"Pardo" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... since kings have ruled in Spain, It hath been still the custom for the court To pass the summer months alternately Here and at Pardo,—in Madrid, the winter. ...
— The Works of Frederich Schiller in English • Frederich Schiller
... nocturna bruja. Asi la nina lloraba El rigor de su fortuna, Y asi la tarde pasaba 25 Y al horizonte trepaba La consoladora luna. A lo lejos por el llano En confuso remolino Vio de hombres tropel lejano page 100 Que en pardo polvo liviano Dejan envuelto el camino. Bajo Ines del torreon, Y llegando recelosa 5 A las puertas del Cambron, Sintio latir zozobrosa Mas inquieto el corazon. Tan galan como altanero Dejo ver la escasa luz 10 Por bajo el arco primero Un hidalgo ...
— Modern Spanish Lyrics • Various
... Cerda, sister of the Duke of Medina-Coeli, was now the widow of Arias Pardo, Marshal of Castille, Lord of Malagon and Paracuellos. Don Arias was nephew of Cardinal Tabera, Archbishop ...
— The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus • Teresa of Avila
... islands, what may be called the true religion of Filipinos, consisted of the worship of the anitos. These were not gods, but the souls of departed ancestors, and each family worshipped its own, in order to obtain their favorable influence." (Pardo de Tavera, "Resena Historica ...
— The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon From Ifugao to Kalinga • Cornelis De Witt Willcox
... the Spanish tendencioso. That is, they dealt with very obvious problems, and had very distinct and poignant significations, at least in the case of "Dona Perfecta," "Leon Roch," and "Gloria." In still later novels, Emilia Pardo-Bazan thinks, he has comprehended that "the novel of to-day must take note of the ambient truth, and realize the beautiful with freedom and independence." This valiant lady, in the campaign for realism which she made under the title of ...
— Dona Perfecta • B. Perez Galdos
... laboratory surrounded by strong odors can distinguish them all with great delicacy. As regards tobacco, in Spain the cigarreras are women and girls who live perpetually in an atmosphere of tobacco, and Senora Pardo Bazan, who knows them well, remarks in her novel, La Tribuna, which deals with life in a tobacco factory, that "the acuity of the sense of smell of the cigarreras is notable, and it would seem that ...
— Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 (of 6) • Havelock Ellis
... to the Pardo this evening. There I shall learn some further details from the Minister. If I return sufficiently early for the post, they ...
— The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. VIII • Various
... the University of Madrid, where they have maintained a high rank. Mrs. Gulick is not the only leading exponent of higher education for Spanish women, however, as the whole movement is now practically under the moral leadership of a most competent and earnest woman, Emilia Pardo Bazan, who understands the wants of her fellow countrywomen and is striving in every legitimate way to give them the sort of instruction they need. Free schools exist in all the cities and towns for both boys and girls, and recent attempts have been made to enact a compulsory education law. ...
— Women of the Romance Countries • John R. Effinger
... the evening transacting affairs of state with the king and queen. Up to that time he remained in full favor and authority, however he may have suspected the intrigues for his overthrow. Their majesties that night left Madrid for their country palace at Pardo, and from there was sent a decree by the hands of a secretary of state, to the all-powerful minister, depriving him of all his offices, and bidding him to quit Madrid within eight days ...
— Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII • Charles Morris
... line from Calumpit towards Dagupan, which supply large quantities of cleaned rice to Manila and other provinces, where it is invariably more highly appreciated than the imported article. Also, at Nueva Caceres (Camarines), in 1896, a large steam-power rice mill was being worked by Don Manuel Pardo, who had a steamer specially constructed in Hong-Kong for the transport of his ...
— The Philippine Islands • John Foreman
... notwithstanding the political disturbances, the commercial and industrial status of Peru was advancing rapidly. The next President who was destined to remain for some while in his seat was Manuel Pardo. He was elected in 1872, and although various revolutions occurred during the tenure of his office, these were successfully crushed by his authority. Indeed, he actually completed his term of office—an ...
— South America • W. H. Koebel
... affect the hygrometer at the surface of the globe. We passed fifty miles west of Cape Negril on the south, nearly at the point where several charts indicate an insulated flat of which the position is similar to that of Sancho Pardo, opposite to Cape San Antonio de Cuba. We saw no change in the bottom. It appears that the rocky shoal at a depth of four fathoms, near Cape Negril, has no more existence than the rock (cascabel) itself, long believed to mark the western extremity of La Vibora (Pedro Bank, Portland Rock ...
— Equinoctial Regions of America V3 • Alexander von Humboldt |
