Pleasure of RuinsHudson, 1953 - 466 pagini |
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Pagina 318
... less impressive , partly because the view is spoilt by factory chimneys , partly because its occasions were less delightful , more mysteriously occult , and are less precisely known to us , though described often enough since the days ...
... less impressive , partly because the view is spoilt by factory chimneys , partly because its occasions were less delightful , more mysteriously occult , and are less precisely known to us , though described often enough since the days ...
Pagina 342
... less of nostalgic regret , that " No more the cowl or rosary is known ; The Monkish garb and worship are no more ; Those walls are moulder'd where the list'ning stone Heard Superstition frame its solemn roar . ” ı Is How soon after the ...
... less of nostalgic regret , that " No more the cowl or rosary is known ; The Monkish garb and worship are no more ; Those walls are moulder'd where the list'ning stone Heard Superstition frame its solemn roar . ” ı Is How soon after the ...
Pagina 385
... less obscured , and structurally much less beautiful , such as the great relic stupas at Sanchi in Central India , and the other Jain and Buddhist ruins scattered about that region . The Great Stupa is over a thousand years older than ...
... less obscured , and structurally much less beautiful , such as the great relic stupas at Sanchi in Central India , and the other Jain and Buddhist ruins scattered about that region . The Great Stupa is over a thousand years older than ...
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THE STUPENDOUS PAST | 40 |
GHOSTLY STREETS | 255 |
THE HAUNTING GODS 311 | 313 |
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