Pleasure of RuinsHudson, 1953 - 466 pagini |
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Pagina 16
... later follies were ; they took their places quietly , decorating gardens and landscapes with broken arches and columns , believed , no doubt , by later generations to have fallen into ruin . How can one tell ? Increas- ingly , ruin ...
... later follies were ; they took their places quietly , decorating gardens and landscapes with broken arches and columns , believed , no doubt , by later generations to have fallen into ruin . How can one tell ? Increas- ingly , ruin ...
Pagina 218
... later , said that nothing was left of this famous city but the theatre and walls ; the temple he does not mention ; nor did he know , apparently , how or when Metapontum had been destroyed . Pausanias's reflections on ruins are seldom ...
... later , said that nothing was left of this famous city but the theatre and walls ; the temple he does not mention ; nor did he know , apparently , how or when Metapontum had been destroyed . Pausanias's reflections on ruins are seldom ...
Pagina 337
... later ; and " out of the Ruines that faire house which stands there " ( Lulworth Castle ? ) was raised by Viscount Bindon , a Howard , who should have kept better faith with his church . What he left was quarried away for later build ...
... later ; and " out of the Ruines that faire house which stands there " ( Lulworth Castle ? ) was raised by Viscount Bindon , a Howard , who should have kept better faith with his church . What he left was quarried away for later build ...
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THE STUPENDOUS PAST | 40 |
GHOSTLY STREETS | 255 |
THE HAUNTING GODS 311 | 313 |
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