Letters of a TravellerD. Appleton, 1859 - 277 páginas |
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... built among the trees of the Champs Elysées , was a bare and empty space , with a floor of dust and gravel , and rafters streaming with cobwebs . The order for an exhibition of flowers was given , and in three or four weeks the dusty ...
... built among the trees of the Champs Elysées , was a bare and empty space , with a floor of dust and gravel , and rafters streaming with cobwebs . The order for an exhibition of flowers was given , and in three or four weeks the dusty ...
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... built on the Swiss streams to manu- facture for the world , without much disfiguring the grand as- pect of Swiss scenery . In going up any of their mountains , you hear the bells of the herds for a vast distance around you . A million ...
... built on the Swiss streams to manu- facture for the world , without much disfiguring the grand as- pect of Swiss scenery . In going up any of their mountains , you hear the bells of the herds for a vast distance around you . A million ...
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... built . It surrounds three sides of a quadrangle , with a mas- sive balcony in the front of the building resting on richly- carved brackets , and on the other side , within the quad- rangle , a vaulted ante - room resting on columns ...
... built . It surrounds three sides of a quadrangle , with a mas- sive balcony in the front of the building resting on richly- carved brackets , and on the other side , within the quad- rangle , a vaulted ante - room resting on columns ...
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... built to form a secure harbor for the shipping . Long rows of stately buildings , of a cheerful aspect , with broad streets between , have been erected by the water side . En- terprising men have been attracted from other parts of Swit ...
... built to form a secure harbor for the shipping . Long rows of stately buildings , of a cheerful aspect , with broad streets between , have been erected by the water side . En- terprising men have been attracted from other parts of Swit ...
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... built , and close to their new convent , a good sample of the Romanesque style . I cannot think it improved by the fresco behind the altar , just finished from a design by Horace Vernet , representing Elijah taken up into heaven ...
... built , and close to their new convent , a good sample of the Romanesque style . I cannot think it improved by the fresco behind the altar , just finished from a design by Horace Vernet , representing Elijah taken up into heaven ...
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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 |