He is best known for his 1888 travel book " Travels in Arabia Deserta ", a work in two volumes that, although it had little immediate influence upon its publication, slowly became a kind of touchstone of ambitious travel writing, one valued as much for its language as for its content.
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Come here, you cur ! " ( " Das Rheingold " ) lie in the pseudo-King Jamesian English with which Doughty wrote " Travels in Arabia Deserta " or perhaps in the elevated delivery used by American waiters in upscale provincial restaurants ( " May I describe our specials ? " ).
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He initially wrote in Welsh " but rebellion against chapel religion ", along with the " inspirational influence of English " poets, led him to write in English . " Gwalia Deserta " ( 1938 ) is about the Great Depression, while the subject of " The Angry Summer " ( 1943 ) is the 1926 miners'strike.
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In the Liber Pontificalis it is stated that the Emperor Constantine I ( 306-337 ) founded the Cathedral of San Giovanni Battista at Albano Laziale during the pontificate of Pope Silvester I ( 314-335 ), providing the cathedral with decorations and substantial property in the Alban Hills, including the " sceneca deserta vel domos civitatis " ( the abandoned tents or the houses of the city ).
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Some examples are : the laws 92 / 88, 29 / 94 and 53 / 10, the recognized official beaches of Meco, Bela Vista, Ilha de Tavira ( Barril ), Salto, Adegas, Alteirinhos and Deserta, the opening of the first naturist activity in a council swimming pool and in a health club, and the support given to the development of infrastructures of tourist accommodation, like the campsites Quinta dos Carri�os , Quinta das Oliveiras , Monte Bar�o and Quinta do Maral .
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The critic Michael Dirda commented that " for years I meant to read " Arabian Sands " . . . Now that I have, I can sheepishly join the chorus of those who revere the book as one of the half dozen greatest works of modern English travel writing . " He calls the book " the austere masterpiece ", comparing it with Apsley Cherry-Garrard's " The Worst Journey in the World ", C . M . Doughty's " Travels in Arabia Deserta " and T . E . Lawrence's " Seven Pillars of Wisdom ".
