Impressions of Spain in 1866 (1867) (14743237326)

Identifier: impressionsofspa00herbuoft (find matches)
Title: Impressions of Spain in 1866
Year: 1867 (1860s)
Authors: Herbert of Lea, Mary Elizabeth Herbert, Baroness, 1822-1911
Subjects: Spain -- Description and travel
Publisher: London, Bentley
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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court, an enormous orange-tree raised its leafyhead from its robust and clean trunk. For an k2 132 SEVILLE. infinity of generations had this beautiful treebeen a source of delight to the family. Thewomen made tonic concoctions of its leaves, thedaughters adorned themselves with its flowers,the boys cooled their blood with its fruits, thebirds made their home in its boughs. The roomsopened out of the patio, and borrowed theirlight from thence. This patio was the centreof all—the home, the place of gathering whenthe days work was over. The orange-tree loadedthe air with its heavy perfume, and the waters ofthe fountain fell in soft showers on the marblebasin, fringed with the delicate maiden-hair fern ;and the father, leaning against the tree, smokedhis cigarro de papel; and the mother sat at herwork; while the little ones played at her feet, theeldest restino^ his head on a bisr do2: which lavstretched at full length on the cool marble slabs.All was still, and peaceful, and beautiful.
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ITALIC A. 133 CHAPTER YII. EXCUESIONS NEAR SEVILLE. The excursions in the neighbourhood of Sevilleare fiill of beauty and interest of various kinds.One of the first undertaken by our travellers wasto the ruins of Italica, the ancient Seville, for-merly an important Roman city, and the birth-place of Trajan and of Adrian. In the church,half convent and half fortress, are two very finestatues of St, Isidore and St. Jerome, by Monta-nes. Here St. Isidore began his studies. He washopelessly dull and slow, and was tempted togive up the whole thing in despair, when one day,being in a brown study, his eye fell on an oldwell, the marble sides of which were worn intogrooves by the continual friction of the cordwhich let doAvn the bucket. If a cord can thusindent marble, he said to himself, why shouldnot constant study and perseverance make an 134 ITALICA. impression on my mind ? His resolution wastaken, and he became the light of his age andcountry. The well which gave him this usefullesson is