Letters of a TravellerD. Appleton, 1859 - 277 páginas |
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... Valley of Loyola . - Basque Women .-- Vineyards Abandoned ...... 52 LETTER VII . - Hall of Maternity . - Graves of British Officers . - Hats of the Priests . - Departure from San Sebastian . - Caution to Travellers . - The bod ANW nd so ...
... Valley of Loyola . - Basque Women .-- Vineyards Abandoned ...... 52 LETTER VII . - Hall of Maternity . - Graves of British Officers . - Hats of the Priests . - Departure from San Sebastian . - Caution to Travellers . - The bod ANW nd so ...
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... valleys of the Bernese Oberland , the travel- ler will have the children of the herdsmen trotting beside him , offering him for a single franc the miniature of a Swiss cottage , carved with all the delicacy of frost work . It is clear ...
... valleys of the Bernese Oberland , the travel- ler will have the children of the herdsmen trotting beside him , offering him for a single franc the miniature of a Swiss cottage , carved with all the delicacy of frost work . It is clear ...
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... valley of the Aar immediately below you , and beyond the hills which bound the valley rise the snowy summits of the Bernese Oberland . I found less to interest me in the annual exhibition of SWISS PAINTINGS . 29 Swiss works of art than I.
... valley of the Aar immediately below you , and beyond the hills which bound the valley rise the snowy summits of the Bernese Oberland . I found less to interest me in the annual exhibition of SWISS PAINTINGS . 29 Swiss works of art than I.
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... valley of luxuriant verdure , from a flat level to grand mountain scenery , from silent streams to sounding torrents ... valleys and far away among the moun- tain peaks - these you have all around you ; and then there are excellent ...
... valley of luxuriant verdure , from a flat level to grand mountain scenery , from silent streams to sounding torrents ... valleys and far away among the moun- tain peaks - these you have all around you ; and then there are excellent ...
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... valleys , and beyond these , bridle roads which lead to cascades , to solitary highland lakes and to lofty summits of mountains . There are guides whose occupation it is to accompany travellers to the most remarkable points of this ...
... valleys , and beyond these , bridle roads which lead to cascades , to solitary highland lakes and to lofty summits of mountains . There are guides whose occupation it is to accompany travellers to the most remarkable points of this ...
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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 |