Re: Salting
Marius Hancu wrote:
The entire room is lined with books and strange fish swimming in
colored globes; there are maps and charts on the wall, maps of Paris before
the plague, maps of the antique world, of Knossus and Carthage, of Carthage
before and after the salting.
A grue senses your presence. There are passages to the E and S.
--
Blinky
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Relevant Pages
- Re: Salting
... I know a bit about Carthage and its history, but I don't think I know ... the meaning of "salting" here. ... there are maps and charts on the wall, ...
(alt.usage.english) - Salting
... I know a bit about Carthage and its history, but I don't think I know ... the meaning of "salting" here. ... The entire room is lined with books and strange fish swimming in ... there are maps and charts on the wall, ...
(alt.usage.english) - Re: Salting
... The third Punic War ended with the destruction of Carthage in 146 BCE. ... The thoroughness of the destruction was said to be without parallel, with the site of the city being plowed and, some say, with salt being sown in the furrows so nothing might ever grow there again. ... "Salting" means to apply salt. ... there are maps and charts on the wall, ...
(alt.usage.english) - Re: Salting
... I know a bit about Carthage and its history, but I don't think I know ... the meaning of "salting" here. ... The entire room is lined with books and strange fish swimming in ... there are maps and charts on the wall, ...
(alt.usage.english) - Re: Rare MapThefts
... Theft Case Rattles Sedate World of Rare Maps ... By early afternoon, they say, librarians had video images of Mr. Smiley removing from a book an antique map valued by Yale at $150,000. ...
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