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 71
a serenity of soul, a buoyancy ofspirit, an elasticity of frame, that renders mere existence enjoy-ment. The effect of moonlight, too, on the Alhambra, hassomething like enchantment. Every rent and chasm of time,every mouldering tint and weather-stain disappears ; the marble 8 The Alhambra. resumes… … BALCONY OF THE CAPTIVE (ISABEL DE SOLIS), OVERLOOKING THE VEGA,OR PLAIN, OF GRANADA. Art and nature have combined to render Granada, with itsAlps, Plain, and Alhambra, one of those few places which sur-pass all previous conceptions. The town is built on the spursof the hills, which rise on the…
