[When the World Shook by H. Rider Haggard]@TWC D-Link bookWhen the World Shook CHAPTER XVI 10/30
It vanished also. "Thus did great king succeed great king for ages upon ages," said Yva. "There were eighty of them and the average of their reigns was 700 years.
They ruled the earth as it was in those days.
They gathered up learning, they wielded power, their wealth was boundless.
They nurtured the arts, they discovered secrets.
They had intercourse with the stars; they were as gods.
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