Journeys through bookland; a new and original plan for reading (1912)
Sylvester, Charles Herbert · Chicago : Bellows-Reeve company · leaf 60
inscriptions in Arabian and Celticcharacters. These decorations of the walls andcupolas are richly gilded, and the interstices pan-eled \vith lapis lazuli and other brilliant and en-during colors. On each side of the wall are recessesfor ottomans and arches. Above an inner porchis a balcony which… … THE HALL OF THE ABENCEREAGES It is impossible to contemplate this oncefavorite a])ocIe of Oriental manners withoutfeeling the early associations of Arabian romance,and almost expecting to see the white arm ofsome mysterious princess beckoning from thebalcony, or some dark eye sparkling through the…
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