Reminiscences of Spain: The Country, Its People, History, and MonumentṡCarter, Hendee and Company, 1833 |
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Reminiscences of Spain, The Country, Its People, History, and Monuments Caleb Cushing Vista completa - 1833 |
Términos y frases comunes
Admiral AFRANCESADO Alcoy Alfonso Alicante America Amerigo Vespucci amid Andalusia Aragon arms beautiful Bernardo Bernardo del Carpio called Carlos Castile Castilian cause cavalier Charlemagne Christian Colombo Columbus continued Count Duke court cried crown Cuccaro death Don Alonso Don Diego Don Fernando Don Juan Don Martin Don Sancho Doña Isabel earth empire Escorial Europe fact fame father female Ferdinand fortune France French Garci Perez Genoa Genoese glory Gonzalo Goths Granada Guzman hand heart heaven honor Inca Indies Italy King kingdom knight labor lady land Lara Leon lord Luis de Haro Madrid Masaniello ment Moorish Moors mountains nations noble Orihuela Orotava palace passed person Philip Portugal possessed Prince rich Roman royal Ruy Velasquez scene seemed Seville sierra soul Spain Spaniards Spanish spirit sword thee thing thou throne tion Vespucci voyage whole
Pasajes populares
Página 27 - Lord Say,—' thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm, in erecting a grammar school; and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used ; and, contrary to the King, his crown, and dignity, thou hast built a
Página 119 - No kind of traffic Would I admit; no name of magistrate; Letters should not be known; no use of service, Of riches or of poverty; no contracts, Successions; bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none, No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil:— No occupation; all men idle, all; And women too; but innocent and pure:— No sovereignty.—
Página 69 - it is the curse of kings, to be attended By slaves, that take their humors for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life; And, on the winking of authority, To understand a law; to know the meaning Of dangerous majesty, when, perchance, it frowns More upon humor than advised respect.
Página 84 - not the heart, enrage it. Macd. O, I could play the woman with mine eyes, And braggart with my tongue!—But, gentle heaven, Cut short all intermission ; front to front Bring thou this fiend of Scotland, and myself: Within my sword's length set him ; if he 'scape, Heaven forgive him too.
Página 40 - What constitutes a State ? Not high raised battlement or labored mound, Thick wall or moated gate; Not cities proud, with spires and turrets crowned; Not bays and broad armed ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride; Not starred and spangled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No: men, high minded men, With powers as far above
Página 184 - favors! There is betwixt that smile he would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and his ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again.
Página 84 - Mai. Dispute it like a man. Macd. I shall do so; But I must also feel it as a man: I cannot but remember such things were, That were most precious to me. Did heaven look on, And would not take their part
Página 4 - You would have thought the very windows spake, So many greedy looks of young and old Through casements darted their desiring eyes Upon his visage; and that all the walls, With painted imagery, had said at once,— Jesu preserve thee ! Welcome Bolingbroke
Página 40 - brutes endued, In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain,— These constitute a State. In
Página 197 - fled, Before decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers, And marked the mild, angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there, The fixed yet tender traits that streak The languor of the placid cheek; And, but for that sad,