Spanish Pictures, Drawn with Pen and PencilReligious Tract Society, 1870 - 200 Seiten |
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... Charles II . 1759 . Charles III . 1700. Philip v . War of the Succession . 1713. Treaty of Utrecht . 1746. Death of Philip . Ferdinand VI . 1788. Charles IV . : abdicated 1808 . 1808. Ferdinand VII . forced to resign by Napoleon ...
... Charles II . 1759 . Charles III . 1700. Philip v . War of the Succession . 1713. Treaty of Utrecht . 1746. Death of Philip . Ferdinand VI . 1788. Charles IV . : abdicated 1808 . 1808. Ferdinand VII . forced to resign by Napoleon ...
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... Charles V. , simply because its keen , bracing air happened to suit his gouty , phlegmatic temperament . It is therefore what the Germans call a Residenzstadt ; that is to say , a town which has become a capital because it is the ...
... Charles V. , simply because its keen , bracing air happened to suit his gouty , phlegmatic temperament . It is therefore what the Germans call a Residenzstadt ; that is to say , a town which has become a capital because it is the ...
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... Charles I .; a Christ bearing the Cross , known to art - critics as el Pasmo , from having been painted for the Church of la Madonna del Spasimo in Sicily ; and a picture of Tobit and the Fish , “ a simple , grand , symmetrical ...
... Charles I .; a Christ bearing the Cross , known to art - critics as el Pasmo , from having been painted for the Church of la Madonna del Spasimo in Sicily ; and a picture of Tobit and the Fish , “ a simple , grand , symmetrical ...
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... Charles I. was entertained in princely fashion on his romantic visit to Spain in search of a wife . " He lodged there Wednesday , 13th September , 1623 , and supped , says the record , ' upon certaine trouts of extraordinary greatness ...
... Charles I. was entertained in princely fashion on his romantic visit to Spain in search of a wife . " He lodged there Wednesday , 13th September , 1623 , and supped , says the record , ' upon certaine trouts of extraordinary greatness ...
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... Charles V. , and the enslavement of the whole nation under his successors , accelerated and completed the downfall of Toledo , the decline of which in industry and wealth is even more remarkable than in any other part of Spain . Critics ...
... Charles V. , and the enslavement of the whole nation under his successors , accelerated and completed the downfall of Toledo , the decline of which in industry and wealth is even more remarkable than in any other part of Spain . Critics ...
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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.