Pleasure of RuinsHudson, 1953 - 466 стор. |
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... god , and so back and back in the awful succession of desert gods , to who can say what of dark and monstrous incogniti . The dark heritage of the oracle gods seems to brood over Siwa , its huddled labyrinth of hidden lanes , its ...
... god , and so back and back in the awful succession of desert gods , to who can say what of dark and monstrous incogniti . The dark heritage of the oracle gods seems to brood over Siwa , its huddled labyrinth of hidden lanes , its ...
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... gods meet together in the cities , on the mountains and in the wooded valleys . Even when the haunted relics of the ancient gods are unseen , they are felt ; as in the shattered walls of the abbey of San Pietro in Palazzolo , standing ...
... gods meet together in the cities , on the mountains and in the wooded valleys . Even when the haunted relics of the ancient gods are unseen , they are felt ; as in the shattered walls of the abbey of San Pietro in Palazzolo , standing ...
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... gods to hold it . Looking down from the high terrace of the temple , he surveyed the jungle which hid Angkor Thom . If we could now , he mused , cut down those branches , we should see long paved avenues , bordered by gods , seven ...
... gods to hold it . Looking down from the high terrace of the temple , he surveyed the jungle which hid Angkor Thom . If we could now , he mused , cut down those branches , we should see long paved avenues , bordered by gods , seven ...
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THE STUPENDOUS PAST | 40 |
GHOSTLY STREETS | 255 |
THE HAUNTING GODS 311 | 313 |
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