Royal Spain of TodayLongmans, Green, and Company, 1913 - 614 pages |
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Page 464 - Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts : for the Coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Page 208 - Thee gliding through the sea of form, Like the lightning through the storm, Somewhat not to be possessed, Somewhat not to be caressed, No feet so fleet could ever find, No perfect form could ever bind.
Page 183 - Must kings neglect that private men enjoy! And what have kings that privates have not too, Save ceremony— save general ceremony? And what art thou, thou idol Ceremony? What kind of god art thou, that suffer'st more Of mortal griefs than do thy worshippers? What are thy rents? What are thy comings-in? O Ceremony, show me but thy worth!
Page 265 - As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God : when shall I come and appear before God...
Page 354 - To follow half on which the eye dilates Through views more dazzling unto mortal ken Than those whereof such things the bard relates, Who to the awe-struck world unlock'd Elysium's gates ? XIX.
Page 160 - ... than this, for none has suffered so little from the ravages of time. In the centre stands the fountain famous in song and story. The alabaster basins still shed their diamond drops ; and the twelve lions, which support them, cast forth their crystal streams as in the days of Boabdil.
Page 360 - Eis-aqui, quasi cume da cabeça De Europa toda , o reino Lusitano, Onde a terra se acaba, eo mar começa...
Page 466 - That such rules have molded her exemplary constabulary, no one will deny who has traveled much in Spain. They are loved and respected by the people; witness this popular song: " Atenta a la vida humana Siempre la Guardia Civil . . . Y por eso en todas partes Benediciones la acompafian.
Page 389 - ... for the important services which they had rendered him, contrived out of an independent feudal nobility to construct a dependent court nobility. Gradually three classes of grandees arose out of this merely nominal nobility. It was the privilege of the first class to be commanded by the monarch to be covered before they had begun to address him ; the second class received this command as soon as they had finished their address, and heard the king's reply with covered head ; but to the third class...
Page 163 - The ceiling seems all points, bunches and knobs of stucco that hang from the arches, along the walls, and here and there crowd together, droop, emerge from one another, and seem to dispute the space like the bubbles in boiling water, presenting in many points the traces of antique colors, which must have given to that ceiling the appearance of a pavilion covered with suspended fruit and flowers.