Word: fates
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...perfect, but unhappily Granada disagreed with me. I had been there but two days when my Moorish reveries began to be interrupted by - colic. I tried to walk it off. It was no use. The more I walked the worse was the pain, and finally I reluctantly yielded to fate, settled myself in a charming little room in the very shadow of the grand old Moorish palace, and determined to physic myself into a respectable physical state. I was quite alone. The picturesque Spaniards about me did not look like reliable medical authorities, and I concluded to take my case...
...Carlist revolution the churches of the Spanish provinces were called upon to contribute their bells for the founding of cannon. The fate of the melodious chimes of Bilbao, famous even in that country of bells, is the subject of the poem...
...race. If Saratoga is again fixed upon, preparations for the accommodation of visitors - which the experience of last year showed to be necessary - will have to be made, for which ample time is the great requisite. New colleges are talking about joining the Association, who should know their fate as soon as possible, that their men may go into training, and funds be raised for their support. A fresh memory of the events of the last regatta will aid greatly in the correction of mistakes and abuses. In short, - not to go into a detailed consideration of points which will...
While the parson is forcing a battle on fate...
...side of a man's experience as super is the insight he gets into the characteristics of the prominent artists. So amusing to hear Nillson, fresh from the Tower scene, ask in our prosaic English for some pins for her sash. Another, too, lamenting in heart-rending tones the fate of Radames, and then with her back to the audience pouting at us in the wings in regular school-girl fashion, because she had soiled her hands on the dusty scenery. And then the rage of a Signor who was driven from the stage to give room for an encore...