Waldstein, Charles, Sir, 1856-1927, Shoobridge, Leonard Knollys Haywood · London : Macmillan and Co., limited · leaf 34
igures and corrupts : thus tobe struck down was considered a grace granted by the gods. Thus the sudden destruction of Herculaneum resulted inthe arrestation of the life of that ancient community in itsfull vigour and completeness—it was, as it were, hermeticallysealed and preserved ; and while in… … INTRODUCTION 3 every ancient city, excepting those of Campania groupedround Vesuvius, has passed through the vicissitudes whichcenturies of eventful history entail, and those consequentchanges which cause the complete destruction or the longtransformation of its life and monuments during the…
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