Zenobia is perhaps the only...

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...Zenobia herself, of whom Gibbon gives the following (for him at least) glowing description : "Modern Europe has produced several illustrious women, who...achievements of Semiramis, Zenobia is, perhaps, the ouly female, whose superior genius broke through the servile indolence imposed on her sex, by the climate...

...celebrated queen of Palmyra and the east. Modern Europe had produced several illustrious women who hare sustained with glory the weight of empire ; nor is...indolence 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...

...Tetricus, than he turned his arms against Zenobia, the celebrated queen of Palmyra and the East. Modern Europe has produced several illustrious women who...indolence imposed on her sex by the climate and manners of Asia. (54) She claimed her descent from the Macedonian kings of Egypt,* equalled in beauty her ancestor...

...that defied the Roman sway? Palmyra and the East, in the person of their sovereign, Zenobia. Modern Europe has produced several illustrious women, who...achievements of Semiramis, Zenobia is perhaps the only woman whose superior genius broke through the servile indolence imposed on her sex by the climate and...