Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in that CountryChapman and Hall, 1843 - 437 páginas |
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... whole has an air of agreeable coolness . Every thing is handsome without being gaudy , and admirably adapted for the climate . The sleeping apartments have no windows , and are dark and cool , while SIGHTS AND SOUNDS . the drawing ...
... whole has an air of agreeable coolness . Every thing is handsome without being gaudy , and admirably adapted for the climate . The sleeping apartments have no windows , and are dark and cool , while SIGHTS AND SOUNDS . the drawing ...
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... whole house was thrown open - there was a splendid supper , quantities of refreshments , and the whole select aristocracy of Havana . Diamonds on all the women , jewels and orders on all the men , magnificent lustres and mirrors , and a ...
... whole house was thrown open - there was a splendid supper , quantities of refreshments , and the whole select aristocracy of Havana . Diamonds on all the women , jewels and orders on all the men , magnificent lustres and mirrors , and a ...
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... whole , within the precincts of the city of the True Cross . To - morrow is the day fixed for our departure , and we shall not be sorry to leave this place , although this house is excellent , a whole suite of rooms given to us , and ...
... whole , within the precincts of the city of the True Cross . To - morrow is the day fixed for our departure , and we shall not be sorry to leave this place , although this house is excellent , a whole suite of rooms given to us , and ...
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... whole scale of vege- tation . The road became steep and dreary , and after passing Cruz Blanca , excepting occasional cornfields and sombre pine forests , the scene had no objects of interest sufficient to enable us to keep our eyes ...
... whole scale of vege- tation . The road became steep and dreary , and after passing Cruz Blanca , excepting occasional cornfields and sombre pine forests , the scene had no objects of interest sufficient to enable us to keep our eyes ...
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... whole scene was wild and grand , yet dreary and monotonous , presenting the greatest contrast possible to our first day's journey . The only signs of life to be met with were the long strings of arrieros with their droves of mules , and ...
... whole scene was wild and grand , yet dreary and monotonous , presenting the greatest contrast possible to our first day's journey . The only signs of life to be met with were the long strings of arrieros with their droves of mules , and ...
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agreeable altar amongst amusing ANASTASIO BUSTAMANTE appeared Archbishop arrived ball beautiful Bishop bull bull-fight called carriage cathedral Chapultepec Chinampas church coloured convent Cortes Countess covered crowd Cuernavaca dancing dark daughter diamonds dinner dollars dress English excellent eyes fête firing flowers friends gallop garden girl gold hacienda hair handsome head holy holy week horses Indian José Urrea kneeling ladies léperos LETTER light looked magnificent maguey mantilla Mexican Mexico Minister monks morning mountains mules night nopal nuns o'clock padre palace party passed plains Posada president presiding Bishop pretty priests Puebla pulque reboso returned rich riding road robbers rose round San Agustin Santa Anna satin shoes scene seems Señor servants silver soldiers Spaniards Spanish stone streets Tacubaya thing tierra caliente Toluca trees troops Valencia velvet Vera Cruz village Virgin walked whole woman women
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Página 19 - They looking back, all th' eastern side beheld Of paradise, so late their happy seat, Wav'd over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful faces throng'd, and fiery arms : Some natural tears they dropt ; but wip'd them soon.
Página 396 - ... the night. — Most glorious night! Thou wert not sent for slumber! let me be A sharer in thy fierce and far delight, — A portion of the tempest and of thee! How the lit lake shines, — a phosphoric sea! And the big rain comes dancing to the earth ! And now again, 'tis black, — and now, the glee Of the loud hills shakes with its mountain mirth, As if they did rejoice o'er a young earthquake's birth.
Página 292 - Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.
Página 160 - S o, that is to say, a place to kneel on. A great bustle and much preparation seemed to be going on within the convent, and veiled figures were flitting about, whispering, arranging, &c. Sometimes a skinny old dame would come close to the grating, and, lifting up her veil, bestow upon the pensive public a generous view of a very haughty and very wrinkled visage of some seventy years...
Página 214 - At these words, the bright figure disappeared, and the darkness became total. Suddenly, we heard the sound of hundreds of scourges descending upon the bare flesh. I cannot conceive any thing more horrible.
Página 334 - ... velvet saddles. The shopkeepers in the square have been removing their goods and money. An occasional shot is heard, and sometimes a volley, succeeded by a dead silence. The archbishop shows his reverend face now and then upon the opposite balcony of his palace, looks out a little while, and then retires. The chief effect, so far, is universal idleness in man and beast, — the soldiers and their quadrupeds excepted. The position of the president, however, is not so bad as at first sight it might...
Página 61 - ... for more than three centuries. When the bishop beheld it, he was seized with astonishment and awe, and conveyed it in a solemn procession to his own oratory, and shortly after, this splendid church was erected in honour of the patroness of New Spain.
Página 287 - ... for him ; but he believes that there are many Virgins, of various gifts, and possessing various degrees of miraculous power and different degrees of wealth, according to the quality and number of the diamonds and pearls with which they are endowed — one even who is the rival of the other — one who will bring rain when there is drought, and one to whom it is well to pray in seasons of inundation.
Página 289 - Here a ruined arch and cross, so solidly built, that one cannot but wonder how the stones ever crumbled away. There, rising in the midst of old faithfullooking trees, the church gray and ancient, but strong as if designed for eternity; with its saints and virgins, and martyrs and relics, its gold and silver and precious stones, whose value would buy up all the spare lots in the New England village; the le"pero with scarce a rag to cover him, kneeling on that marble pavement.
Página 215 - At length, as if they were perfectly exhausted, the sound grew fainter, and little by little ceased altogether. We then got up in the dark, and, with great difficulty, groped our way in the pitch darkness through the galleries and down the stairs, till we reached the door, and had the pleasure of feeling the fresh air again. They say that the church-floor is frequently covered with blood after one of these penances, and that a man died the other day in consequence of his wounds.