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" ... peasants in the neighbourhood of Segovia, in Old Castile, namely, I had on my head a species of leather helmet or montera, with a jacket and trousers of the same material. I had the appearance of a person between sixty and seventy years of age, and... "
Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Society - Page 382
by George Henry Borrow - 1911 - 471 pages
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The Bible in Spain: Or, The Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonments of an ...

George Borrow - 1843 - 246 pages
...had the appearance of a person between sixty and seventy years of age, and drove before me a borrico with a sack of Testaments lying across its back. On...to pass her with the customary salutation of vaya listed con Dios, she stopped, and after looking at me for a moment, she said: "Uncle ( TV«), what...
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The Edinburgh Review, Volume 77

1843 - 594 pages
...between sixty and seventy years of age, [he was really about thirty,] and drove before me a borrico with a sack of Testaments lying across its back. On...about to pass her with the customary salutation of vayo usted con Dios, she stopped, and after looking at me for a moment, she said : " Uncle ( TYo),...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 77

1843 - 594 pages
...between sixty and seventy years of age, [he was really about thirty,] and drove before me a borrico with a sack of Testaments lying across its back. On...hand: as I was about to pass her with the customary saluta134 The Bible in Spain. Feb. tion of vayo usted con Dios, she stopped, and after looking at me...
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The Edinburgh Review, Volume 43; Volume 77

1843 - 596 pages
...between sixty and seventy years of age, [he was really about thirty,] and drove before me a borrico with a sack of Testaments lying across its back. On...woman leading a little boy by the hand : as I was abont to pass her with the customary salutation of vayo vsted con Dios, she stopped, and after looking...
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The Bible in Spain, Or, The Journeys, Adventures, and ..., Volume 3

George Borrow - 1843 - 414 pages
...had the appearance of a person between sixty and seventy years of age, and drove before me a borrico with a sack of Testaments lying across its back. On nearing the village, I met a genteel looking young woman leading a little boy by the hand : as I was about to pass her with the...
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The Bible in Spain: Or, The Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonments of an ...

George Borrow - 1845 - 240 pages
...had the appearance of a person between sixty and seventy years of age, and drove before me a borrico with a sack of Testaments lying across its back. On...was about to pass her with the customary salutation oí vaya usted con Dios, she stopped, and after looking at me for a moment, she said: "Uncle (ïVo),...
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The Bible in Spain: Or, The Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonments of an ...

George Borrow - 1845 - 244 pages
...had the appearance of a person between sixty and seventy years of age, and drove before me a borrico with a sack of Testaments lying across its back. On nearing the village, I mot a genteel-looking young woman leading a little boy by the hand: as I was about to pass her with...
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The Bible in Spain: Or, The Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonments of an ...

George Borrow - 1907 - 536 pages
...had the appearance of a person between sixty and seventy years of age, and drove before me a borrico with a sack of Testaments lying across its back. On...con Dios, she stopped, and after looking at me for a Adventure at Cobenna 407 moment, she said, " Uncle (Tio), what is that you have got on your borrico...
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The Bible in Spain: Or, The Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonments of an ...

George Borrow - 1923 - 900 pages
...had the appearance of a person between sixty and seventy years of age, and drove before me a borrico with a sack of Testaments lying across its back. On...about to pass her, with the customary salutation of v aya usted con Dios, she stopped, and, after looking at me for a moment, she said, "Uncle,* what is...
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University of California Chronicle, Volume 18

1916 - 574 pages
...of the peasants of Old Castile, and thereafter followed what was perhaps his most striking conquest. "On nearing the village I met a genteel-looking young...was about to pass her with the customary salutation she stopped, and after looking at me for a moment she said: 'Uncle, what is that you have on your borricof...
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