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... fair verbal description of these firearms, and mention of electric whips," he said. "I'm curious about where they ...

— Time Crime • H. Beam Piper

... modified the rectangular and symmetrical appearance presented in the plan hitherto given. Such modifications are, however, better illustrated by a comparison of the plans of two well-known Pompeian houses than by any amount of verbal description. The first is that of Pansa, which forms the main portion of a whole block, smaller dwellings and shops unconnected with the Pansa establishment being built round and into it at various points. The arrangements of this house closely approach the normal or simple ...

— Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul • T. G. Tucker