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Pagina xvi
... Mr. Rich , I had access to various chronicles and other works , both printed and in manuscript , written at the time by eye - witnesses , and in INTRODUCTION . xvii some instances by persons who had actually xvi INTRODUCTION .
... Mr. Rich , I had access to various chronicles and other works , both printed and in manuscript , written at the time by eye - witnesses , and in INTRODUCTION . xvii some instances by persons who had actually xvi INTRODUCTION .
Pagina 25
... eyes of a practised warrior , and carefully noting its military points and capabilities . He saw that the Moor was well prepared for possible hostilities . Every town was strongly fortified . The vega was studded with towers of refuge ...
... eyes of a practised warrior , and carefully noting its military points and capabilities . He saw that the Moor was well prepared for possible hostilities . Every town was strongly fortified . The vega was studded with towers of refuge ...
Pagina 35
... eyes . He was ( say the Arabian historians ) one of those holy men termed santons , who pass their lives in hermitages , in fasting , meditation , and prayer , until they attain to the purity . of saints and the foresight of prophets ...
... eyes . He was ( say the Arabian historians ) one of those holy men termed santons , who pass their lives in hermitages , in fasting , meditation , and prayer , until they attain to the purity . of saints and the foresight of prophets ...
Pagina 38
... eye to the rich terri- tory of the Moor , studded with wealthy towns and cities . Muley Abul Hassan had rashly or unwarily thrown the brand that was to produce the wide conflagration . Ferdinand was not the one to quench the flames . He ...
... eye to the rich terri- tory of the Moor , studded with wealthy towns and cities . Muley Abul Hassan had rashly or unwarily thrown the brand that was to produce the wide conflagration . Ferdinand was not the one to quench the flames . He ...
Pagina 42
... eyes , and ordered him to point the way to the guard - room . The infidel obeyed , and was instantly dispatched , to prevent his giving an alarm . The guard - room was a scene rather of massacre than combat . Some of the soldiery were ...
... eyes , and ordered him to point the way to the guard - room . The infidel obeyed , and was instantly dispatched , to prevent his giving an alarm . The guard - room was a scene rather of massacre than combat . Some of the soldiery were ...
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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
alcayde Alcazaba alfaquis Alhama Alhambra Alonzo de Aguilar Andalusia arms army artillery attack Ballymahon banner battle battlements Baza beheld Boabdil Boabdil el Chico brother captives Castilian Castilian sovereigns castle cavaliers CHAPTER chivalry Christian Christian camp Cid Hiaya commanders Cordova count de Cabra Cura defence Don Alonzo Dordux duke el Chico El Zagal encampment enemy faith fight fire foot force fortress Fray Antonio Agapida friends frontier garrison gates gave Gibralfaro Goldsmith Gomeres Granada Guadix guard Hamet el Zegri hand heart height holy horse Illora infidels inhabitants Isabella Jaen Johnson king Ferdinand kingdom kingdom of Granada lance los Palacios Loxa marques of Cadiz monarch Moorish Moors mountains Muley Abul Hassan night noble Palacios passed peril Pulgar queen received retreat Ronda royal sallied sent siege soldiers Spanish spirit steed surrender sword tion towers town troops valiant valley valor vega Velez Malaga walls warriors wounded Xenel Zagal Zahara
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