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 66
oderation ; and in The Alhambra. 3 both, for a time,they excelled thenations withwhom they con-tended. Severedfrom their nativehomes, they lovedthe land giventhem, as theysupposed, byAllah, and stroveto adorn it withall that couldminister to thehappinessof man.By a system ofwiseandequitablelaws… … 4 The Alhambra. greatest civilisation. If the superb remains of Moslem monu-ments in Spain ; if the Mosque of Cordova, the Alcazar ofSeville, and the Alhambra of Granada still bear inscriptionsfondly vaunting the power and permanency of the dominion ofthe Moor ; can the boast be derided as arrogant…
