A Handbook for Travellers in Portugal: A Complete Guide for Lisbon, Cintra, Mafra, Evora, the British Battle-fields, Santarem, Alcobaça, Batalha, Coimbra, Busaco, Oporto, Braga, Guimarães, the Caldas and Mountain-passes, &c |
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Affonso Henriques Alcobaça Alemtejo Algarve ancient arch army ascend Batalha Baths battle beautiful Beira Belem Braga Bragança bridge building built Caldas called Campo carriage Casa Castello castle cathedral celebrated chapel church Cintra cloisters Coimbra contains convent cross diligencia Diniz Douro Duke English erected estalagem Estrella Fernando FIRST-CLASS French gardens Gerez Gran Vasco grand ground Guimarães Hence hill horse Hotel inhab João João III king Lamego Largo leagues Leiria Lisbon Mafra magnificent Manoel Maria Messrs Minho modern Monchique Mondego Moorish Moors mountain nave Oporto palace pass Pedro Pombal Portalegre Portugal Portuguese Praça Proprietor Quinta Railway reis river road Roman Rooms ROUTE ruins scenery Senhor Serra side situated Spain Spanish Stat station steep streets summit Table d'Hôte Tagus thence Thomar tion tomb Torres Vedras tower town traveller Traz-os-Montes valley Venda Vidago Villa Nova Vizeu wine Zezere
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Page 180 - Druid's stone ; there it stands on the hill of winds, as strong and as freshly new as the day, perhaps thirty centuries back, when it was first raised, by means which are a mystery. Earthquakes have heaved it, but its cope-stone has not fallen ; rain floods have deluged it, but failed to sweep it from its station ; the burning sun has flashed upon it, but neither split nor crumbled it; and time, stern old time, has rubbed it with his iron tooth, and with what effect let those who view it declare....
Page 180 - ... shells. These were surmounted by a very large flat stone, which slanted down towards the south, where was a door. Three or four individuals might have taken shelter within the interior, in which was growing a small thorn-tree. I gazed with reverence and awe upon the pile where the first colonies of Europe offered their worship to the unknown God.* The temples of the mighty and skilful Roman, comparatively of modern date, have crumbled to dust in its neighbourhood. The churches of the Arian Goth,...
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Page 67 - Account, from personal visits, of every Town and Village within a circle of twenty miles round the Metropolis, and the more important Places lying four or five miles beyond that boundary. Alphabetically arranged. By JAMES THOBNE, FSA With Indei of Names, ï vols.
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Page 180 - It was a druidical altar, and the most perfect and beautiful one of the kind which I had ever seen. It was circular, and consisted of stones immensely large and heavy at the bottom, which towards the top became thinner and thinner, having been fashioned by the hand of art to something of the shape of scollop shells.
Page 189 - ... which the parapet on one side produced. In that line of darkness the sapper crept along at full length, pushing the barrel before him with his head, and guiding it with his hands. His instructions were to stop if he heard the slightest movement on the Portuguese side : and a string was fastened to one of his feet by which the French were enabled to know how far he had advanced, and to communicate with him. Having placed the barrel, and uncovered that part where it was to be kindled, he returned...
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