Pleasure of RuinsHudson, 1953 - 466 pages |
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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 ...
Page 108
... antiquity , enveloped in the deepest recesses of recorded time , and its present extraordinary remains , combined to fill my mind with a sentiment in which awe was mingled with admiration . I was not so forcibly impressed at Athens , at ...
... antiquity , enveloped in the deepest recesses of recorded time , and its present extraordinary remains , combined to fill my mind with a sentiment in which awe was mingled with admiration . I was not so forcibly impressed at Athens , at ...
Page 249
... antiquities may at any time have been hereabout , they are now all perfectly obscured and buried by the Turkish buildings , " he complained . What he liked was to see " remains of antiquity , from which it may be assuredly concluded ...
... antiquities may at any time have been hereabout , they are now all perfectly obscured and buried by the Turkish buildings , " he complained . What he liked was to see " remains of antiquity , from which it may be assuredly concluded ...
Contents
THE STUPENDOUS PAST | 40 |
GHOSTLY STREETS | 255 |
THE HAUNTING GODS 311 | 313 |
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