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Granada (Spain) (search for this): chapter 11
Aranjuez. Cordova. visit to the hermits. Granada. the Alhambra. Malaga. Gibraltar. Cadizely with the mail-post, for safety, I entered Granada. . . . . After resting myself a little, I body's orders but yours as long as you are in Granada; but you will make use of them or not, just aid not do for me during the two days I was in Granada. One great source of my amusement in his politude of this magnificent convent. . . . Granada was originally divided into four quarters, whnd which lie the city, the delicious plain of Granada, dotted everywhere with convents and villages, and thus made the last hours of my visit to Granada pleasant, for I was obliged to go away this vthe Corzarios, or company that trades between Granada and Malaga, set off at five o'clock, and the h nobleman. He is of Madrid, and had been at Granada for a lawsuit, which has been pending in the s as near the original of Gil Bias' Bishop of Granada as a priest of the nineteenth century need be[1 more...]
Madrid (Spain) (search for this): chapter 11
ng's, I mounted my post-horse at his door, to leave Madrid. It would be very ungrateful in me to say I left inares, now dried up, entered the dreary plain round Madrid. . . . . The night was so beautiful, so mild, so caver seen, except a few in the Palace and Academy at Madrid; and I was delighted to find that the Marquis de Ststume of the country, such as the Picadores wear at Madrid, In the bull-fights. and which the Andalusian ge It is altogether different from what I had seen in Madrid. The Castilians are gay in their own private circl, and the pleasantest house there, as I was told in Madrid. Few people go there, but those that do, go familiiece that made much noise in the last exhibition at Madrid; is as brave as Caesar, since he has eleven severe science, that is, for a Spanish nobleman. He is of Madrid, and had been at Granada for a lawsuit, which has bade it quite unnecessary. I knew Mad. de Teba in Madrid, when she was there on a visit last summer; and fro
Bagdad, Fla. (Florida, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
rors when they entered, in the thirteenth century, and if the monuments, which even they spared and respected, had not been overturned by a tremendous earthquake in 1589. One, however, still remains to us; and one, too, that so completely fills and satisfies the imagination, that a stranger at Cordova hardly regrets or remembers what he has lost. I mean the Cathedral, still in the popular language called the Mezquita, the grandest of all the monuments of Arabic architecture; for, between Bagdad and the Pillars of Hercules, nothing to be compared to it is to be found. Abderrahman I. began its construction in 786, and his two successors enriched and finished it. It is one of the largest churches in the world, five hundred and thirty-four feet long and three hundred and eighty-seven feet six inches wide, built of a fine stone, and forming nineteen naves, supported by eight hundred and fifty columns. The coup d'oeil, on entering, is magnificent. Nothing but St. Peter's equals it; no
Cordoba (Spain) (search for this): chapter 11
e bridge of Alcolea, the turrets and domes of Cordova appeared in the horizon before me. A half an miles. . . . The epoch of the splendor of Cordova is, of course, between 755 and 1030. . . . .T the Moorish annals are not to be mistaken at Cordova. The ruins of the Palace of the Kings, where was not the only thing that interested me in Cordova. A visit that I made on the 19th to the hermgranate-trees, and with a magnificent view of Cordova, the rich plain that spreads for fifty miles two hundred and fifty years ago a nobleman of Cordova, wearied with the world, retired to this soli world, for there is hardly a noble family in Cordova that has not furnished more than one hermit. t can never pass away. . . . I remained in Cordova in all two days and a half, and was not a lithe Marquis de Villaseca's, the richest man in Cordova, and the pleasantest house there, as I was to I would rather have been with the hermits of Cordova, where at least I should have had a beautiful[1 more...]
