Pleasure of RuinsHudson, 1953 - 466 pagini |
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Pagina 42
... pillars and magnificent vaulted arches standing by the sea's edge has always been among the more stirring ruin - pleasures . There was , for instance , that zealous traveller Mr Thomas Coryat , who , in the year 1612 , arrived on the ...
... pillars and magnificent vaulted arches standing by the sea's edge has always been among the more stirring ruin - pleasures . There was , for instance , that zealous traveller Mr Thomas Coryat , who , in the year 1612 , arrived on the ...
Pagina 51
... pillar lying on the ground , which they said was one of the pillars which Samson had pulled down in the house of Dagon . Lithgow said it could not be , as Samson died at Azath , " yet , howsoever it was , I brought home a pound weight ...
... pillar lying on the ground , which they said was one of the pillars which Samson had pulled down in the house of Dagon . Lithgow said it could not be , as Samson died at Azath , " yet , howsoever it was , I brought home a pound weight ...
Pagina 145
... pillars— “ the columns of the Nile on the plains of Persia " . There are unattractive , un - Persian monsters , half - man , half - beast . The decoration is at once rich and formal ; the polished dark grey stone gives it a grave air ...
... pillars— “ the columns of the Nile on the plains of Persia " . There are unattractive , un - Persian monsters , half - man , half - beast . The decoration is at once rich and formal ; the polished dark grey stone gives it a grave air ...
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THE STUPENDOUS PAST | 40 |
GHOSTLY STREETS | 255 |
THE HAUNTING GODS 311 | 313 |
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