Spanish Pictures, Drawn with Pen and PencilReligious Tract Society, 1870 - Всего страниц: 200 |
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... ruins . Wherever we turn we are confronted by the evidences of a glorious past , and of a base and ignoble present . What has caused this degeneracy ? What has made Spain sink from the first to the last place amongst the nations of ...
... ruins . Wherever we turn we are confronted by the evidences of a glorious past , and of a base and ignoble present . What has caused this degeneracy ? What has made Spain sink from the first to the last place amongst the nations of ...
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... ruins of some Titanic fortress ; some- times strewn over the surface of the ground , with a thin scanty vegetation growing up in the interstices ; sometimes receding for a narrow space so as to allow of rude cultivation and a meagre ...
... ruins of some Titanic fortress ; some- times strewn over the surface of the ground , with a thin scanty vegetation growing up in the interstices ; sometimes receding for a narrow space so as to allow of rude cultivation and a meagre ...
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... ruin . Yet to fight a battle was nothing less . Driven from position to position , their rout became total , and the retreat a disorderly flight . One of their own generals confesses , that they lost all their equipages , all their guns ...
... ruin . Yet to fight a battle was nothing less . Driven from position to position , their rout became total , and the retreat a disorderly flight . One of their own generals confesses , that they lost all their equipages , all their guns ...
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... ruins . It was a matter of anxious discussion amongst the artillery officers whether it would not be needful to commit this act of vandalism , in order to preserve their men . The troops at the front , whose lives were ex- posed , began ...
... ruins . It was a matter of anxious discussion amongst the artillery officers whether it would not be needful to commit this act of vandalism , in order to preserve their men . The troops at the front , whose lives were ex- posed , began ...
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... ruins an impressive memorial of the past . The Plaza Mayor is memorable as the site of the first auto da fé of Protestants in Spain . Here the gloomy tyrant Philip II . looked down from a balcony upon the dying agonies of men " of whom ...
... ruins an impressive memorial of the past . The Plaza Mayor is memorable as the site of the first auto da fé of Protestants in Spain . Here the gloomy tyrant Philip II . looked down from a balcony upon the dying agonies of men " of whom ...
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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.