Pleasure of RuinsHudson, 1953 - 466 pages |
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Page 136
... hundred miles of coast they stand , each with its individual character , its own beauties , its own history , but all with the unmistakable Roman stamp , the proud domina- tion of the ruling race in savage lands . Beneath the disguise ...
... hundred miles of coast they stand , each with its individual character , its own beauties , its own history , but all with the unmistakable Roman stamp , the proud domina- tion of the ruling race in savage lands . Beneath the disguise ...
Page 259
... hundred . Old Goa was presently deserted and used as a quarry for the new town . It lingered on in decay , a dwindling , dying city , full of churches and convents ringing their bells across empty streets . As early as 1710 a Jesuit ...
... hundred . Old Goa was presently deserted and used as a quarry for the new town . It lingered on in decay , a dwindling , dying city , full of churches and convents ringing their bells across empty streets . As early as 1710 a Jesuit ...
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... hundred houses and several thousand inhabitants , besides a whole medieval town of narrow streets and small squares , clustering about the few Roman buildings that remain . The refugees from the ruined Salona , after fleeing from the ...
... hundred houses and several thousand inhabitants , besides a whole medieval town of narrow streets and small squares , clustering about the few Roman buildings that remain . The refugees from the ruined Salona , after fleeing from the ...
Contents
THE STUPENDOUS PAST | 40 |
GHOSTLY STREETS | 255 |
THE HAUNTING GODS 311 | 313 |
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