Letters of a TravellerD. Appleton, 1859 - 277 páginas |
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... French . - The Prado . - Costumes of the Ladies . - Nature of Spanish Hospitality . - Social Customs . - Late Hours . -The Amphitheatre for Bull Fights .-- The Theatres . - The Puerta del Sol . -Idlers . - Gossip . - A Revival of ...
... French . - The Prado . - Costumes of the Ladies . - Nature of Spanish Hospitality . - Social Customs . - Late Hours . -The Amphitheatre for Bull Fights .-- The Theatres . - The Puerta del Sol . -Idlers . - Gossip . - A Revival of ...
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... French Character . - Upper Part of the Town . - Its Strange Aspect . - Silent Popula- tion . - A Beautiful Sunset .... 226 LETTER XXII . - The Great Mosque at Algiers . - A French Public Garden.- Moslem Cemetery and Chapels . - Women at ...
... French Character . - Upper Part of the Town . - Its Strange Aspect . - Silent Popula- tion . - A Beautiful Sunset .... 226 LETTER XXII . - The Great Mosque at Algiers . - A French Public Garden.- Moslem Cemetery and Chapels . - Women at ...
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... French not only delight in scenic effect , but produce it with a dexterity , despatch and success which find no parallel else- where . A few weeks ago the interior of the Palais de l'Industrie , the Crystal Palace of France , built ...
... French not only delight in scenic effect , but produce it with a dexterity , despatch and success which find no parallel else- where . A few weeks ago the interior of the Palais de l'Industrie , the Crystal Palace of France , built ...
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... French , asked him for some of the ears of maize to take to their own country . " I will give you them , and a great many other things beside , " he an- swered , delighted to find the opportunity of pushing his sys- tem of international ...
... French , asked him for some of the ears of maize to take to their own country . " I will give you them , and a great many other things beside , " he an- swered , delighted to find the opportunity of pushing his sys- tem of international ...
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... French , the only language we understood in common , very imperfectly , and in a low tone of voice . He took us into several of the dwellings . The first we entered was that of a widow from Groningen , who had two or three children able ...
... French , the only language we understood in common , very imperfectly , and in a low tone of voice . He took us into several of the dwellings . The first we entered was that of a widow from Groningen , who had two or three children able ...
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Alameda Algiers Alicante Arab Bagnères de Bigorre Basque Bayonne beautiful Briviesca broad brought building built bull bull-fight Burgos called CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS caps carriage Cartagena Castile Castilian cathedral chapel chulos church cloak Cloth coachman color crowd dark Don Pedro donkeys dressed entered eyes floor French fruit Full calf gentleman Gilt edges green Grenada ground groves Half calf hill horses hour houses journey ladies letter lofty look Luchon lying Madrid Malaga massive Miranda de Ebro Moorish morning mosque mountains mules Murcia night o'clock Old Castile Oran party passed planted pleasant priests provinces Pyrenees road rocks Rome rooms rows San Sebastian seats seemed seen shouted side sight Spain Spaniards Spanish steamer stone stood streets summit Swiss thing told took town travelling trees Urumea valley village Vitoria walk walls wind woman women young
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Página 149 - Of the people of the country I ought to carry away a most favorable impression, if such an impression could be produced by unwearied endeavors, with apparently no motive but simple benevolence, to make our stay agreeable. The American minister, Mr. Dodge, is very attentive to the convenience of his countrymen, and a great favorite -with such of them as come to Madrid. He is on excellent terms also with the people of the country, and has done, what I think few of his predecessors have taken the trouble...
Página 257 - Men who would never have thought of buying a picture or a statue at home, are infected by the contagion of the place the moment they arrive. No talk of the money market here; no discussion of any public measure; no conversation respecting new enterprises, and the ebb and flow of trade; no price current, except of marble and canvas; all the talk is of art and artists. The rich man who, at home, is contented with mirrors and rosewood, is here initiated into a new set of ideas, gets a taste, and orders...
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Página 175 - The only narcotic in which the Spaniards indulge to any extent is tobacco, in favor of which I have nothing to say; yet it should be remembered, in extenuation, that they are tempted to this habit by the want of something else to do; that they husband their cigarritos by smoking with great deliberation, making a little tobacco go a great way, and that they dilute its narcotic fumes with those of the paper in which it is folded. With regard to the use of wine, I can confirm all that has been said...
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Between History and Romance: Travel Writing on Spain in the Early Nineteenth ... Gifra-Adroher, Pere Vista de fragmentos - 2000 |
Between History and Romance: Travel Writing on Spain in the Early Nineteenth ... Gifra-Adroher, Pere Vista previa limitada - 2000 |