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Σελίδα xiv
... hand , the enthusiasm inspired by a religion arrayed in the most attractive colours , full of promise , and in all the vigour of youth ; on the other side , the fatal in- difference , as to choice of masters or form of government , that ...
... hand , the enthusiasm inspired by a religion arrayed in the most attractive colours , full of promise , and in all the vigour of youth ; on the other side , the fatal in- difference , as to choice of masters or form of government , that ...
Σελίδα xvi
... oppression ; but when they became weak and divided , the Spaniards began to feel their own importance , and became desirous of ob- taining the distinctions and employments from which they were excluded ; on the other hand , xvi PREFACE .
... oppression ; but when they became weak and divided , the Spaniards began to feel their own importance , and became desirous of ob- taining the distinctions and employments from which they were excluded ; on the other hand , xvi PREFACE .
Σελίδα xvii
... hand , as they had been permitted to retain their laws and customs , they were united by religion and habit , and disposed and prepared to act when- ever a favourable opportunity presented itself . That an error of this nature should ...
... hand , as they had been permitted to retain their laws and customs , they were united by religion and habit , and disposed and prepared to act when- ever a favourable opportunity presented itself . That an error of this nature should ...
Σελίδα xxv
... hand from the obvious necessity of fixing upon the South of Spain as the scene of Hassan's expedition to the convent , and the re- luctance I felt to make any change that would have so far altered the character of the band by whom I was ...
... hand from the obvious necessity of fixing upon the South of Spain as the scene of Hassan's expedition to the convent , and the re- luctance I felt to make any change that would have so far altered the character of the band by whom I was ...
Σελίδα xxviii
... hand , it would have concur- red with the Cortes in reducing the overgrown establishments that were supposed to depress the agriculture of the kingdom , and in break- ing down those territorial accumulations which had become too ...
... hand , it would have concur- red with the Cortes in reducing the overgrown establishments that were supposed to depress the agriculture of the kingdom , and in break- ing down those territorial accumulations which had become too ...
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Abdallah Abencerrages Alatar Alhambra Almoradi Aragon arms band beams beauty beneath Boabdil bold bower brave breast breath bright brow Cabra Cadiz CANTO Catalan Catalonia chief chieftain chivalry cold colours Cortes dark dark moor Daro's death deem'd deep dreadful fair faith faithful bands faithless feeling fierce fire gallant gave gaze glance glories glow Gomeles grace Granada Guerilla hall hand Hassan hear heard heart Heaven height honour hope hour Ismael's Kedith's kindred King knew land life's light Lord mark'd mingled Montserrat Moor Moorish Moorish Empire Moslem mountain native ne'er night o'er passion paused peaceful plain pride proud racter rose round royal Royalists scarcely scene shore smiling bands soul sound Spain Spaniard Spanish spirit steed stern stood strain strife sway thee thine thou tone Trapiste Vilia warriors wave wild word young youth Zaira Zegri
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Σελίδα 117 - O Caledonia ! stern and wild, meet nurse for a poetic child, • land of brown heath and shaggy wood, land of the mountain and the flood, land of my sires!
Σελίδα 177 - For, dark and despairing, my sight I may seal, But man cannot cover what God would reveal. 'Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before.
Σελίδα 1 - Not poppy, nor mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou ow'dst yesterday.
Σελίδα 225 - all the life of life " is fled ?— What, but the deep inherent dread Lest she beyond the grave resume her reign, And realize the hell that priests and beldams feign ? Page 34, line 17.
Σελίδα 356 - And when one blast shall sound the trumpet, and the earth shall be moved from its place, and the mountains also, and shall be dashed in pieces at one stroke: on that day the inevitable hour of judgment shall suddenly come; and the heavens shall cleave in sunder, and shall fall in pieces...
Σελίδα 286 - Verily we sent down the Koran in the night of al Kadr.1 And what shall make thee understand how excellent the night or al Kadr is ? The night of al Kadr is better than a thousand months. Therein do the angels descend, and the spirit Gabriel also, by the permission of their Lord, with his decrees concerning every matter. It is peace, until the rising of the morn.
Σελίδα 315 - Foi ; il» se mirent en état de défense : repoussés dans la ville, ils se retranchèrent dans les maisons crénelées, d'où ils faisaient un feu meurtrier; le Général Bellido ne vit pas d'autre moyen de les réduire, que de faire mettre le feu aux quatre coins de la ville; et au milieu du désordre...
Σελίδα 343 - Au deux extrémités du carré long, deux charmantes coupoles de quinze à seize pieds en tous sens s'avancent en saillie dans l'intérieur, soutenues comme tout le reste par des colonnes de marbre. Sous ces coupoles sont des jets d'eau. Enfin, dans le centre de l'édifice...
Σελίδα 48 - ... tapestry clung, And, dear to Spain, Pelayo's armour hung. Now eve descending, quell'd the struggling ray, And heavy fell the shades of deepening day, But bright o'er kindling hearth the pile was raised, And gaily flashing o'er the rafters blazed ; There, closely crowded round the cheerful light, Where group'd the leaders of the Spanish fight, And Kedith led him to the gather'd ring As chief on honour'd mission to the King. Unlike the aerial hall, the magic dome, The dazzling glories of his distant...
Σελίδα 315 - Enfin , après une vigoureuse résistance, la ville fut rendue à dix heures et demie du soir, et subit toute la nuit les suites horribles d'une prise d'assaut. Elle était presque détruite et ses habitans en partie exterminés, mais elle avait coûté cher aux vainqueurs, ils y avaient perdu le commandant des Asturies et au moins deux cent cinquante hommes. Suivant le rapport du général constitutionnel, la perte totale des insurgés dans ces deux affaires avait été de plus de douze cents hommes,...