Letters of a TravellerD. Appleton, 1859 - 277 páginas |
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... Side Chap- els . - Tomb of the Condestable . - Chapel of Santa Tecla . - A Spanish Ordi- nary . - A Public Walk . - Students Designed for the Church . - A Spanish Beauty . - A Drive into the Country . - Convent of Las Huelgas .-- A Lady ...
... Side Chap- els . - Tomb of the Condestable . - Chapel of Santa Tecla . - A Spanish Ordi- nary . - A Public Walk . - Students Designed for the Church . - A Spanish Beauty . - A Drive into the Country . - Convent of Las Huelgas .-- A Lady ...
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... side of the alley were benches , in- viting the visitor who might be wearied with his walk , to rest awhile . Thence we passed into the vast area beyond the columns which support the galleries , and here the floor was covered with a ...
... side of the alley were benches , in- viting the visitor who might be wearied with his walk , to rest awhile . Thence we passed into the vast area beyond the columns which support the galleries , and here the floor was covered with a ...
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... side . Notwithstand- ing these appearances of comfort , the woman took our courier aside , and complained bitterly of the hardness of her lot . She affirmed that she was half starved , and begged him to intercede with the Director in ...
... side . Notwithstand- ing these appearances of comfort , the woman took our courier aside , and complained bitterly of the hardness of her lot . She affirmed that she was half starved , and begged him to intercede with the Director in ...
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... sides wield the hammers by which the metals are beaten into plates and bars . A calculating Yankee would be shocked to see the proportion of water - power in this country running to waste . Mills might be built on the Swiss streams to ...
... sides wield the hammers by which the metals are beaten into plates and bars . A calculating Yankee would be shocked to see the proportion of water - power in this country running to waste . Mills might be built on the Swiss streams to ...
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... 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 , through which is the ...
... 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 , through which is 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...
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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...
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 |