Letters of a TravellerD. Appleton, 1859 - 277 páginas |
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... Mule . - Alcobendas . - Mambrino's Helmet . - First Sight of Madrid . - Hotels ..... ...... LETTER XII . - Madrid . - Imitation of the French . - The Prado . - Costumes of the Ladies . - Nature of Spanish Hospitality . - Social Customs ...
... Mule . - Alcobendas . - Mambrino's Helmet . - First Sight of Madrid . - Hotels ..... ...... LETTER XII . - Madrid . - Imitation of the French . - The Prado . - Costumes of the Ladies . - Nature of Spanish Hospitality . - Social Customs ...
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... mules , and we were dragged up into a wild region , among mountain summits and wastes overgrown with prickly shrubs . Here , after we had dis- missed our oxen , we entered Villareal , a poor village lying in a little hollow , where we ...
... mules , and we were dragged up into a wild region , among mountain summits and wastes overgrown with prickly shrubs . Here , after we had dis- missed our oxen , we entered Villareal , a poor village lying in a little hollow , where we ...
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... mules and flogging them , and was now beginning to urge them forward by the same methods , perceived by the shadow of the carriage on the road - side that he had a superfluous passenger , and giving her a cruel cut or two with the long ...
... mules and flogging them , and was now beginning to urge them forward by the same methods , perceived by the shadow of the carriage on the road - side that he had a superfluous passenger , and giving her a cruel cut or two with the long ...
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... mules were constantly passing under our windows , shaking their little bells ; donkeys with bur- dens bigger than themselves , were driven along by skinny countrywomen , or black - eyed country maidens , and some- times the poor animal ...
... mules were constantly passing under our windows , shaking their little bells ; donkeys with bur- dens bigger than themselves , were driven along by skinny countrywomen , or black - eyed country maidens , and some- times the poor animal ...
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... mules and donkeys loaded with all manner of country products . Booths and stalls were opened about the Plaza and the vacant spaces in its neighborhood , and the buying and selling began . The market - place was spread with fruits , the ...
... mules and donkeys loaded with all manner of country products . Booths and stalls were opened about the Plaza and the vacant spaces in its neighborhood , and the buying and selling began . The market - place was spread with fruits , the ...
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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...
Página 279 - Captain Canot ; or, Twenty Years of a Slaver's Life, Edited by Brantz Mayer. 1 vol. 12mo. Illustrated. Cloth, 1 25 Chapman's Instructions to Young Marksmen on the Improved American Rifle, 16mo.
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...
Referencias a este libro
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 |