Glimpses of Spain; Or, Notes of an Unfinished Tour in 1847, Issue 2

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Harper & Brothers, 1849 - Spain - 384 pages
 

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Page 196 - Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear To dig the dust enclosed here : Blest be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones.
Page 222 - A merchant shall hardly keep himself from doing wrong: and a huckster shall not be freed from sin.
Page 54 - ... poco se derriban sin podellas reparar; y las tus blancas almenas, que lucen como el cristal, su lealtad han perdido y todo su bel mirar. Tu...
Page 220 - Stand, stand, ye thieves and robbers, lay down my lady's pledge ! He cried, — -and ever as he cried they felt his faulchion's edge. That day the Lord of Vargas came to the camp alone ; The scarf, his lady's largess, around his breast was thrown ; Bare was his head, his sword was red, and from his pommel strung, Seven turbans green, sore hacked I ween, before Don Garci hung.

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