Word: pompeii
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...President White has been making extensive purchases for the library in Florence, Rome, and Naples. Among these are the following: Three hundred illustrations of French Architecture, and one thousand relating to Italian Art of different periods; also a large number of the mural decorations of Pompeii; many French and German works on ancient cities, and a series of early printed missals and manuscripts; also many valuable works on the modern history of Italy. The above are to be given to the library by the President, and will reach their destination before Commencement...
...have heard rumors that, Plutone volente, the authorities intend erecting a new and gorgeous gymnasium, converting the present fungus-like structure into a swimming-bath. This reminds one of The Last Days of Pompeii, and excites in the mind a dazzling vision of sybaritic splendor. But we fear that a tincture of Freshmen in Fresh Pond H2 + (?) would cause the bath to be too much after the style of the Leukerbad, on the Gemmi, to be popular with many of the students...
...Chelsea Public thinks the IT H guilty of unpardonable impudence in not leaving the modern Pompeii, cap in hand, with obsequious thanks for the well-meant castigation inflicted upon it by the Public. It particularly resents a recent article in the Advocate which dared to question the Public's critical taste, and is somehow reminded of the story of "Elijah" and the Bears. In the Bible, as translated for Chelsea, the name of the bear-compeller may be that mentioned in the Public, but King James's version (used in all English-speaking countries) gives ELISHA as the prophet...