Museum of antiquity : a description of ancient life : the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, palaces, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1882)
Yaggy, L. W, Haines, T. L · New York : Standard Pub. House · leaf 27
s throbbed beneath that leathern breast, And tears adovvn that dusty cheek have rolled; Have children climbed those knees and kissed that face? What was thy name and station, age and race? )^]S?WER. *Child of the later days! thy words have broken A spell that long has bound these lungs of clay, For… … Mr^^§ y<)¥mi Pompeii was in its full glory at the commencement of theChristian era. It was a city of wealth and refinement, withabout 35,000 inhabitants, and beautifully located at the foot ofMount Vesuvius; it possessed all local advantages that the most refined taste could de-sire. Upon the…
Civilization, Ancient · Classical antiquities
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