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" As he was coming out of the house he received a note from Rectina, the wife of Bassus, who was in the utmost alarm at the imminent danger which threatened her ; for, her villa being situated at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, there was no way to escape but... "
The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or, A Tour Through Creation and Science - Page 334
by Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815
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The Preceptor: Containing a General Course of Education, Volume 1

Robert Dodsley - Education - 1754 - 590 pages
...comincr out of the Houfe he received a Note from Rcttlna, the Wife of BnJJii:, who was in the utmoft Alarm at the imminent Danger which threatened her; for her Villa being fituated at the Foot of Mount FcJuviuSy . there was no Way to efcape but by Sea, {he earneftly entreated...
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Elegant Epistles: Or, A Copious Collection of Familiar and Amusing Letters,

Vicesimus Knox - English letters - 1790 - 912 pages
...was coming out of the houfe he received a note from Reclina the wife of BafTus, \Ao was in the utmoft alarm at the imminent danger which threatened her ; for her villa being fituatcd at the foot of mount Vefuvjus, there was no way to cfcape but by fea, ķhe елгпеШу...
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The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and ..., Volume 25

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1816 - 540 pages
...the gallies stationed at Retina, earnestly intreated him to come to their assistance* since that port being situated at the foot of mount Vesuvius, there was no way for them to escape, but by sea. He therefore ordered the gallies to put to sea, and went himself on...
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A Midsummer Day's Dream: A Poem

Edwin Atherstone - 1824 - 358 pages
...of that kind. As he was coming out of the house he received a note from Rectina the wife of Bassus, who was in the, utmost alarm at the imminent danger...there was no. way to escape but by sea; she earnestly entreated him, therefore, to come to her assistance. He accordingly changed his first design, and what...
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Relics of Antiquity: Exhibited in the Ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum ...

Sarah Atkins - Herculaneum (Extinct city) - 1825 - 178 pages
...But just as he was leaving the house, he received a note from Rectina, the wife of his friend Bassus, who was in the utmost alarm at the imminent danger...situated at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, there was no mode of escaping but by sea, and she earnestly intreated him to come to her assistance. Actuated, therefore,...
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Herculaneum and other poems

Charles Room - Herculaneum (Extinct city) - 1828 - 108 pages
...view of it. " As he was coming out of the house he received a note from Rectina, the wife of Bassus, who was in the utmost alarm at the imminent danger...situated at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, there was no way of escape but by sea ; she earnestly entreated him, therefore, to come to her assistance. He accordingly...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ..., Part 2, Volume 17

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 426 pages
...that kind. As he was coming out of the house, he received a note from Rectina, the wife of Bassus, who was in the utmost alarm at the imminent danger...intreated him therefore to come to her assistance, lie accordingly changed his first design, and what he began with a philosophical, he pursued with an...
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Pompeii, Volume 1

William Clarke (architect.) - Pompeii (Extinct city) - 1836 - 392 pages
...that kind. As he was coming out of the house, he received a note from Rectina, the wife of Bassus, who was in the utmost alarm at the imminent danger...there was no way to escape but by sea : she earnestly entreated him, therefore, to come to her assistance. He accordingly changed his first design, and what...
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Pompeii, Volume 1

William Clarke (architect.) - Pompeii (Extinct city) - 1836 - 354 pages
...that kind. As he was coming out of the house, he received a note from Rectina, the wife of Bassus, who was in the utmost alarm at the imminent danger...there was no way to escape but by sea : she earnestly entreated him, therefore, to come to her assistance. He accordingly changed his first design, and what...
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The Penny Cyclopędia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

1840 - 530 pages
...the galleys stationed at Retina earnestly intreated him to come to their assistance, since that port being situated at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, there was no way for them to escape but by sea. He therefore ordered the galleys to be put to sea, and went himself...
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