The History of the Empire of the Musulmans in Spain and Portugal: From the First Invasion of the Moors, to Their Ultimate Expulsion from the PeninsulaJ.J. Stockdale, 1815 - 384 páginas |
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Abderame Africa Alhamar Almamon Almoravides Alphonso Alphonso the Wise amongst Amrou ancient Andalusia Arabs arms army attack battle beautiful became Benabad Benhoud besieged blood Boabdil brave brother Caliph Cardonne Castilians caused celebrated Christians conquered conquerors conquest Cordova Count of Castile courage crown death defeated dinand empire enemy father Ferdinand forced France glory gold Gonsalve governors grand Hackem head Hist historians Isabella Ismael Jahiah Joseph King of Arragon King of Castile King of Grenada King of Leon King of Morocco kingdom kingdom of Valencia magnificent Mahomet master Mervan monarch Moors mosque mountains Mulei Mulei Hassan Musul Musulmans Musulmans in Spain Navarre niards occupied Omiades palace Peter possessed powerful preserved prince reign religion rendered retired Sancho sent Seville siege soldiers sovereign Spain SPAIN AND PORTUGAL Spaniards subdued successor surnamed throne Toledo Tomrut took town treaty troops unfortunate Valencia valour vanquished victory Visinichi warriors whilst
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Página 324 - As filhas do Mondego a morte escura Longo tempo chorando memoraram; E, por memoria eterna, em fonte pura As lagrimas choradas transformaram: O nome lhe puzeram, que inda dura, Dos amores de Ignez, que ali passaram. Vêde que fresca fonte rega as flores, Que lagrimas são a agua eo nome amores.
Página 119 - Chiea, who was elevated to the dignity of grand vizier. They consisted of4001bs. of gold; the value of 420,000 sequins in bars of silver; 420 Ibs. wood of aloes; 500 ounces of ambergris; 300 ounces of camphor; 30 pieces of drapery of gold and silk, so costly that none but the caliphs had the privilege of wearing them; 10 furs of the sable or martin of Khorasan; 100 other of common martins; 48 trailing housings of cloth of gold of Bagdad; 40001bs. of silk; 30 Persian carpets of superior beauty; 800...
Página 8 - My Lord Duke, 'Your Grace's most obedient 'And very humble servant, 'QUINTUS SLIDE.
Página 21 - Asia, on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, and on the south by the Mediterranean, the Archipelago, the Sea of Marmora, the Black Sea, and (according to some geographers) the Caucasian Mountains.
Página 122 - ... the highest degree of perfection. Historians assure us, that on the borders of the Guadalquivir, there stood 12,000 villages, and that a traveller could not advance for a quarter of an hour, without meeting a hamlet. The states of the caliph contained 80 great towns, 300 of the second order, and an infinite number of country villages. Cordova, the capital, enclosed within its walls 200,000 houses, and 900 public baths. All these have suffered a great change. since the expulsion of the Mussulmans...
Página 127 - Riches, honors, pleasures, I have enjoyed them all—exhausted them all. The kings, my rivals, fear me, and envy me, yet esteem me. All that men desire has been lavished on me by heaven. In this long space of apparent felicity I have calculated the number of days in which I have been really happy; they amount to fourteen. Mortals, learn how to appreciate greatness, the world, and life.
Página 118 - ... persons. The officers of the palace of the caliph, and the horses, set apart for himself, were in equal proportion. 12,000 horsemen composed his guard alone; and if one reflects that Abderachman, in a state of continual war with the Spanish princes, was obliged to keep on foot a numerous army, to maintain a marine, to purchase frequent stipendiaries from Africa, and to fortify those places on the frontiers which were continually menaced, it is difficult to conceive how his revenues could have...
Página 9 - Arabs in Asia, in Africa, and in Europe, is one of the most extraordinary, and, at the same time, the most interesting events in history.
Página 199 - ... than under the preceding reigns. His usurpation, however, was short. Philip was defeated by Decius, who had proclaimed himself emperor in Pannonia ; and he was assassinated by his own soldiers near Verona, in the forty-fifth year of his age, and the fifth of his reign. His son, who had shared with him the imperial dignity, was also massacred in the arms of his mother. Young Philip was then in the twelfth year of his age, and the Romans lamented in him the loss of rising talents, of natural humanity,...
Página 115 - ... Zehra, passed his hours of recreation amid scenes that may well recall the description of fable. The 'pavilion of his pleasures' was constructed of gold and polished steel, the walls of which were encrusted with precious stones. In the midst of the splendour produced by lights reflected from a hundred crystal lustres, a sheaf of living quicksilver jetted up in a basin of alabaster and made a brightness too dazzling for the eye to look upon. Amid the decorations of rare and stupendous luxury was...