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Guide to the Crystal Palace and its park and Gardens; By Samuel Phillips. A newly arranged and entirely revised edition by F. K. J. Shenton, with now Plans and Illustrations

Sir Samuel Phillips

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1858 ...our way to the nave, a step brings us at once before the exquisite restoration of THE POMPEIAN COURT. Seventeen hundred and seventy-five years ago, the cities of Herculaneum and Pompeii, beautifully situated on the shores of the Bay of Naples, were buried beneath the lava and ashes vomited forth by Vesuvius. The horrors of this calamity are recorded in the writings of Pliny, and of other Roman historians of the period. So sudden was the outbreak and general convulsion that, as we learn, many of the inhabitants of those cities were caught in their terrible doom before the thought of escape occurred to them. The dread event completed, nature resumed her former aspect. The mountain flames ceased, the intense blue sky again looked down upon the dancing waters, and there was nothing to tell of the general havoc, but a vast desolate tract covered with white ashes, under which man and his works lay entombed. For upwards of sixteen hundred years these cities remained buried. But about the middle of the last century, curiosity with respect to them was stirred, inquiry commenced, and excavations were attempted. As in the more recent case of Nineveh, but with still more satisfactory results, success at once crowned investigation. The material that had destroyed Herculaneum and Pompeii had also preserved them. That which had robbed them of life had also perpetuated their story in death. The cities were redelivered to man so far undecayed, that he obtained actual visible knowledge of the manner of life of one of the most remarkable people that ever governed the world. To the insight thus obtained, the visitor is indebted for the reproduction of the Pompeian house before which he now stands--a habitation of the time, complete in every respect. It is not asserted that the...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Guide to the Crystal Palace and its park and Gardens; By Samuel Phillips. A newly arranged and entirely revised edition by F. K. J. Shenton, with now Plans and Illustrations. To get started finding Guide to the Crystal Palace and its park and Gardens; By Samuel Phillips. A newly arranged and entirely revised edition by F. K. J. Shenton, with now Plans and Illustrations, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1858 ...our way to the nave, a step brings us at once before the exquisite restoration of THE POMPEIAN COURT. Seventeen hundred and seventy-five years ago, the cities of Herculaneum and Pompeii, beautifully situated on the shores of the Bay of Naples, were buried beneath the lava and ashes vomited forth by Vesuvius. The horrors of this calamity are recorded in the writings of Pliny, and of other Roman historians of the period. So sudden was the outbreak and general convulsion that, as we learn, many of the inhabitants of those cities were caught in their terrible doom before the thought of escape occurred to them. The dread event completed, nature resumed her former aspect. The mountain flames ceased, the intense blue sky again looked down upon the dancing waters, and there was nothing to tell of the general havoc, but a vast desolate tract covered with white ashes, under which man and his works lay entombed. For upwards of sixteen hundred years these cities remained buried. But about the middle of the last century, curiosity with respect to them was stirred, inquiry commenced, and excavations were attempted. As in the more recent case of Nineveh, but with still more satisfactory results, success at once crowned investigation. The material that had destroyed Herculaneum and Pompeii had also preserved them. That which had robbed them of life had also perpetuated their story in death. The cities were redelivered to man so far undecayed, that he obtained actual visible knowledge of the manner of life of one of the most remarkable people that ever governed the world. To the insight thus obtained, the visitor is indebted for the reproduction of the Pompeian house before which he now stands--a habitation of the time, complete in every respect. It is not asserted that the...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Guide to the Crystal Palace and its park and Gardens; By Samuel Phillips. A newly arranged and entirely revised edition by F. K. J. Shenton, with now Plans and Illustrations. To get started finding Guide to the Crystal Palace and its park and Gardens; By Samuel Phillips. A newly arranged and entirely revised edition by F. K. J. Shenton, with now Plans and Illustrations, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Guide to the Crystal Palace and its park and Gardens; By Samuel Phillips. A newly arranged and entirely revised edition by F. K. J. Shenton, with now Plans and Illustrations

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