Andalucia, Ronda and Granada, Murcia, Valencia, and Catalonia; the portions best suited for the invalidJohn Murray, 1855 - Spain |
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... things which the most interest and charm the foreigner , for whose observation they select the new rather than the old , and point out their poor pale copies of Europe , in pre- ference to their own rich and racy originals . Again , the ...
... things which the most interest and charm the foreigner , for whose observation they select the new rather than the old , and point out their poor pale copies of Europe , in pre- ference to their own rich and racy originals . Again , the ...
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... things which every one , when on the spot , can see with his own eyes , are seldom described minutely ; stress is laid ... thing oneself , is the knowing where to find it , sources of fuller informa- tion are cited , from whence this ...
... things which every one , when on the spot , can see with his own eyes , are seldom described minutely ; stress is laid ... thing oneself , is the knowing where to find it , sources of fuller informa- tion are cited , from whence this ...
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... things , facts and persons , and thus to guard them against misrepresentations , our readers need by no means , on crossing the Channel , blurt out all they know of these truths , often the worst of libels . These double- edged weapons ...
... things , facts and persons , and thus to guard them against misrepresentations , our readers need by no means , on crossing the Channel , blurt out all they know of these truths , often the worst of libels . These double- edged weapons ...
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... thing cannot be avoided , the traveller should early form the habit , the very first thing on arrival , to ask the innkeeper what steps are necessary about passports and police- which now in some sort represent the Inquisition - and ...
... thing cannot be avoided , the traveller should early form the habit , the very first thing on arrival , to ask the innkeeper what steps are necessary about passports and police- which now in some sort represent the Inquisition - and ...
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... thing examined . Recent travellers report that bribing is now out of fashion in Spain , and that no money should be offered , as is enjoined but not practised on our railways . But in our time the grandest panacea was cash , the ...
... thing examined . Recent travellers report that bribing is now out of fashion in Spain , and that no money should be offered , as is enjoined but not practised on our railways . But in our time the grandest panacea was cash , the ...
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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.
Page 29 - Director-General of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and Ireland ; and JAMES NICOL, FRSE, FGS, Professor of Natural History in the University of Aberdeen. Constructed by ALEX. KEITH JOHNSTON, FRSE, &c., Geographer to the Queen, Author of the "Physical Atlas,
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.
Page 35 - A Symbolic French and English Vocabulary. For Students of every Age, in all Classes; in which the most Useful and Common Words are taught by Illustrations. By LC RAGONOT, Professor of the French Language.
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...