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A Corner Of Spain Illustrations
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Author : Walter Wood
language : en
Publisher: Ballantyne & Co. Limited
Release Date : 2015-03-19
A Corner Of Spain Illustrations written by Walter Wood and has been published by Ballantyne & Co. Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-19 with categories.
Example in this ebook I stood upon the salient bastion of an ancient fortress towering high above a swift and placid river. Below and around me swept line upon line of crumbling walls and grass-grown moats, the scene of many a bloody struggle in the evil days of old. From a hundred grim embrasures peeped rusty cannon, harmless now, and dark-eyed children sported upon the battlements that once had belched defiance and destruction to the foe across the stream. For this old white town, cramped within its triple ramparts, is the last vantage ground of Portugal; and on the other side of the Miño straight before me is Galicia, the unconquered land of the Gael, a land of mountain and flood, of mist and sunlight, such as are all the western promontories in which the mysterious Celtic people have finally found a home after ages of unrecorded wanderings. The scene as I looked upon it from these old battlements of Valença is as fair as any that Europe can offer. Down in the valley on both sides of the stream the maize-fields are reddening in the autumn sun, and between them, and terraced on the hill slopes above them, vines, heavy now with great masses of black grapes, are trained over slender posts of grey granite, forming endless arcades of fruit and foliage. Then higher up, climbing the steep skirts of the mountains, vast forests of darkling pines throw into relief the majestic summits, bare and boulder-strewn, upon which the ardent southern sunlight glows and quivers, whilst deep purple shadows fleck the tints of old rose and cinnamon where the sunlight falls. Across the majestic iron bridge that spans the Miño, the one modern note in all this scene, there rises an ancient city clustered upon a rise crowned by square battlemented towers. Some old feudal fortress it would seem; but closer acquaintance proves it to be a Christian cathedral built at a time when bishops girt the sword and donned their armour to fight the infidel and defend their faith with their lives. Tuy, the first city of Galicia, is a relic of a past age. Its tortuous narrow streets, mere alleys a few feet wide, are like those of the prehistoric Celtic city of Citania in Portugal: deep channels worn in the living rock and patched where necessary with flat slabs. The city itself is as silent as the grave, and the frowning old castle-cathedral, with its tinkling bell calling to worship, almost alone indicates the presence of the living. A mediæval writer calls Tuy "lately a city of pagans," but for well upon ten centuries now the brave old Romanesque church has stood aloft unmoved like a cliff to resist the incursions of the enemies of the Church. But Tuy, quaint and suggestive of thought as it is, can hardly be considered a typical Galician city; for the best and most picturesque regions of Galicia are those which surround the glorious fjords cut deep into the land that entitles the little "Kingdom" to be called the Norway of Spain. The scenery up the Miño to Orense is, as Mr. Wood has mentioned, one of the most fascinating series of river views for fifty miles that Europe can show. Foaming and tearing its way between dark gorges, broadening here and there into smiling little valleys, the mountains terraced almost to their distant summits with mere steps upon which crops are raised, the river passes through infinite phases of beauty. But the towns, and even villages, are few and far between in these wild regions, and the suave and beautiful inland bays, with the sweet valleys and soaring sierras that surround them, will form for visitors the main attractions of Galicia. To be continue in this ebook
A Corner Of Spain
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Author : Walter Wood
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-08-15
A Corner Of Spain written by Walter Wood and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-15 with Travel categories.
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A Corner Of Spain
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Author : Miriam Coles Harris
language : en
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
Release Date : 2013-12
A Corner Of Spain written by Miriam Coles Harris and has been published by Hardpress Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12 with categories.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
A Corner Of Spain With An Introduction By Martin Hume Illustrated In Colour And Line From Pictures By Frank H Mason Etc
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Author : Walter WOOD (Miscellaneous Writer.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1910
A Corner Of Spain With An Introduction By Martin Hume Illustrated In Colour And Line From Pictures By Frank H Mason Etc written by Walter WOOD (Miscellaneous Writer.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1910 with categories.
A Corner Of Spain
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Author : Miriam Coles Harris
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898
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A Corner Of Spain
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Author : Miriam Coles Harris
language : en
Publisher: Palala Press
Release Date : 2016-05-17
A Corner Of Spain written by Miriam Coles Harris and has been published by Palala Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-17 with categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Corner Of Spain
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Author : Miriam Coles 1834-1925 Harris
language : en
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Release Date : 2016-08-25
Corner Of Spain written by Miriam Coles 1834-1925 Harris and has been published by Wentworth Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-25 with History categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Dor S Spain
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Author : Gustave Doré
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2013-09-26
Dor S Spain written by Gustave Doré and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-26 with Art categories.
Here are 236 powerful drawings by one of the most popular and most prolific illustrators of all time — all exuding the romantic style, abundance of detail, and dramatic use of light and shade.
Sketches In Spain From Nature Art And Life
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Author : John Lomas (traveller in Spain.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1884
Sketches In Spain From Nature Art And Life written by John Lomas (traveller in Spain.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1884 with Spain categories.
A Corner Of Spain Classic Reprint
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Author : Miriam Coles Harris
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-07-18
A Corner Of Spain Classic Reprint written by Miriam Coles Harris and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-18 with categories.
Excerpt from A Corner of Spain A tropical Christmas on Long Island, and a New Year's day in New York that might have passed muster for a Florida May-day, had only whetted our thirst for a Southern winter. This could not last long; such weather was unseasonable; we wanted to go where it was seasonable. A trip in Southern waters; warm weather the second day out; no fogs, no Banks to pass, none of the terrors of the North Atlantic, - that was our happy programme. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
