The Spaniards and Their Country, Količina 2Wiley and Putnam, 1847 - 349 strani |
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Stran 167 - No, Sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.
Stran 236 - tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door ; but 'tis enough, 'twill serve : ask for me to-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man.
Stran 339 - Figaro says —" ce qui ne vaut pas la peine d'etre dit, on le chante.
Stran 346 - The quality of mercy is not strained, — It droppeth as the gentle rain from Heaven Upon the place beneath ; it is twice blessed, — It blesseth him that gives and him that takes...
Stran 314 - The colour is always red, because that best irritates the bull and conceals blood. There is always a spare slayer at hand in case of accidents, which may happen in the best regulated bull-fights. The matador, from being alone, concentrates in himself all the interest as regards the human species, which was before frittered away among the many other combatants, as was the case in the ancient gladiatorial shows of Rome. He advances to the bull, in order to entice him towards him, or, in nice technical...
Stran 334 - ... would the company or costume perhaps be admissible at the Mansion-house ; but here the past triumphs over the present ; the dance which is closely analogous to the Ghowasee of the Egyptians, and the Nautch of the Hindoos, is called the Ole by Spaniards, the Romalis by their gipsies ; the soul and essence of it consists in the expression of certain sentiment, one not indeed of a very sentimental or correct character. The ladies, who seem to have no bones, resolve the problem of perpetual motion,...
Stran 299 - Spaniard, among which glorious people there have been bull-fights ever since bulls were, because," adds Pepe, with that modesty which forms so charming a trait of the Iberian character, "the Spanish men are as much more brave than all other men, as the Spanish bull is more savage and valiant than all other bulls.
Stran 341 - I calculate ; happy-lookin' critter, too, ain't he, with that are little, short, black pipe in his mouth ? The fact is, squire, the moment a man takes to a pipe he becomes a philosifer; — it's the poor man's friend ; it calms the mind, soothes the temper, and makes a man patient onder trouble.
Stran 308 - ... between him and the bull. When these deadly struggles take place, when life hangs on a thread, the amphitheatre is peopled with heads; every feeling of anxiety, eagerness, fear, horror, and delight is stamped on their expressive countenances ; if happiness is to be estimated by quality, intensity, and concentration, rather than duration (and it is), these are moments of excitement more precious to them, than ages of placid, insipid, uniform stagnation. Their feelings are wrought to a pitch, when...
Stran 334 - Martial, &c., when he beholds the unchanged balancing of hands, raised as if to catch showers of roses, the tapping of the feet, and the serpentine, quivering movements. A contagious excitement seizes the spectators, who, like Orientals, beat time with their hands in measured cadence, and at every pause applaud with cries and clappings. The damsels thus encouraged, continue in violent action until nature is all but exhausted ; then aniseed brandy, wine, and alpisteras are handed about, *end the fete,...