Pleasure of RuinsHudson, 1953 - 466 pages |
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Page 90
... rising above myrtle , ilex and oleander , the amphitheatre covering a gentle slope and overlooking a lake - like , dark blue bay ; not here the richly - carved cornice or capital among luxuriant foliage ; in- stead , the stern ...
... rising above myrtle , ilex and oleander , the amphitheatre covering a gentle slope and overlooking a lake - like , dark blue bay ; not here the richly - carved cornice or capital among luxuriant foliage ; in- stead , the stern ...
Page 396
... rising to the high pointed roof , niches with saints , four tiers of pillars with grass tufting on their carved capitals , grass also waving on the top of the façade ; it very probably looks more charming than during the two centuries ...
... rising to the high pointed roof , niches with saints , four tiers of pillars with grass tufting on their carved capitals , grass also waving on the top of the façade ; it very probably looks more charming than during the two centuries ...
Page 410
... rising from the sea , and the wide bay of ships before it stretching east and west between sheltering juts of land , the square palace town lying amid its outer fortifications and the sprawl of modern town that has grown up outside its ...
... rising from the sea , and the wide bay of ships before it stretching east and west between sheltering juts of land , the square palace town lying amid its outer fortifications and the sprawl of modern town that has grown up outside its ...
Contents
THE STUPENDOUS PAST | 40 |
GHOSTLY STREETS | 255 |
THE HAUNTING GODS 311 | 313 |
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