Pleasure of RuinsHudson, 1953 - 466 pages |
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Page 107
... kings had stored their treasure there ; by temples , because gods had made these their abode ; by statues , because ... King Agamemnon had gone out with Iphigenia whom he intended to butcher ; by the same gate , when he returned from ...
... kings had stored their treasure there ; by temples , because gods had made these their abode ; by statues , because ... King Agamemnon had gone out with Iphigenia whom he intended to butcher ; by the same gate , when he returned from ...
Page 148
... king , before going off to his city of Jerusalem to build up the walls ; here Ahasuerus , who was Xerxes , sat on ... king's palace were white , green and blue hangings , fastened with cords of fine linen and purple , and the beds were ...
... king , before going off to his city of Jerusalem to build up the walls ; here Ahasuerus , who was Xerxes , sat on ... king's palace were white , green and blue hangings , fastened with cords of fine linen and purple , and the beds were ...
Page 428
... kings , among the vanished halls , chapels and arcaded galleries that crumbled there until half a century ago , and now are not even dust upon the air . The ruins of Nicosia and Famagusta have been shamefully treated all down history ...
... kings , among the vanished halls , chapels and arcaded galleries that crumbled there until half a century ago , and now are not even dust upon the air . The ruins of Nicosia and Famagusta have been shamefully treated all down history ...
Contents
THE STUPENDOUS PAST | 40 |
GHOSTLY STREETS | 255 |
THE HAUNTING GODS 311 | 313 |
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