Pleasure of RuinsHudson, 1953 - 466 pagini |
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Pagina 143
... marble entered by burnished gates ; the temple of Diana , of rich marble and porphyry and refined gold ( “ a bait Antiochus the avaricious Atheist long had nibbled at , but could not swallow it " ) ; the royal Palace , cut out of the marble ...
... marble entered by burnished gates ; the temple of Diana , of rich marble and porphyry and refined gold ( “ a bait Antiochus the avaricious Atheist long had nibbled at , but could not swallow it " ) ; the royal Palace , cut out of the marble ...
Pagina 283
Rose Macaulay. and beautiful marble edifices , of which twenty had been seen by them . The drawing of one of these marble edifices , a Brahmin temple , by the talented Mrs. Colonel William Hunter Blair , that accompanies their ...
Rose Macaulay. and beautiful marble edifices , of which twenty had been seen by them . The drawing of one of these marble edifices , a Brahmin temple , by the talented Mrs. Colonel William Hunter Blair , that accompanies their ...
Pagina 435
... marble - paved courts like fairyland , set with fountains and encircled by marble palaces , their arcaded walls gleaming with gold and silver , ceilings shining like starry skies with bright mosaics , the famous throne - room with its ...
... marble - paved courts like fairyland , set with fountains and encircled by marble palaces , their arcaded walls gleaming with gold and silver , ceilings shining like starry skies with bright mosaics , the famous throne - room with its ...
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THE STUPENDOUS PAST | 40 |
GHOSTLY STREETS | 255 |
THE HAUNTING GODS 311 | 313 |
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