Spanish Pictures, Drawn with Pen and PencilReligious Tract Society, 1870 - Всего страниц: 200 |
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... plains , treeless and waterless ; districts , each as large as an English county , covered with blocks of granite or limestone , like the desert of Sinai . Geologically , as well as in appearance , Spain is but a northern extension of ...
... plains , treeless and waterless ; districts , each as large as an English county , covered with blocks of granite or limestone , like the desert of Sinai . Geologically , as well as in appearance , Spain is but a northern extension of ...
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... plain , which produced little except a meagre crop of prickly shrubs , and of withered stunted grass . A few flocks of sheep and goats wandered across the desolate plains and picked a scanty subsistence amongst the sand - hills . They ...
... plain , which produced little except a meagre crop of prickly shrubs , and of withered stunted grass . A few flocks of sheep and goats wandered across the desolate plains and picked a scanty subsistence amongst the sand - hills . They ...
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... plains . As Bayonne is approached the Pyrenees come into view . To one accustomed to the Alps the Pyreneean range wants grandeur . There are no vast sweeps of glacier and snowfield like those of Switzerland . In the whole chain there is ...
... plains . As Bayonne is approached the Pyrenees come into view . To one accustomed to the Alps the Pyreneean range wants grandeur . There are no vast sweeps of glacier and snowfield like those of Switzerland . In the whole chain there is ...
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... plains , thickly strewn with blocks of unhewn stone . Few habitations of any kind are passed , and those are mere wigwams distant from the road , and making its solitude seem the more solitary . From this wild waste of grey granite ...
... plains , thickly strewn with blocks of unhewn stone . Few habitations of any kind are passed , and those are mere wigwams distant from the road , and making its solitude seem the more solitary . From this wild waste of grey granite ...
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... plains in Seville , for instance , and other cities of Andalusia- is far more oppressive . The sudden gusts of keen north - east wind , against which it seems impossible to guard , and the cold nights succeeding to tropical days , are ...
... plains in Seville , for instance , and other cities of Andalusia- is far more oppressive . The sudden gusts of keen north - east wind , against which it seems impossible to guard , and the cold nights succeeding to tropical days , are ...
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Стр. 47 - My loving people, we have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery ; but I assure you I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people.
Стр. 42 - It was about the lovely close of a warm summer's day, There came a gallant merchant ship full sail to Plymouth bay ; The crew had seen Castile's black fleet, beyond Aurigny's isle, At earliest twilight, on the waves, lie heaving many a mile.
Стр. 44 - Save and deliver us, we humbly beseech thee, from the hands of our enemies, abate their pride, assuage their malice, and confound their devices ; that we, being armed with thy defence, may be preserved evermore from all perils, to glorify thee, who art the only giver of all victory ; through the merits of thy only Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Стр. 116 - On the contrary, though there are exceptions in some of the maritime provinces, yet, for the greater part, it is a stern, melancholy country, with rugged mountains, and long sweeping plains, destitute of trees, and indescribably silent and lonesome, partaking of the savage and solitary character of Africa.
Стр. 94 - Lord cometh out of His place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity : the earth shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
Стр. 43 - Parma ; for with the grace of God, if we live, I doubt it not but ere it be long so to handle the matter with the Duke of Sidonia as he shall wish himself at St. Mary Port among his orange trees.
Стр. 49 - O'er the grave where our hero we buried We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeams' misty light And the lantern dimly burning.
Стр. 48 - I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman. But I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England, too...
Стр. 147 - Oriental nations, and occasionally alluded to in the Sacred Scriptures. The great vestibule, or porch of the gate, is formed by an immense Arabian arch, of the horseshoe form, which springs to half the height of the tower. On the keystone of this arch is engraven a gigantic hand. Within the vestibule, on the keystone of the portal, is sculptured, in like manner, a gigantic key.