Letters of a TravellerD. Appleton, 1859 - 277 páginas |
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... took my leave . 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 ...
... took my leave . 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 ...
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... took a carriage at the ancient village of Steenwyck , and proceeded over a road so sandy that we were obliged to travel very slowly , and rendered almost impassable in some places by an attempt to macadamize it . We passed several ...
... took a carriage at the ancient village of Steenwyck , and proceeded over a road so sandy that we were obliged to travel very slowly , and rendered almost impassable in some places by an attempt to macadamize it . We passed several ...
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... took us into several of the dwellings . The first we entered was that of a widow from Groningen , who had two or three children able to work at the loom . It was a miracle of neatness . The woman had established in the outer room her ...
... took us into several of the dwellings . The first we entered was that of a widow from Groningen , who had two or three children able to work at the loom . It was a miracle of neatness . The woman had established in the outer room her ...
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... took his advice , and set out for Bagnères de Luchon . But first I must say a word of Geneva . It was hard to believe it the same place which I saw eight years since . The popular party which now rules Geneva have pulled down the old ...
... took his advice , and set out for Bagnères de Luchon . But first I must say a word of Geneva . It was hard to believe it the same place which I saw eight years since . The popular party which now rules Geneva have pulled down the old ...
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... took the dili- gence the next morning for this place , passing over the broad plains of the Garonne and through several very dirty French villages for the further south you go in France the more dirt you find till at length we came to ...
... took the dili- gence the next morning for this place , passing over the broad plains of the Garonne and through several very dirty French villages for the further south you go in France the more dirt you find till at length we came to ...
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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 |