... the tomb, not the home of the Moor. It may disappoint those who, fonder of the present and a cigar than of the past and the abstract, arrive heated with the hill, and are thinking of getting back to an ice, a dinner, and a siesta. Andalucia, Ronda and Granada, Murcia, Valencia, and Catalonia; the portions ... - Seite 312von Richard Ford - 1855Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| University magazine - 1846 - 780 Seiten
...in its decayed and fallen state, the carcase of what it was when vivified by a living soul, and now the tomb, not the home of the Moor. It may disappoint...those who, fonder of the present and a cigar, than uf the past and the abstract, arrive heated with the hill, and are thinking of getting back to an ice,... | |
| Elizabeth Nash - 2005 - 270 Seiten
...saloons beyond." But Ford, always ready with a down-to-earth reflection, wondered if the Alhambra might "disappoint those who, fonder of the present and a...of getting back to an ice, a dinner and a siesta." It is a good idea to conserve your energy by taking the bus to the hilltop. Weight of the Past Granada's... | |
| 1846 - 812 Seiten
...in its decayed and fallen state, the carease of what it was when vivified by a living soul, and now the tomb, not the home of the .Moor. It may disappoint...dinner, and a siesta. Again, the nonsense of annuals lias fostered an over-exaggerated notion of a place, which, from the dreams of boyhood, has been fancy-formed... | |
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