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A Critic in Pall MallBy Oscar WildeAs one enters Rome from the Via Ostiensis by the Porta San Paolo, the first object that meets the eye is a marble pyramid which stands close at hand on the left. There are many Egyptian obelisks in Rome-tall, snakelike spires of red sandstone, mottled with strange writings, which remind us of the pillars of flame which led the children of Israel through the desert away from the land of the Pharaohs; but more wonderful than these to look upon is this gaunt, wedge-shaped pyramid standing here in this Italian city, unshattered amid the ruins and wrecks of time, looking older than the Eternal City itself, like terrible impassiveness turned to stone. And so in the Middle Ages men supposed this to be the sepulchre of Remus, who was slain by his own brother at the founding of the city, so
| Autorius: | Oscar Wilde |
| Leidėjas: | Lulu.com |
| Išleidimo metai: | 2020 |
| Knygos puslapių skaičius: | 140 |
| ISBN-10: | 1678199400 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781678199401 |
| Formatas: | 229 x 152 x 8 mm. Knyga minkštu viršeliu |
| Kalba: | Anglų |
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