Felix Alvarez, Or, Manners in Spain: Containing Descriptive Accounts of Some of the Prominent Events of the Late Peninsular War, and Authentic Anecdotes Illustrative of the Spanish Character : Interspersed with Poetry, Original and from the Spanish : in Three Volumes, Volum 1Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1818 - 304 pàgines |
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Pàgina 245 - Y ríase la gente. Pues Amor es tan cruel Que de Píramo y su amada Hace tálamo una espada, Do se junten ella y él, Sea mi Tisbe un pastel, Y la espada sea mi...
Pàgina 245 - Pase a media noche el mar y arda en amorosa llama Leandro por ver su dama, que yo más quiero pasar del golfo de mi lagar la blanca o roja corriente, y ríase la gente. Pues Amor es tan cruel que de Píramo y su amada hace tálamo una espada do se junten ella y él, sea mi Tisbe un pastel y la espada sea mi diente, y ríase la gente.
Pàgina 244 - Ande yo caliente, y ríase la gente. Traten otros del gobierno del mundo y sus monarquías, mientras gobiernan mis días mantequillas y pan tierno, y las mañanas de invierno naranjada y aguardiente, y ríase la gente. Coma en dorada vajilla el príncipe mil cuidados como pildoras dorados ; que yo en mi pobre mesilla quiero más una morcilla que en el asador reviente, y ríase la gente.
Pàgina xiv - Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks his gods for all the good they gave. Such is the patriot's boast where'er we roam ; His first, best country ever is at home. And yet, perhaps, if countries we compare, And estimate the blessings which they share, Though patriots flatter, still shall wisdom find An equal portion dealt to all mankind ; As different good, by art or nature given, To different nations makes their blessing even.
Pàgina 81 - ... all conversation was suspended, and every one repeated an inward prayer. The sign of the cross, which closed the prayer of each, was the signal for the breaking of this holy silence ; every one gave a salutation to those who surrounded him, known or unknown, and then the stream flowed on unaltered in its course.
Pàgina 245 - ... y ríase la gente. Cuando cubra las montañas de "plata y nieve el enero tenga yo lleno el brasero de bellotas y castañas, y quien las dulces patrañas del rey que rabió me cuente, y ríase la gente.
Pàgina 80 - The sun had been some time apparently enlarging the circumference of his orb; his brilliant disk had gradually received its evening tinge of red ; and now his last ray darted upward from the refulgent bosom of the ocean, streaking with gold the expanded edge that veiled his face. It was the signal for the Oraciones, or evening prayer, which being repeated by the tolling of the bell of every church, the whole city, the whole kingdom, addressed a prayer and a thanksgiving to the Almighty Being who...
Pàgina 255 - ... si-milar to that introduced at the end of the first chapter, p. 25, and the air of which is, I think, equally beautiful and impressive. The following are some of the original stanzas, from which it will be seen that those in the text are not trans-lations. EL CLAMOR DE LA PATRIA, Canción Patriótica.
Pàgina 233 - Con perfidia inaudita A Bayona llamó A nuestro Rey Fernando De España nuevo sol. A sus padres y hermanos Tambien los convocó, Y presa hace de todos Qual sangriento leon. A la guerra, etc.
Pàgina 244 - R cocomo pildoras dorados, que yo en mi pobre mesilla quiero mas una morcilla que en el asador rebiente, y riase la gente. . Quando cubra las montañas de plata y nieve el Enero tenga yo lleno el brasero de bellotas y castañas, y quien las dulces patrañas del Rey que rabió me cuente, y riase la gente.