Spain yesterday and to-day. By the author of 'Portugal'.Darton & Harvey, 1834 - 276 pages |
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... the Spanish nation . Their punishment is sufficiently obvious and se- vere . God has already revenged upon the land , a hundred fold , the righteous blood of his slaugh- tered saints . " ISLE OF PHEASANTS . CHAPTER III . PROVINCE OF BISCAY.
... the Spanish nation . Their punishment is sufficiently obvious and se- vere . God has already revenged upon the land , a hundred fold , the righteous blood of his slaugh- tered saints . " ISLE OF PHEASANTS . CHAPTER III . PROVINCE OF BISCAY.
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... land , was surrounded by a covered arcade , sup- ported by columns . The back of the arcade is an immense wall of brick - work , in which there are four rows , or spaces , for coffins . The opening , one yard wide , and six feet and a ...
... land , was surrounded by a covered arcade , sup- ported by columns . The back of the arcade is an immense wall of brick - work , in which there are four rows , or spaces , for coffins . The opening , one yard wide , and six feet and a ...
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... land and of home . " Thus encouraged , Ellen repeated , with an un- affected grace , the following beautiful lines . " Down yon romantic dale , where hamlets few Arrest the summer pilgrim's pensive view , The village wonder , and the ...
... land and of home . " Thus encouraged , Ellen repeated , with an un- affected grace , the following beautiful lines . " Down yon romantic dale , where hamlets few Arrest the summer pilgrim's pensive view , The village wonder , and the ...
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... land were obliged to abandon it , and to seek subsistence in other places to which this scourge did not extend . In 1790 , a yet greater calamity happened . Upon the Sierra Morena no rain fell for many years ; the sources of the streams ...
... land were obliged to abandon it , and to seek subsistence in other places to which this scourge did not extend . In 1790 , a yet greater calamity happened . Upon the Sierra Morena no rain fell for many years ; the sources of the streams ...
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... land of my birth , though I honour and love the one I have adopted . " " And let me tell you , " said Mr. Delville , “ that we do not forget to claim you as a brother . Wherever the history of our brave actions in Spain may spread , the ...
... land of my birth , though I honour and love the one I have adopted . " " And let me tell you , " said Mr. Delville , “ that we do not forget to claim you as a brother . Wherever the history of our brave actions in Spain may spread , the ...
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Page 4 - LET observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind, from China to Peru ; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life...
Page 3 - When Cheerfulness, a nymph of healthiest hue, Her bow across her shoulder flung, Her buskins gemm'd with morning dew, Blew an inspiring air, that dale and thicket rung, The hunter's call to Faun and Dryad known...
Page 51 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Page 33 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our Fathers worshipped stocks and stones...
Page 4 - Each gift of nature, and each grace of art; With fatal heat impetuous courage glows, With fatal sweetness elocution flows; Impeachment stops the speaker's pow'rful breath, And restless fire precipitates on death.
Page 33 - When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not : in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks. Their moans The vales redoubled to the hills and they To heaven.
Page 234 - When he had finished they sunk on their knees, and, raising their clasped hands to heaven, their eyes filled with tears of joy and gratitude, they poured forth thanks and praises to God for so great a providence, all present followed their example; a deep and solemn enthusiasm pervaded that splendid assembly, and prevented all common acclamations of triumph. The anthem...
Page 47 - A soulless thing, a spirit of the woods, He loves to commune with the fields and floods.
Page 148 - O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united! For in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
Page 172 - No withered witch shall here be seen, No goblins lead their nightly crew ; The female fays shall haunt the green, And dress thy grave with pearly dew ! The redbreast oft, at evening hours, Shall kindly lend his little aid, With hoary moss, and gathered flowers, To deck the ground where thou art laid.