TALES OF THE ALHAMBRA & CHRONICLE OF THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA Quotes

“Alhambra (la Torre de la vela) sends forth its clanging peals from morn till night; the sound pervades the whole Vega, and echoes along the mountains, summoning the peasantry from far and near to the festivities of the metropolis. “Happy the damsel,” says Mateo, “who can get a chance to ring that bell; it is a charm to insure a husband within the year.”
― Washington Irving, TALES OF THE ALHAMBRA & CHRONICLE OF THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA

“On that day, according to Mateo, the whole city is abandoned to revelry. The great alarm-bell on the watch-tower of the”
― Washington Irving, TALES OF THE ALHAMBRA & CHRONICLE OF THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA