Museum of antiquity; a description of ancient life: the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, places, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1882)
Yaggy, Levi W · Chicago, Western Publishing House; New York, Standard Publishing House; [etc.,etc.] · leaf 23
heart has throbbed beneath that leathern breast, And tears adown that dusty cheek have rolled; Have children climbed those knees and kissed that face? What vpas thy name and station, age and race? yVjN^WZlR. Child of the later days! thy v^ords have broken A spell that long has bound these lungs of… … Tfl^TSa- 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 vergeof…
Haines, Thomas L · Civilization · Classical antiquities
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