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 (1883)
Yaggy, Levi W, Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis), b. 1844 · Alexandria, Va., W.P. Grant & co. · leaf 22
he verge of the sea, at the en-trance of a fertileplain, on the bank ofa navigable river, itunited the convenien-ces of a commercialtown with the secu-i-ty of a military sta-tion, and the romanticbeauty of a spot cele-brated in all ages forits pre-eminent loveH-ness. Its environs,even to the… … lb THE GLORY OF THE CITY. What an enchanting pictui-e must have presented itseh toone approaching Pompeii by sea ! He beheld the bright, cheer-ful Grecian temples spreading out on the slopes before him ; thepillared Forum; the rounded marble Theatres. He saw thegrand Palaces descending to the very…
Civilization · Classical antiquities
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