Pleasure of RuinsHudson, 1953 - 466 pages |
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Page 42
... arches and gates and pieces of white marble exquisitely carved : Coryat helped himself to some of these to carry home , " to reserve them in my safe custodie for memorable antiquities while I live . At the top of the middle arch there ...
... arches and gates and pieces of white marble exquisitely carved : Coryat helped himself to some of these to carry home , " to reserve them in my safe custodie for memorable antiquities while I live . At the top of the middle arch there ...
Page 246
... arches and vaults ; in the evening light they glow pink , and are enormously beautiful . The vaults have been found useful by the population for the stabling of horses and families ; children play about the theatre , and at the end of ...
... arches and vaults ; in the evening light they glow pink , and are enormously beautiful . The vaults have been found useful by the population for the stabling of horses and families ; children play about the theatre , and at the end of ...
Page 392
... arches ; falling to pieces , grown over with scrub and trees , startlingly beautiful and roman- tic , it stands broken above the blue smooth sea of the harbour that was a medieval trade port for centuries . There is also a smaller domed ...
... arches ; falling to pieces , grown over with scrub and trees , startlingly beautiful and roman- tic , it stands broken above the blue smooth sea of the harbour that was a medieval trade port for centuries . There is also a smaller domed ...
Contents
THE STUPENDOUS PAST | 40 |
GHOSTLY STREETS | 255 |
THE HAUNTING GODS 311 | 313 |
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