Pleasure of RuinsHudson, 1953 - 466 pagini |
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Pagina 104
... ghosts that haunt those deserts are not the familiars of our childhood tales . ΙΟ Nor yet are the ghosts of Thebes . Egyptian Thebes : enor- mously huge , enormously old , so old that no one knows its beginning ; the massive ...
... ghosts that haunt those deserts are not the familiars of our childhood tales . ΙΟ Nor yet are the ghosts of Thebes . Egyptian Thebes : enor- mously huge , enormously old , so old that no one knows its beginning ; the massive ...
Pagina 298
... ghosts of merchants , not of the luxurious holiday - makers and leisurely gentlemen who lived in and decorated many ... ghost of Portus beside it , and in the evening , if you are fortunate , attend a classical play in Augustus's theatre ...
... ghosts of merchants , not of the luxurious holiday - makers and leisurely gentlemen who lived in and decorated many ... ghost of Portus beside it , and in the evening , if you are fortunate , attend a classical play in Augustus's theatre ...
Pagina 429
... ghost , whispering of beauty and wealth . Among the great bare masses of stone that lie broken in the sun . above the sea at Vouni , the ghosts seem harsh and austere , given to mountain - climbing and bleak , rock - girt situations . I ...
... ghost , whispering of beauty and wealth . Among the great bare masses of stone that lie broken in the sun . above the sea at Vouni , the ghosts seem harsh and austere , given to mountain - climbing and bleak , rock - girt situations . I ...
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THE STUPENDOUS PAST | 40 |
GHOSTLY STREETS | 255 |
THE HAUNTING GODS 311 | 313 |
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