Pleasure of RuinsHudson, 1953 - 466 стор. |
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... Alexandria Troas , founded after Alexander's death on the shore miles away . " How was it possible , " Gibbon demanded severely , " to confound Ilium and Alexandria Troas ? " But it was , until the great nine- teenth - century Trojan ...
... Alexandria Troas , founded after Alexander's death on the shore miles away . " How was it possible , " Gibbon demanded severely , " to confound Ilium and Alexandria Troas ? " But it was , until the great nine- teenth - century Trojan ...
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... Troy stood " . Hiring an ass , she made a tour of the ancient walls , which were of vast extent , and was delighted with all she saw and surmised . So , indeed , must all have been who , looking on Alexandria Troas and less well ...
... Troy stood " . Hiring an ass , she made a tour of the ancient walls , which were of vast extent , and was delighted with all she saw and surmised . So , indeed , must all have been who , looking on Alexandria Troas and less well ...
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Rose Macaulay. to Alexandria Troas wrote a little later , " time glides away most rapidly on a tide of pleasure ... Troas , launch into lyrical descriptions of the sea - washed , oak - grown ruin , its columns bristling among the waves ...
Rose Macaulay. to Alexandria Troas wrote a little later , " time glides away most rapidly on a tide of pleasure ... Troas , launch into lyrical descriptions of the sea - washed , oak - grown ruin , its columns bristling among the waves ...
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