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Vathek; an Arabian Tale; with a Memoir of the Author and Notes Critical and ... William Beckford Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 2013 |
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Side 156 - ... ever dared to vegetate ; on the right rose the watch-towers, ranged before the ruins of an immense palace whose walls were embossed with various figures; in front stood forth the colossal forms of four creatures, composed of the leopard and the griffin: and though but of stone, inspired emotions of terror; near these were distinguished by the...
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