Letters of a TravellerD. Appleton, 1859 - 277 páginas |
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... living in a manner which had every appearance of thrift . The rooms glittered with the display of crockery and polished metal utensils , and were hung with cheap engravings . 20 SCHOOLS OF THE COLONY . We were taken to.
... living in a manner which had every appearance of thrift . The rooms glittered with the display of crockery and polished metal utensils , and were hung with cheap engravings . 20 SCHOOLS OF THE COLONY . We were taken to.
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William Cullen Bryant. 20 SCHOOLS OF THE COLONY . We were taken to the manufactory of the village , a room full of looms , where coarse cotton cloth is woven by the children between twelve and eighteen years of age , for the Dutch sol ...
William Cullen Bryant. 20 SCHOOLS OF THE COLONY . We were taken to the manufactory of the village , a room full of looms , where coarse cotton cloth is woven by the children between twelve and eighteen years of age , for the Dutch sol ...
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... taken from its bed , is as easily chipped as chalk , and of this the palace is 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 ...
... taken from its bed , is as easily chipped as chalk , and of this the palace is 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 ...
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... taken up into heaven . Elijah is an Arab , with a peaked beard , and the Bedouin head - dress bound on his forehead by a cord of camel's hair . Elisha is a stout friar in a brown gown , catching at the mantle which falls from his master ...
... taken up into heaven . Elijah is an Arab , with a peaked beard , and the Bedouin head - dress bound on his forehead by a cord of camel's hair . Elisha is a stout friar in a brown gown , catching at the mantle which falls from his master ...
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... my fellow - traveller , " but neglected , as every thing else is in Spain . " The river of Renteria runs into it and forms shal- lows with the deposites it brings down from the highlands . 50 A GASCON COACHMAN . At Irun we had taken 3.
... my fellow - traveller , " but neglected , as every thing else is in Spain . " The river of Renteria runs into it and forms shal- lows with the deposites it brings down from the highlands . 50 A GASCON COACHMAN . At Irun we had taken 3.
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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 |