Pleasure of RuinsHudson, 1953 - 466 pagini |
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Pagina xvii
... called his own ruin- questing ( and this was a title I considered for my book ) , “ and the pleasure , I confess , shows a note of perversity ” . Indeed , I fear this may seem to many a perverse book . For , out of this extremely ...
... called his own ruin- questing ( and this was a title I considered for my book ) , “ and the pleasure , I confess , shows a note of perversity ” . Indeed , I fear this may seem to many a perverse book . For , out of this extremely ...
Pagina 157
... called the eye and the sun of Greece , which was the most enlightened country in the world , and called all other nations barbarians . So he will describe Athens as she is among her ruins to - day . Enthusiastic over every building and ...
... called the eye and the sun of Greece , which was the most enlightened country in the world , and called all other nations barbarians . So he will describe Athens as she is among her ruins to - day . Enthusiastic over every building and ...
Pagina 401
... called Adrianopolis ) —these were his noble and generous pastimes . He had , says Audrollet , " la manie de la pierre et du ciment " ; he was accompanied on his travels by a legion of architects and masons , and sowed buildings all ...
... called Adrianopolis ) —these were his noble and generous pastimes . He had , says Audrollet , " la manie de la pierre et du ciment " ; he was accompanied on his travels by a legion of architects and masons , and sowed buildings all ...
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THE STUPENDOUS PAST | 40 |
GHOSTLY STREETS | 255 |
THE HAUNTING GODS 311 | 313 |
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