Pleasure of RuinsHudson, 1953 - 466 стор. |
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... lost all those perquisites that set forth the pomp and grandeur or a sumptuous court " . To - day it has lost more : the Royal Palace stands in ruin , and the great mosque of Harun al Raschid , its blue minarets broken . All over Persia ...
... lost all those perquisites that set forth the pomp and grandeur or a sumptuous court " . To - day it has lost more : the Royal Palace stands in ruin , and the great mosque of Harun al Raschid , its blue minarets broken . All over Persia ...
Сторінка 317
... lost in wild hills , so solitary , so lost , that it remained unknown to any but local shepherds through centuries till it was discovered by chance in 1765 - the effect of Bassae is stupendous . To come on it unexpectedly on a mountain ...
... lost in wild hills , so solitary , so lost , that it remained unknown to any but local shepherds through centuries till it was discovered by chance in 1765 - the effect of Bassae is stupendous . To come on it unexpectedly on a mountain ...
Сторінка 384
... lost city of Wat - Phu ( it is not clear who had lost it , except , long ago , the Khmers ) up the Mekong on the Siamese border of Laos . He found it ; or rather its temple , which was all that remained ; it was grander , he decided ...
... lost city of Wat - Phu ( it is not clear who had lost it , except , long ago , the Khmers ) up the Mekong on the Siamese border of Laos . He found it ; or rather its temple , which was all that remained ; it was grander , he decided ...
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THE STUPENDOUS PAST | 40 |
GHOSTLY STREETS | 255 |
THE HAUNTING GODS 311 | 313 |
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