The table book of art; a history of art in all countries and ages (1880)
Sandhurst, Phillip T · N.Y., Worthington · leaf 358
that it would never close till what wasdearest to Rome was thrown therein. At this announcement a noble youth, QuintusCurtius, came forward, declaring that her citizens were the most valuable possessionsof the city; and, armed and on horseback, he leapt into the chasm, which forthwithclosed over… … =3era H
Painting -- History
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