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Page 102
... passes . They are of all ages and all nations . There are Japanese , Negro women , Germans , Americans , Spaniards . ( It is strange and nostalgic as you pass to hear on a gramophone coplas or a seguidilla . ) Most of them have no trace ...
... passes . They are of all ages and all nations . There are Japanese , Negro women , Germans , Americans , Spaniards . ( It is strange and nostalgic as you pass to hear on a gramophone coplas or a seguidilla . ) Most of them have no trace ...
Page 252
... pass a peasant ploughing his field with a wooden plough , like the ploughs they used in Roman times , drawn by two mules . Sometimes you pass a peasant on a don- key , or another , with his son riding pillion , on a horse . The wind ...
... pass a peasant ploughing his field with a wooden plough , like the ploughs they used in Roman times , drawn by two mules . Sometimes you pass a peasant on a don- key , or another , with his son riding pillion , on a horse . The wind ...
Page 304
... pass through long halls , the roof supported by sculp- tured columns , and at the foot of each column is seated a reli- gious mendicant . Some are old and bearded , some terribly emaciated , some are young , brawny and hirsute . Each ...
... pass through long halls , the roof supported by sculp- tured columns , and at the foot of each column is seated a reli- gious mendicant . Some are old and bearded , some terribly emaciated , some are young , brawny and hirsute . Each ...
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