Pleasure of RuinsHudson, 1953 - 466 стор. |
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... lovely Citie under the Sunne.1 He describes it as it had once been : the triple wall , of delicate polished marble entered by burnished gates ; the temple of Diana , of rich marble and porphyry and refined gold ( “ a bait Antiochus the ...
... lovely Citie under the Sunne.1 He describes it as it had once been : the triple wall , of delicate polished marble entered by burnished gates ; the temple of Diana , of rich marble and porphyry and refined gold ( “ a bait Antiochus the ...
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... lovely in its hues at sunrise , standing flanked by black ravines at night . Some artists sought to improve their drawings of Segesta by surrounding it with trees ; Forbin , in 1820 , made an acid com- ment on this ; for his part , he ...
... lovely in its hues at sunrise , standing flanked by black ravines at night . Some artists sought to improve their drawings of Segesta by surrounding it with trees ; Forbin , in 1820 , made an acid com- ment on this ; for his part , he ...
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... lovely with its shells of palace - like houses and summer pavilions , its wooded streets and terraces , and , above all , its ivory - coloured palace , rising in terraces above the lake . From the balconies , you look down on the de ...
... lovely with its shells of palace - like houses and summer pavilions , its wooded streets and terraces , and , above all , its ivory - coloured palace , rising in terraces above the lake . From the balconies , you look down on the de ...
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THE STUPENDOUS PAST | 40 |
GHOSTLY STREETS | 255 |
THE HAUNTING GODS 311 | 313 |
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