Pleasure of RuinsHudson, 1953 - 466 pagini |
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Pagina 400
... Palace , the rooms of which are all gilt and painted with figures of men and beasts and birds , all executed with such exquisite art that you regard them with delight and astonishment . Round this Palace a wall is built , inclosing a ...
... Palace , the rooms of which are all gilt and painted with figures of men and beasts and birds , all executed with such exquisite art that you regard them with delight and astonishment . Round this Palace a wall is built , inclosing a ...
Pagina 406
... palace of Caligula . This cloud - capped palace stands , on the high arches we still see , looking over the Via Nova , sumptuously decorated with the glories of Hellenistic art . A flight of steps runs up from the street to the highest ...
... palace of Caligula . This cloud - capped palace stands , on the high arches we still see , looking over the Via Nova , sumptuously decorated with the glories of Hellenistic art . A flight of steps runs up from the street to the highest ...
Pagina 410
... palace , produced a stupendous effect on those who have visited it . It has been , possibly , the most serviceable ruin in the world , for it contains several hundred houses and several thousand inhabitants , besides a whole medieval ...
... palace , produced a stupendous effect on those who have visited it . It has been , possibly , the most serviceable ruin in the world , for it contains several hundred houses and several thousand inhabitants , besides a whole medieval ...
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THE STUPENDOUS PAST | 40 |
GHOSTLY STREETS | 255 |
THE HAUNTING GODS 311 | 313 |
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