Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 26
portion as the black-ness gathered, did the lightningsaround Vesuvius increase in theirvivid and scorching glare. Norwas their horrible beauty con-fined to the usual hues of fire;no rainbow ever rivalled theirvarying and prodigal dyes. Nowbrightly blue as the most azure depth of a southernsky; now… … 2 Historic Scenes in Fiction lighting up the whole city from arch to arch, — thensuddenly dying into a sickly paleness, like the ghost oftheir own life! In the pauses of the showers, you heard the rum-bling of the earth beneath, and the groaning waves ofthe tortured sea; or, lower still, and…
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