Andalucia, Ronda and Granada, Murcia, Valencia, and Catalonia; the portions best suited for the invalidJohn Murray, 1855 - Spain |
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... leads to constant disputes and delays , and the stranger must take care when he receives onzas , except from first - rate Spanish bankers or merchants , to see that these great coins are of cor- rect weight : two grains are generally ...
... leads to constant disputes and delays , and the stranger must take care when he receives onzas , except from first - rate Spanish bankers or merchants , to see that these great coins are of cor- rect weight : two grains are generally ...
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... lead to fatal consequences ; whereas a frank , good- humoured surrender , presence of mind , and a calm , courteous appeal to them as Caballeros , seldom fails to conciliate the " gentlemen , " and to chloroform the discomfort of the ...
... lead to fatal consequences ; whereas a frank , good- humoured surrender , presence of mind , and a calm , courteous appeal to them as Caballeros , seldom fails to conciliate the " gentlemen , " and to chloroform the discomfort of the ...
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... lead - pencil and note - book through this singular country , which hovers between Europe and Africa , between civilisation and barbarism ; this land of the green valley and ashy mountain , of the boundless plain and the broken sierra ...
... lead - pencil and note - book through this singular country , which hovers between Europe and Africa , between civilisation and barbarism ; this land of the green valley and ashy mountain , of the boundless plain and the broken sierra ...
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... leads a quiet life , calm as the climate , and , blessed with an otiose oriental real dolce - far - niente existence , can leave nature to her full vis medicatrix . To be always able to bask in the open air , to throw physic to the dogs ...
... leads a quiet life , calm as the climate , and , blessed with an otiose oriental real dolce - far - niente existence , can leave nature to her full vis medicatrix . To be always able to bask in the open air , to throw physic to the dogs ...
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... leads to the house of never , " por la calle de despues , se va á la casa de nunca . " Reduced to shift for himself , he will see the evil of waste , " sal vertida , nunca bien cogida ; " the folly of improvidence and the wisdom of ...
... leads to the house of never , " por la calle de despues , se va á la casa de nunca . " Reduced to shift for himself , he will see the evil of waste , " sal vertida , nunca bien cogida ; " the folly of improvidence and the wisdom of ...
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Alameda Alcazar Alhambra Alonso Alonso Cano altar ancient Andalucia antiquity Arabic Arabicè arms artist Azulejo Bailen Berja built bull bull-fight Cadiz Cæsar called Casa castle cathedral chapel Charles church churrigueresque colour Conde convent Cordova cross Duke England English España Ferdinand Ferdinand VII foreign French garden Gibraltar Gothic Granada grand hill honour Iberian inscription Isabella Jaen Juan king ladies land Madrid Majo Malaga marble Montañes Moorish Moors mosque mountains Murcia Murillo natives never observe once Oriental painted palace pass Patio Pedro Peninsula picturesque pillars plain plateresque Plaza posada Puerta Retablo rich ride river road Rock Roman Ronda ROUTE ruined Santa says Sebastiani Sevilla Seville Sierra Sierra Morena Soult Spain Spaniards Spanish Strabo style Tarifa thing tion Torre tower town traveller Valencia Venta Virgin walls whence wine Xativa Xerez
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Page 146 - The most triumphant death is that of the martyr ; the most awful that of the martyred patriot ; the most splendid that of the hero in the hour of victory ; and if the chariot and the horses of fire had been vouchsafed for Nelson's translation, he could scarcely have departed in a brighter blaze of glory.
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Page 312 - ... is again given up to the past and to the Moor ; then, when the moon, Dian's bark of pearl, floats above it in the air like his crescent symbol, the tender beam heals the scars, and makes them contribute to the sentiment of widowed loneliness. The wan rays tip the filigree arches, and give a depth to the shadows and a misty undefined magnitude to the saloons beyond, which sleep in darkness and silence, broken only by the drony flight of some bat.
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Page 310 - Their faces are barbecued, and their manes cut like scales of a griffin, and the legs like bedposts, with the feet concealed by the pavement, while a water-pipe stuck in their mouths does not add to their dignity.
Page 29 - Volume, size 20 * 13^ inches, consisting of a series of 48 original and authentic Maps, constructed by ALEX. KEITH JOHNSTON, FRGS, Author of the " Physical Atlas," &c., and beautifully engraved and coloured in the finest style by W. & AK JOHNSTON, with a Special Index to each Map. A Cruise in Japanese Waters. By Captain SHERARD OSBORN, CB, Author of " Leaves from an Arctic Journal," " Quedah,
Page 312 - ... the tomb, not the home of the Moor. It may disappoint those who, fonder of the present and a cigar than of the past and the abstract, arrive heated with the hill, and are thinking of getting back to an ice, a dinner, and a siesta.
Page 313 - The baying of the dog and the tinkling of a guitar, indicating life there, increase the desolation of the Alhambra. Then, in proportion as all here around is dead, do the fancy and imagination become alive. The halls and courts seem to expand into a larger size; the shadows of the cypresses on the walls assume the forms of the dusky Moor revisiting his lost home in the glimpses of the moon, while the night winds, breathing through the unglazed windows and myrtles, rustle as his silken robes or sigh...
Page 43 - Differing in plan and execution from many works published with similar intent, ambitious eulogium of the scenery to which the volume is meant to be a guide, has been studiously suppressed. A plain and intelligible account is given of those localities most worthy of the attention of strangers, and of the means by which they can be reached. By adopting this course, space has been found for the incorporation of...