Pleasure of RuinsHudson, 1953 - 466 pagini |
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Pagina 87
... tombs is extraordinary . Some are façaded with pilasters , some have arches and cornices , some are plain pyramids , some have elaborate terraces , and lofty chambers within , some are built like temples , with altars and columns , one ...
... tombs is extraordinary . Some are façaded with pilasters , some have arches and cornices , some are plain pyramids , some have elaborate terraces , and lofty chambers within , some are built like temples , with altars and columns , one ...
Pagina 185
... tombs on buried tombs . " Thus John Dyer in 1740 , in his long rhapsody The Ruins of Rome , which he impatiently begins with , " Enough of Grongar and the shady dales of winding Towy . " Nothing but Roman ruins would now do for him ; he ...
... tombs on buried tombs . " Thus John Dyer in 1740 , in his long rhapsody The Ruins of Rome , which he impatiently begins with , " Enough of Grongar and the shady dales of winding Towy . " Nothing but Roman ruins would now do for him ; he ...
Pagina 390
... tombs , the progenitors of the mosques and tombs of the Moguls in India ( Baber , who overran India , was fifth in descent from Timur ) , were perfect in symmetry , resplendent in colour and light , exquisite works of art . All are ...
... tombs , the progenitors of the mosques and tombs of the Moguls in India ( Baber , who overran India , was fifth in descent from Timur ) , were perfect in symmetry , resplendent in colour and light , exquisite works of art . All are ...
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THE STUPENDOUS PAST | 40 |
GHOSTLY STREETS | 255 |
THE HAUNTING GODS 311 | 313 |
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