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" All was soon silent, and the spirit of the mighty dead ruled again in his last home; but no Charles disturbed the deep slumber of a weary insignificant stranger; long ere daybreak next morning I was awakened by a pale monk, and summoned to the early mass,... "
Estremadura, Leon, Gallicia, the Asturias, the Castiles (old and new), the ... - Page 499
by Richard Ford - 1855
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 76

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1845 - 632 pages
...the Emperor breathed his last. All was soon silent, and the spirit of the mighty dead ruled again in his last home; but no Charles disturbed the deep slumber...forethought had ordered. The chapel was imperfectly lighted ; and the small congregation consisted of the monk, my sun-burnt muleteer, and a stray beggar, who,...
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Perilous Adventures and Thrilling Incidents, and Narratives of Travellers in ...

John Frost - Africa - 1854 - 574 pages
...the Emperor breathed his last. All was soon silent, and the spirit of the mighty dead ruled again in his last home ; but no Charles disturbed the deep...forethought had ordered. The chapel was imperfectly lighted ; and the small congregation consisted of the monk, my sun-burnt muleteer, and a stray beggar, who,...
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Compitum: Or, The Meeting of the Ways at the Catholic Church, Book 7

Kenelm Henry Digby - 1854 - 626 pages
...hands all round with my kind hosts, and went to bed in the chamber where the emperor breathed his last. Long ere day-break next morning, I was awakened by...forethought had ordered. The chapel was imperfectly lighted, and the small congregation consisted of the monk, my sun-burnt muleteer, and a stray beggar, who, like...
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Notes and Queries

Electronic journals - 1863 - 660 pages
...Emperor slept his last sleep. All was soon silent ; and the spirit of the mighty dead ruled again in his last home, but no Charles disturbed the deep slumber of a weary insignificant stranger," &c. In 1837, the monks were once more turned out of their peaceful home, never perhaps to return again....
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a handbook for travellers in spain

richard ford, f.s.a - 1882 - 430 pages
...Emperor slept his last sleep. All was soon silent, and the spirit of the mighty dead ruled again in his last home ; but no Charles disturbed the deep...congregation consisted of the monk, my sunburnt muleteer, and I * See, for farther details, Stirling's ' Cloister Life of Charles V.,' and an interesting article...
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The Spanish Reformers Their Memories and Dwelling-places

John Stoughton - Reformation - 1883 - 338 pages
...emperor slept his last sleep. All was soon silent, and the spirit of the mighty dead ruled again in his last home ; but no Charles disturbed the deep...lighted ; the small congregation consisted of the monks, my sunburnt muleteer, and a stray beggar, who, like myself, had been sheltered in the convent....
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 76

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1845 - 610 pages
...the Emperor breathed his last. All was soon silent, and the spirit of the mighty dead ruled again in his last home ; but no Charles disturbed the deep...forethought had ordered. The chapel was imperfectly lighted ; and the small congregation consisted of the monk, my sun-burnt muleteer, and a stray beggar, who,...
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