Pleasure of RuinsHudson, 1953 - 466 pagini |
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Pagina 83
... huge stones , leaping or wading through gushing waters , climbing dilapidated walls , entering by an arch , through which I am dragged up , and , all obstacles surmounted , I stood among the far - famed ruins of the three temples of ...
... huge stones , leaping or wading through gushing waters , climbing dilapidated walls , entering by an arch , through which I am dragged up , and , all obstacles surmounted , I stood among the far - famed ruins of the three temples of ...
Pagina 150
... huge treasures , hidden in the mountain's scarred sides , dwindled into delight in enamelled bricks , the beauty of the frieze of lions . And Madame Dieulafoy mused always on the past , on the huge destruction first of the Elamite ...
... huge treasures , hidden in the mountain's scarred sides , dwindled into delight in enamelled bricks , the beauty of the frieze of lions . And Madame Dieulafoy mused always on the past , on the huge destruction first of the Elamite ...
Pagina 211
... huge walls , Roman and Etruscan bridges , gates , thermae , a cistern , magnifi- cent foundations of a great Etruscan temple . Through the ruins of the later Roman city we climb to the citadel , and , looking down over the desolate hill ...
... huge walls , Roman and Etruscan bridges , gates , thermae , a cistern , magnifi- cent foundations of a great Etruscan temple . Through the ruins of the later Roman city we climb to the citadel , and , looking down over the desolate hill ...
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THE STUPENDOUS PAST | 40 |
GHOSTLY STREETS | 255 |
THE HAUNTING GODS 311 | 313 |
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