Pleasure of RuinsWalker, 1966 - 466 pages |
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... antiquity . " A material circum- stance to the truth of the imitation is that the ruin appear to be very old " , and a semblance of antiquity may be given by judici- ously arranged ivy and cracks . There should be a certain congruity ...
... antiquity . " A material circum- stance to the truth of the imitation is that the ruin appear to be very old " , and a semblance of antiquity may be given by judici- ously arranged ivy and cracks . There should be a certain congruity ...
Page 54
... antiquity than destruction , plunder or abandonment . Sidon , Saida , de- stroyed so often , is , as she was in her ... antiquities of Sidon were " perfectly obscured and buried by Turkish buildings " ; he might have added that most of ...
... antiquity than destruction , plunder or abandonment . Sidon , Saida , de- stroyed so often , is , as she was in her ... antiquities of Sidon were " perfectly obscured and buried by Turkish buildings " ; he might have added that most of ...
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... antiquities thrown up in digging , to enrich the collections of the curious . In the country round , " cameleons and ... antiquity except the columns and ancient inscriptions that he observed to be built into these mosques . More than ...
... antiquities thrown up in digging , to enrich the collections of the curious . In the country round , " cameleons and ... antiquity except the columns and ancient inscriptions that he observed to be built into these mosques . More than ...
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abbey Acropolis admiration Alexandria Troas ancient antiquity Arabs arcaded archaeologists arches Asia Minor Athens Baalbek Baiae baths beauty broken buildings built buried Byzantine capital Carthage carved castle century Christian churches citadel climbing colonnades columns court crumbling decay decorated delightful desert desolation destroyed domes emperors excavations exquisite façade fallen forest fragments gardens gates ghosts glory Gothic grandeur Greece Greek Gregorovius halls haunted Herculaneum hill houses Hubert Robert huge imagination inhabitants inscriptions island jungle kings later look lovely magnificent marble medieval melancholy monuments mosaic mosques mountain Mycenae Nineveh noble once painted palace Palmyra Pausanias picturesque pillars pleasure Pococke Pompeii portico remains rich Richard Pococke Roman Rome round ruinous ruins sculptures seen shattered shrines splendour stand statues stones stood Strabo streets Sybaris Syria temples terrace theatre Thebes to-day tombs towers town travellers trees Turks vaulted villas visited visitors Vouni walls wild woods wrecked wrote