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... capital of the province , to find , in the best inns ' best rooms , ewers , and towels , and water , and tumblers , and so on , he will be disappointed . Clean beds , on iron steads , were a great point , and the stone floor was covered ...
... capital of the province , to find , in the best inns ' best rooms , ewers , and towels , and water , and tumblers , and so on , he will be disappointed . Clean beds , on iron steads , were a great point , and the stone floor was covered ...
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... capital . And here , in the year 1625 , when Sancho III . sat on the throne of Navarre , was born Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar , the Cid . He was fifth in descent from Lain Calvo , one of the two nobles , who as " Judges of Castile , " had ...
... capital . And here , in the year 1625 , when Sancho III . sat on the throne of Navarre , was born Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar , the Cid . He was fifth in descent from Lain Calvo , one of the two nobles , who as " Judges of Castile , " had ...
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... capital to Madrid . Bonaparte however occupied it for some weeks in the early part of 1809 , during his invasion of the Peninsula . He at the same time gutted and stripped the great palace of the Inquisition , and turned it into a ...
... capital to Madrid . Bonaparte however occupied it for some weeks in the early part of 1809 , during his invasion of the Peninsula . He at the same time gutted and stripped the great palace of the Inquisition , and turned it into a ...
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... capital by 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 ...
... capital by 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 ...
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... capital in Europe which is not likewise an episcopal see , makes the " dry joke that Madrid has neither see nor river . " The Madrileños themselves laugh at the story of a young man who , fainting at a bull - fight , had a cup of water ...
... capital in Europe which is not likewise an episcopal see , makes the " dry joke that Madrid has neither see nor river . " The Madrileños themselves laugh at the story of a young man who , fainting at a bull - fight , had a cup of water ...
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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.