Pleasure of RuinsHudson, 1953 - 466 pagini |
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Pagina 200
... look down on ruin , ruin , ruin , all about it , the triumphal arches of Constantine , Septimius Severus and Titus , the Roman Forum , the Palace of the Caesars , the temples of the old religion , fallen down and gone ; is to see the ...
... look down on ruin , ruin , ruin , all about it , the triumphal arches of Constantine , Septimius Severus and Titus , the Roman Forum , the Palace of the Caesars , the temples of the old religion , fallen down and gone ; is to see the ...
Pagina 212
... Look , this must have been a temple . Eight pillars left , all broken . Tempio di Giunone , it's carved up there . Who was Giunone ? " " Don't know . But isn't it a beauty ? And just look at the view from between these pillars . You can ...
... Look , this must have been a temple . Eight pillars left , all broken . Tempio di Giunone , it's carved up there . Who was Giunone ? " " Don't know . But isn't it a beauty ? And just look at the view from between these pillars . You can ...
Pagina 409
Rose Macaulay. companion nereids , waist - deep , look on and mock the clumsy shepherd . It is the gayest and prettiest of Theocritan idylls ; and to look at the poor reproductions which are all we have to recall it is a melancholy ...
Rose Macaulay. companion nereids , waist - deep , look on and mock the clumsy shepherd . It is the gayest and prettiest of Theocritan idylls ; and to look at the poor reproductions which are all we have to recall it is a melancholy ...
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THE STUPENDOUS PAST | 40 |
GHOSTLY STREETS | 255 |
THE HAUNTING GODS 311 | 313 |
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