Travels in the South of Spain: In Letters Written A.D. 1809 and 1810J. Johnson, 1811 - 443 strán (strany) "The following pages contain the substance of letters written to my family and friends during six months which I passed in Spain ... In addition to what I have borrowed from Ocampo, Masdeu, and Marina, I am also indebted to a very accurate abstract of the state of the Moors in Granada, written by Simon de Argote."--Preface. |
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... no other country must I expect the beautiful verdure of England , which , in spite of our hazy atmosphere , enlivens our prospects and gives them a richness LETTERS FROM SPAIN . and variety which I have looked 8 LETTERS FROM SPAIN .
... no other country must I expect the beautiful verdure of England , which , in spite of our hazy atmosphere , enlivens our prospects and gives them a richness LETTERS FROM SPAIN . and variety which I have looked 8 LETTERS FROM SPAIN .
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... gives beauty and variety to the scenery . These rocks being of a very singular structure , I shall venture to digress a little in order to give a slight description of the mode in which they appear to have been formed . The basis of ...
... gives beauty and variety to the scenery . These rocks being of a very singular structure , I shall venture to digress a little in order to give a slight description of the mode in which they appear to have been formed . The basis of ...
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... gives an appearance of equality , and renders it difficult to distinguish one rank from another . In their houses they throw aside the mantilla , or veil , and appear in their dress much like the English ladies , but more decorated with ...
... gives an appearance of equality , and renders it difficult to distinguish one rank from another . In their houses they throw aside the mantilla , or veil , and appear in their dress much like the English ladies , but more decorated with ...
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... give you a sketch of his character and conduct . Solano had enjoyed the government of Cadiz many years : and he had mixed in the social circles of the higher orders of its inhabitants on the most friendly terms . The officers of the ...
... give you a sketch of his character and conduct . Solano had enjoyed the government of Cadiz many years : and he had mixed in the social circles of the higher orders of its inhabitants on the most friendly terms . The officers of the ...
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... give them one the next day , but instead of waiting for that time he departed with the utmost celerity for Cadiz . He arrived there unexpectedly , and issued a paper , stating that his sudden return arose from the in- formation he had ...
... give them one the next day , but instead of waiting for that time he departed with the utmost celerity for Cadiz . He arrived there unexpectedly , and issued a paper , stating that his sudden return arose from the in- formation he had ...
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Travels in the South of Spain: In Letters Written A.D. 1809 and 1810 William Jacob Úplné zobrazenie - 1811 |
Travels in the South of Spain: In Letters Written A.D. 1809 and 1810 William Jacob Úplné zobrazenie - 1811 |
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Alonzo Cano America Andalusia antient appearance Arabs arrived attention beautiful body British Army called CASARABONELA castle Catalonia cathedral celebrated Central Junta Chiclana Christian church command commerce conduct consequence considerable convent Cortes cultivated defence descended employed enemy England English Estremadura excellent expence feelings feet France French garrison Gibraltar Granada Guadalquivir honour horses hundred inhabitants kingdom kingdom of Granada La Mancha labour ladies land lately leagues LETTER Lord Wellesley Madrid Mahomedan Malaga manner manufactories marble ment miles military Moorish Moors mountains mules occupied officers paintings party passed patriotism plain posada possess present principal produced provinces quantity religion rendered river road rock Roman Ronda ruins Seville ship Sierra Sir Arthur Wellesley situation Solano Spain Spaniards Spanish Army Spanish Government sufficient supplied surrounded thousand tion town trees troops visited Wellesley whole wine Xeres
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Strana 331 - Exegi monumentum aere perennius Regalique situ pyramidum altius, Quod non imber edax, non Aquilo impotens Possit diruere aut innumerabilis Annorum series et fuga temporum.
Strana 14 - ... keep a much greater number of domestic servants than families of the same description in England. In their dress and personal ornaments both the men and women are very extravagant, especially the latter ; and I am told that the money expended on a lady's silk stockings and shoes alone (for they never walk out twice in the same) is enormous. Cadiz market, observes the same writer, was excessively crowded, especially the fish and vegetable markets ; the latter was supplied with a surprising profusion...
Strana 8 - The view on entering the bay of Cadiz presents the finest collection of objects that can be conceived : on one extremity of the left point is situated the town of Rota, a little farther the castle of Santa Catalina and the neat city of Santa Maria ; at a greater distance, on the lap of a lofty hill, stands Medina ; nearer the sea the town of Puerto Real and the arsenal of the Carracas ; and on the extremity of the right hand point of land the city of Cadiz.
Strana 9 - I am much afraid, from what I have seen of the proceedings of the Central Junta, that in the distributions of their forces they do not consider military defence and military operations, so much as they do political intrigue and the attainment of trifling political objects.
Strana 85 - ... with images and pictures, the massy silver and gold ornaments, and the rails of bronze, tastefully designed, compose a most impressive whole. The priests kneeling before the altar, and in silence offering up their devotions, the clouds of ascending incense, and the pious on their knees, in the...
Strana 95 - I with ac sho syml und< forw thei tio anc one of the last victims in this city was Olavide, a most respectable man, who applied the wealth he had acquired in South America, to the patriotic purpose of cultivating the Sierra Morena, with a number of German settlers, and to adorning and improving the public walks of the city, as well as the wharfs on the banks of the Guadalquivir. He had read the writings of some of the French unbelievers, and was suspected of having...
Strana 82 - The garden of the Alcazar is said to have been laid out by the Moors, and is preserved in its original state ; it contains walks paved •with marble, parterres laid out with ever-greens, and well shaded with orange trees. In many parts of it there are baths, supplied by marble fountains from...
Strana 335 - ... their meal at noon, which is so general that the towns and villages appear quite deserted from one till four o'clock. The labours of the artificer, and the attention of the shopkeeper, are suspended during those hours ; and the doors and windows of the latter are as closely shut as at night, or on a holyday.
Strana 9 - ... military defence and military operations, so much as they do political intrigue, and the attainment of trifling political objects. They wish to strengthen the Army of Venegas, not because it is necessary or desirable on military grounds, but because they think the Army, as an instrument of mischief, safer in his hands than in those of another ; and they leave 12,000 men in Estremadura, not because more are not or may not be deemed necessary...
Strana 81 - The outside of the Alcazar is miserable in its appearance ; but the first court, after entering the gate has a very grand effect : the front, looking into that court, is purely Arabic in its style, and the inscriptions...