Gibraltar (search for this): chapter 11
Aranjuez. Cordova. visit to the hermits. Granada. the Alhambra. Malaga. Gibraltar. Cadiz. Journal. on the evening of September 13, after dining wiple of hours afterwards, at four o'clock in the morning, mounted my horse for Gibraltar. The Bishop [of Malaga]. . . . is about fifty years old, possessed of unco to complete the group which Le Sage has so admirably drawn. My journey to Gibraltar was bad. The first day it rained the whole time, so that I was wet through to if you are really suffering, you are sure to meet nothing but good-will. In Gibraltar I remained from the morning of the 30th September to noon on the 3d of Octobet excellent governor, that, instead of depending on the neighboring villages, Gibraltar exports to them different kinds of vegetables through the whole year. Notwitthe brass ordnance of the famous floating batteries. . . . . The road from Gibraltar to Cadiz is dreary, passing almost always through a good soil, but one much n
Dios (Papua New Guinea) (search for this): chapter 11
et, which is substantially as it was in the fifteenth century; afterwards in the more showy and rich dresses of the people, in the paintings on the outside of their houses, or in the minute and delicate ornaments of their architecture, and in the awnings over their courts, in their verandas, and in the profusion of waters distributed through their houses, so that they sometimes have a jet d'eau in every room. The last thing in which I noticed it was in their language, as in their salutation, Dios guarde a vin, and in their accent, which makes an h guttural, as in Alhambra, Alhama, harto, etc., all which are completely Moorish; as well as a general tone perceptible in the ways and dress of the common people. At dinner, the Archbishop had invited a good many persons to meet me, and thus made the last hours of my visit to Granada pleasant, for I was obliged to go away this very evening (September 25). I would have stayed until the morning, though only to rest myself, but the Corzarios
St. Peter (Minnesota, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
re; for, between Bagdad and the Pillars of Hercules, nothing to be compared to it is to be found. Abderrahman I. began its construction in 786, and his two successors enriched and finished it. It is one of the largest churches in the world, five hundred and thirty-four feet long and three hundred and eighty-seven feet six inches wide, built of a fine stone, and forming nineteen naves, supported by eight hundred and fifty columns. The coup d'oeil, on entering, is magnificent. Nothing but St. Peter's equals it; not even the vast Gothic churches of the North, or the Cathedral of Milan; besides that it has the charm of entire novelty in its form, style, and tone. In all these it is still essentially and purely Arabic. The beauty of its marbles, the curious mixture of the Eastern, the Western, and the Northern styles in its architecture,—which has confounded the inquiries of the learned as to the origin of the style called Gothic,—and the minute delicacy and graceful lightness of its
Toledo (Spain) (search for this): chapter 11
d. de Montijo, who recollected him and returned his greeting. The Empress Eugenie is her daughter. It was after all this gayety that I very sadly bade her farewell forever, and a couple of hours afterwards, at four o'clock in the morning, mounted my horse for Gibraltar. The Bishop [of Malaga]. . . . is about fifty years old, possessed of uncommon talents and eloquence, dignified, and a little formal in his manners, and cautious, adroit, and powerful in conversation. When he was canon at Toledo, he was a representative in the Cortes and much remarked for his eloquence, where there were certainly no common competitors, and, what does him yet more honor, he was one of the three chosen to draw up the famous free constitution, and is considered as its chief author. This is the bright side of his character. Now reverse the medal, and he is cunning, obsequious to his superiors and hard to his dependents, loving all kinds of splendor, and a glutton. As I brought an especial letter to
Malaga (Spain) (search for this): chapter 11
ey through Southern Spain. Aranjuez. Cordova. visit to the hermits. Granada. the Alhambra. Malaga. Gibraltar. Cadiz. Journal. on the evening of September 13, after dining with a ferning, though only to rest myself, but the Corzarios, or company that trades between Granada and Malaga, set off at five o'clock, and the roads are so infested with robbers that no other mode of trave sugar-cane. . . . . [On the 27th], at nine o'clock, I gladly entered the busy little city of Malaga. . . . The inhabitants—I mean those I knew in a visit of only three days—I found hospitable as trs afterwards, at four o'clock in the morning, mounted my horse for Gibraltar. The Bishop [of Malaga]. . . . is about fifty years old, possessed of uncommon talents and eloquence, dignified, and a e ventured, when the Bishop received him, that the king should not dine so well as the Bishop of Malaga, for such a luxurious dinner I have rarely beheld, and never one so elaborate. The bread, as he
Milton, Mass. (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
and hastening to join the Xenil and the Douro in the fertile plain below. I wandered here for hours, meeting at every instant something to delight and surprise me, resting under the shade of a palm-tree, sitting amidst the refreshing coolness of the minute fountains the Arabs invented only to temper the heat, or enjoying the magnificent view from the summit of the Generalife, which, taking in the plain below, traversed by four streams and bounded by mountains, is more like an original to Milton's description of Paradise than the Val d'arno, or anything else I have seen in Europe. At length, the sun set upon my unsatisfied eagerness, and the twilight began to fade below. I came down slowly and reluctantly; returned to the Archbishop's and talked it all over with him; went to bed and dreamt of it, and the next morning, at half past 5 o'clock, was again on the summit of the Generalife, with my eyes again fastened on the same enchanting scenery and prospect. The morning was as beaut
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