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Cathedral cities of Spain (1909)

Collins, W. W. (William Wiehe), b. 1862 · London : Heinemann; New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 318

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ame rapid, and we whirledthrough a magnificent valley amidst true Alpinescenery. The rugged tops of the Sierra rose abovethick forests of pine, brawling torrents dashedheadlong down through green pastures, grandcattle were browsing on every side, it was indeedmore Swiss than Spanish. One often… … SEGOVIA all the trees they found, because trees harbourbirds, and birds destroy all fruit and grain !—atruly ingenious theory, quite worthy of the fertilebrains of the French, but surely a most ridiculoussolution. The Moor brought the orange and thelemon to Europe ; he was a lover of shade, he…

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