Irving's Works, المجلد 1G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1884 |
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Aben Habuz Abencerrages Ahmed alcalde alforjas alguazil Alhamar Alhambra ancient Andalusia Arabian Arabic arms astrologer balcony beautiful beheld bird Boabdil Bonabben bosom castle cavaliers cavern chamber Christian contrabandistas Cordova court cried damsel Darro daughter delight descended discreet Dolores Don Munio enchanted eyes faith father flowers fortress friar gardens gate gave Generalife gold governor Granada grand master groves guard guitar Hafsah halls hand heard heart hill horse inhabitants Ismael Kadiga lofty look Lope Sanchez lover magic Makkari Mateo Ximenes monarch Moorish Moorish king Moors Morisco morning Moslem mountains mule Muley Abul Hassan mystery never night palace parrot passed Peregil prince princess renegado round royal ruins Sancho scene seal of Solomon seated secret Señor Seville silver soldier Solomon the Wise Spain Spanish steed story talisman thee thou throne tion took tower treasure vault Vega walls warriors water-carrier window youth Yusef Zorahayda
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الصفحة 61 - David will I lay upon his shoulder ; so he shall open, and none shall shut ; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
الصفحة 61 - And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth ; and shutteth, and no man openeth...
الصفحة 71 - And they saw the God of Israel : and there was under his feet, as it were, a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
الصفحة 69 - It is impossible to contemplate this scene so perfectly Oriental without feeling the early associations of Arabian romance, and almost expecting to see the white arm of some mysterious princess beckoning from the gallery, or some dark eye sparkling through the lattice.
الصفحة 64 - Great numbers of gold-fish were to be seen gleaming through the waters of the basin, and it was bordered by hedges of roses. Passing from the court of the Alberca under a Moorish archway, we entered the renowned court of Lions. No part of the edifice gives a more complete idea of its original beauty 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 ; the twelve lions...
الصفحة 148 - The priest then applied a key, turned a creaking lock, and opened what sounded like a ponderous door. They entered, the door was closed and bolted, and the mason was conducted through an echoing corridor, and a spacious hall, to an interior part of the building.
الصفحة 93 - ... were an isolated people. Their whole existence was a prolonged though gallant and chivalric struggle for a foothold in a usurped land.
الصفحة 80 - Abencerrages, that city has ever been a subject of my waking dreams ; and often have I trod in fancy the romantic halls of the Alhambra.
الصفحة 152 - HE peculiar charm of this old dreamy palace is its power of calling up vague reveries and picturings of the past, and thus clothing naked realities with the illusions of the memory and the imagination. As I delight to walk in these "vain shadows...
الصفحة 147 - Granada, who kept all the saints' days and holidays, and Saint Monday into the bargain, and yet, with all his devotion, he grew poorer and poorer, and could scarcely earn bread for his numerous family. One night he was roused from his first sleep by a knocking at his door. He opened it, and beheld before him a tall, meagre, cadaverous-looking priest. "