The Alhambra, being a brief record of the Arabian conquest of the Peninsula (1907)
Calvert, Albert Frederick, 1872-1946 · London, John Lane; New York, John Lane company · leaf 642
who putthe finishing touches to the decoration of the Alhambra, after thework was interrupted by the assassination of his father, Yusuf I. Immediately upon the death of Ismail, Mohammed VI. wasproclaimed king, and reigned for about two years, at the end ofwhich period, seeing himself pressed on the… … (4°9) (4) The Generalife. 4J3 resolution of throwing himself upon the protection of the latter,and repairing to his Court. He might just as well, says theWizir, have thrown himself into the jaws of a hungry tigerthirsting for blood, for no sooner had the infidel dog cast hiseyes on the countless…
