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" More than twenty thousand persons were believed to have been destroyed by the shock.t and the flower of the Spartan youth was overwhelmed by the fall of the building in which they were exercising themselves at the time. It was chiefly the presence of... "
A History of Greece - Page 201
by Connop Thirlwall - 1845
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A History of Greece, Volume 3

Connop Thirlwall - Greece - 1836 - 502 pages
...standing.1 More than twenty thou. sand persons were believed to have been destroyed by the shock2, and the flower of the Spartan youth was overwhelmed...in which they hoped to surprise their masters. But Archidamus foreseeing the danger, as soon as the first consternation had subsided, while the survivors...
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A History of Greece, Volume 2

Connop Thirlwall - Greece - 1846 - 528 pages
...standing.1 More than twenty thousand persons were t_XY1L t believed to have been destroyed by the shock 2, and the flower of the Spartan youth was overwhelmed by the fall of the building in which they were ex- ' ercising themselves at the time. It was chiefly the presence of mind displayed on this occasion...
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A History of Greece, Volume 1

Connop Thirlwall - Greece - 1860 - 586 pages
...itself became a heap of ruins, in which not more than five houses are said to have been left standing. t More than twenty thousand persons were believed to...in which they hoped to surprise their masters. But Archidamus, foreseeing the danger, as soon as the first consternation had subsided, while the survivers...
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San Francisco's Great Disaster

Sydney Tyler - Earthquakes - 1906 - 438 pages
...have been left standing. More than 20,000 persons were believed to have been destroyed by the shock and the flower of the Spartan youth was overwhelmed by the fall of the buildings in which they were exercising themselves. THE LISBON TRAGEDY. The Lisbon earthquake cost...
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Complete Story of the San Francisco Earthquake: The Eruption of Mount ...

Marshall Everett - Disasters - 1906 - 328 pages
...have been left standing. More than 20,000 persons were believed to have been destroyed by the shock, and the flower of the Spartan youth was overwhelmed by the fall of those buildings in which they were exercising and developing themselves into physical perfection. The...
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The New Larned History for Ready Reference, Reading and Research ..., Volume 7

Josephus Nelson Larned - History - 1923 - 990 pages
...have been left standing. More than 20,000 persons were believed to have been destroyed by the shock, and the flower of the Spartan youth was overwhelmed by the fall of the buildings in which they were exercising themselves at the time." — C. Thirlwall, History of Greece,...
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