Letters of a TravellerD. Appleton, 1859 - 277 páginas |
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... leaving the place , I observed a gentle- man looking at me with a very attentive scrutiny , as if he thought he might have seen me before . A second glance sufficed me to recognize him ; it was Mons . Vattemare , author of the system of ...
... leaving the place , I observed a gentle- man looking at me with a very attentive scrutiny , as if he thought he might have seen me before . A second glance sufficed me to recognize him ; it was Mons . Vattemare , author of the system of ...
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... leave . His The same day I went to an exhibition of the works of Paul Delaroche , whose reputation as a painter is as great in the United States as here . Shortly before his death he ex- pressed a desire to paint a picture the subject ...
... leave . His The same day I went to an exhibition of the works of Paul Delaroche , whose reputation as a painter is as great in the United States as here . Shortly before his death he ex- pressed a desire to paint a picture the subject ...
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... leave it , as well as all the young who marry . As the older mem- bers drop off , their places are supplied by paupers from the towns . In the mean time thousands of acres have been re- claimed from their primeval wild state , and ...
... leave it , as well as all the young who marry . As the older mem- bers drop off , their places are supplied by paupers from the towns . In the mean time thousands of acres have been re- claimed from their primeval wild state , and ...
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... leaves . At length the long- wished - for showers fell , and we set out , one fine bright morn- ing , for Bayonne - the whole country steeped and fresh with rain . Our carriage bowled over one of those broad , smooth , well - kept ...
... leaves . At length the long- wished - for showers fell , and we set out , one fine bright morn- ing , for Bayonne - the whole country steeped and fresh with rain . Our carriage bowled over one of those broad , smooth , well - kept ...
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... leaving behind the belt of handsome country seats by which Bayonne is environed , we ascended a height from which we saw the Atlantic ocean spread before us . In green and purple it lay , its distant verge blended and lost in the mists ...
... leaving behind the belt of handsome country seats by which Bayonne is environed , we ascended a height from which we saw the Atlantic ocean spread before us . In green and purple it lay , its distant verge blended and lost in the mists ...
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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 |