COLLECTION

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ANCIENT AND MODERN

BRITISH AUTHORS.

VOL. LX.

THE LAST DAYS

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POMPEII.

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"EUGENE ARAM," "ENGLAND AND THE ENGLISH," &c. &c.

Ednord Buiner-

"Such is Vesuvius! and these things take place in it every year. But all eruptions which have
happened since, would be trifling, even if all summed into one, compared to what occurred at the
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"Day was turned into night, and night into darkness-an inexpressible quantity of dust and ashes
was poured out, deluging land, sea, and air, and burying two entire cities, Herculaneum and Pompeii,
while the people were sitting in the theatre !"
DION. CASSIUS, lib. lxvi.

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