Letters of a TravellerD. Appleton, 1859 - 277 páginas |
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... stood on one of the hillocks , with plants of its own lat- itudes clustering and blooming around it . In the midst of the area a little fountain threw up its waters , which formed themselves into what had the appear- ance of a winding ...
... stood on one of the hillocks , with plants of its own lat- itudes clustering and blooming around it . In the midst of the area a little fountain threw up its waters , which formed themselves into what had the appear- ance of a winding ...
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... stood , we had before us an amphithe- atre of mountains , with peaked and wavy summits , embosom- ing the country about San Sebastian ; at our feet lay the little city with its little artificial port , made by massive seawalls , and ...
... stood , we had before us an amphithe- atre of mountains , with peaked and wavy summits , embosom- ing the country about San Sebastian ; at our feet lay the little city with its little artificial port , made by massive seawalls , and ...
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... stood the most showy country house I had seen in Spain . In this region scarce any thing is done in the way of laying out or embellishing grounds ; the art of landscape gardening is almost unknown ; but here was an example of it which ...
... stood the most showy country house I had seen in Spain . In this region scarce any thing is done in the way of laying out or embellishing grounds ; the art of landscape gardening is almost unknown ; but here was an example of it which ...
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... stood amidst grounds washed by the river , elaborately laid out , and carefully tended , traversed by gravel walks , winding among fresh grass - plots , and by plantations of choice shrubs , and through orchards of fruit trees . These ...
... stood amidst grounds washed by the river , elaborately laid out , and carefully tended , traversed by gravel walks , winding among fresh grass - plots , and by plantations of choice shrubs , and through orchards of fruit trees . These ...
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... plants of still rarer kinds . A few persons were slowly pacing the gravelled walks which led through this gay wilderness . We followed them into a little park of old trees , among which THE ALAMEDA . 79 stood , here and there ,
... plants of still rarer kinds . A few persons were slowly pacing the gravelled walks which led through this gay wilderness . We followed them into a little park of old trees , among which THE ALAMEDA . 79 stood , here and there ,
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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 |