Portugal, Old and New

Coperta unu
C.K. Paul & Company, 1880 - 386 pagini

Din interiorul cărții

Alte ediții - Afișează-le pe toate

Termeni și expresii frecvente

Pasaje populare

Pagina 224 - Firm and erect the Caledonian stood, Old was his mutton, and his claret good. " Let him drink port ! " the English statesman cried : He drank the poison, and his spirit died.
Pagina 370 - Here is the lament of a girl-singer whose lover is a sailor. It might be a translation from Persian or Arabic. ' Evil be,' she sings, ' to the man who first invented sea-going in ships, for he is the cause that my eyes are rivers of tears : ' — Mai haja qnem inventou No mar andarem navios, Que esse foi o causador Dos meus olhos serem rios. Here, again, is a quaint fancy that might occur to an Oriental.
Pagina 356 - The water is level through its whole extent, although, like the earth, it has the form of a globe. Mankind in those ages were much more ignorant than now. Hercules would blush at this day for having fixed his columns. Vessels will soon pass far beyond them. They may soon reach another hemisphere, because every thing...
Pagina 365 - Portuguese workman or day-labourer has done his long day's work, he does not lean against ;v post and smoke a pipe — he does not favour any such 'contemplative man's recreation' — nor does he linger in the wine-shop ; but, if it be a holiday or a Sunday, and in a rural district, he puts on a clean shirt, with a large gold or silver stud as a neck-fastening, and his newest hat, varying in shape according to locality, but always of black felt, and of the kind which we see in pictures of Spanish...
Pagina 372 - I have,' says one very frank maiden, ' five lovers — three for the morning, two for the afternoon ; to all of these I tell falsehoods, to you alone I speak the truth : ' — Eu tenho cinco namoros, Tres de manha, dois de tarde : A todos elles eu minto, So a ti fallo a verdade. An obviously plain girl recommends herself ingeniously : ' From the clefts on the mountain side grow out wild herbs and flowers. Hold fast to the herb as you climb up — it is strong ; leave the flower — it...
Pagina 365 - ... does he linger in the wine-shop; but, if it be a holiday or a Sunday, and in a rural district, he puts on a clean shirt, with a large gold or silver stud as a neck-fastening, and his newest hat, varying in shape according to locality, but always of black felt, and of the kind which we see in pictures of Spanish life. He throws over his shoulders a black cloth cloak, with a real gold or silver clasp. He takes his favourite ox-goad in his hand, as tall as himself, straight as an arrow, well rounded...
Pagina 178 - Ground can be prepared by it for seeds or for planting more quickly than it can be dug by a spade, although the soil is less completely stirred and turned over. The clumsiest of all Portuguese tools is the mowing or reaping hook; which, as the cattle are mostly stall fed, is in constant use. It is in shape a short segment of a circle, of which the arc is about a foot in length : the edge is serrated and very sharp, and the hook can be used to cut grass not more than five inches high, the tuft of...
Pagina 373 - Guine por serem pretos, Gentios por nao terem fe. The last example I will give has bitterness in it of a graver sort, and wit too of still higher alloy.
Pagina 343 - ... oxen, who drag the boat and its occupants up the somewhat steep shore and several yards over the shingle. This singular mode of disembarkation is, of course, not accomplished without an immense amount of splashing of water, vociferation, and general wrangling of every islander within shouting distance. A queer race of men are these natives of Madeira. Mainly of Portuguese origin, they clearly are a nation of half-castes, and the Negro cross is conspicuous in their good-natured, ugly faces, in...
Pagina 101 - Iffante te nomeo , Do meu amor Senhora , e do alto estado , Que me espera, e teu nome me faz doce. O grande movedor dos Ceos , e terras Invoco , e chamo aqui : o alto Ceo m'ouça , E meu intento sancto approve, e cumpra.

Informații bibliografice