Pleasure of RuinsHudson, 1953 - 466 pagini |
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Pagina 127
... haunted their devastated acropolis with disturbing dreams . The ruinous dreams that haunted the Franks and Venetians who , in the middle ages , turned Nauplia into a strong fortress city , piling their towers on the two steep hills ...
... haunted their devastated acropolis with disturbing dreams . The ruinous dreams that haunted the Franks and Venetians who , in the middle ages , turned Nauplia into a strong fortress city , piling their towers on the two steep hills ...
Pagina 167
... haunted by alien gods , whose broken habitations loomed sini- sterly over them ; something of that ghostly past may have chilled and haunted their credulous souls , hinting at horizons more mysterious than those they knew . They have ...
... haunted by alien gods , whose broken habitations loomed sini- sterly over them ; something of that ghostly past may have chilled and haunted their credulous souls , hinting at horizons more mysterious than those they knew . They have ...
Pagina 389
... haunted by the ghosts of the Timurid glory , grandiose , showy , the rich bandit's dream of grandeur and pride : the ... HAUNTING GODS 389.
... haunted by the ghosts of the Timurid glory , grandiose , showy , the rich bandit's dream of grandeur and pride : the ... HAUNTING GODS 389.
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THE STUPENDOUS PAST | 40 |
GHOSTLY STREETS | 255 |
THE HAUNTING GODS 311 | 313 |
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