Aventures du dernier Abencerage. with notes by A. Roulier |
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... great an influence over the minds of his countrymen that the Government of Louis Philippe found it necessary to lay him under brief arrest . In 1836 he published an essay on English Literature , and in the following year a literal prose ...
... great an influence over the minds of his countrymen that the Government of Louis Philippe found it necessary to lay him under brief arrest . In 1836 he published an essay on English Literature , and in the following year a literal prose ...
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... great body of the inhabitants till 1610 , when they were expelled from all parts of Spain . 6 - La Véga : A plain considered to be the richest in the kingdom of Granada . 1 1 1 6 - Le Xénil : A river of Spain which takes its rise in the ...
... great body of the inhabitants till 1610 , when they were expelled from all parts of Spain . 6 - La Véga : A plain considered to be the richest in the kingdom of Granada . 1 1 1 6 - Le Xénil : A river of Spain which takes its rise in the ...
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... great talents as a leader . After some years he brought all the country of Mexico under Spanish rule and founded Vera Cruz . In 1536 he discovered the peninsula of California , and surveyed a part of the gulf which separates it from ...
... great talents as a leader . After some years he brought all the country of Mexico under Spanish rule and founded Vera Cruz . In 1536 he discovered the peninsula of California , and surveyed a part of the gulf which separates it from ...
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... great warrior and politician , and his ambition prompted him to aspire to universal empire . He fought sixty battles , in most of which he was victorious ; one of the most celebrated is that of Pavia . ( See Pavie . ) Yet his last ...
... great warrior and politician , and his ambition prompted him to aspire to universal empire . He fought sixty battles , in most of which he was victorious ; one of the most celebrated is that of Pavia . ( See Pavie . ) Yet his last ...
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... Great Captain , a Spanish General , born in 1443 at Montilla , near Cordova , signal- ised himself at first against the Moors , from whom he took Granada ( 1492 ) . Later on he assured to Spain the possession of the kingdom of Naples ...
... Great Captain , a Spanish General , born in 1443 at Montilla , near Cordova , signal- ised himself at first against the Moors , from whom he took Granada ( 1492 ) . Later on he assured to Spain the possession of the kingdom of Naples ...
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Page 46 - Combien j'ai douce souvenance Du joli lieu de ma naissance ! Ma sœur, qu'ils étaient beaux les jours De France ! O mon pays, sois mes amours Toujours ! Te souvient-il que notre mère, Au foyer de notre chaumière, Nous pressait sur son cœur joyeux, Ma chère ; Et nous baisions ses blancs cheveux Tous deux. Ma sœur, te souvient-il encore Du château que baignait la Dore ? Et de cette tant vieille tour Du Maure, Où l'airain sonnait le retour Du jour?
Page 46 - Nous pressait sur son cœur joyeux, Ma chère, Et nous baisions ses blancs cheveux Tous deux ? Ma sœur, te souvient-il encore Du château que baignait la Dore, Et de cette tant vieille tour Du Maure, Où l'airain sonnait le retour Du jour ? Te souvient-il du lac tranquille Qu'effleurait l'hirondelle agile, Du vent qui courbait le roseau Mobile, Et du soleil couchant sur l'eau Si beau...
Page 46 - Où l'airain sonnait le retour Du jour? Te souvient-il du lac tranquille Qu'effleurait l'hirondelle agile, Du vent qui courbait le roseau Mobile, Et du soleil couchant sur l'eau, Si beau? Oh ! qui me rendra mon Hélène, Et ma montagne, et le grand chêne? Leur souvenir fait tous les jours Ma peine: Mon pays sera mes amours Toujours!