Spain, as it is, Том 2Colburn and Company, 1851 - Всего страниц: 362 |
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... matador advanced , and playing with him for a time with his red mulata or flag , which is little more than a yard . square , pierced him with his long , straight Toledan sword between the left shoulder and the blade . Then the band ...
... matador advanced , and playing with him for a time with his red mulata or flag , which is little more than a yard . square , pierced him with his long , straight Toledan sword between the left shoulder and the blade . Then the band ...
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... matador appeared , and speedily buried his sword near the shoulder , and in two minutes he fell dead . Another black bull came in , and instantly wounded a horse in the thigh , and an ocean of blood gushed out ; immediately afterwards ...
... matador appeared , and speedily buried his sword near the shoulder , and in two minutes he fell dead . Another black bull came in , and instantly wounded a horse in the thigh , and an ocean of blood gushed out ; immediately afterwards ...
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... matador killed this bull without leaving hold of his sword , and was rapturously cheered . Then we had a dun - coloured bull , who rushed furiously at the chulos , and afterwards at a horse whose rider escaped over the barrier , but the ...
... matador killed this bull without leaving hold of his sword , and was rapturously cheered . Then we had a dun - coloured bull , who rushed furiously at the chulos , and afterwards at a horse whose rider escaped over the barrier , but the ...
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... matador came forth , and after more than usual fencing with the mulata , plunged his sword up to the hilt near his shoulder . The band played , and the teams of mules , with their gay blue flags and tinkling bells , dragged out at a ...
... matador came forth , and after more than usual fencing with the mulata , plunged his sword up to the hilt near his shoulder . The band played , and the teams of mules , with their gay blue flags and tinkling bells , dragged out at a ...
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... matador than one more calm ; a sly one , which combines a certain degree of cunning and physical force , requires more fencing with to study his character . At last the matador stuck him , and though the sword was as usual deep between ...
... matador than one more calm ; a sly one , which combines a certain degree of cunning and physical force , requires more fencing with to study his character . At last the matador stuck him , and though the sword was as usual deep between ...
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