The Alhambra . ead haunted ground, and am surrounded by romantic associa-tions. From earliest boyhood, when, on the banks of theHudson, I first pored over the pages of old Gines Perez deHytass apocryphal but chivalresque history of the civil wars ofGranada, and the feuds of its gallant cavaliers, Zegries andAbencerrages, that city has ever been a subject of my wakingdreams ; and often have I trod in fancy the romantic halls of theAlhambra. Behold for once a day-dream realised ; yet I canscarce credit my senses, or believe that I do indeed inhabit thepalace of Boabdil, and look down from its ba

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The Alhambra . ead haunted ground, and am surrounded by romantic associa-tions. From earliest boyhood, when, on the banks of theHudson, I first pored over the pages of old Gines Perez deHytass apocryphal but chivalresque history of the civil wars ofGranada, and the feuds of its gallant cavaliers, Zegries andAbencerrages, that city has ever been a subject of my wakingdreams ; and often have I trod in fancy the romantic halls of theAlhambra. Behold for once a day-dream realised ; yet I canscarce credit my senses, or believe that I do indeed inhabit thepalace of Boabdil, and look down from its balconies uponchivalric Granada. As I loiter through these Oriental chambers,and hear the murmur of fountains and the song of the nightin-gale : as I inhale the odour of the rose, and feel the influenceof the balmy climate, I am almost tempted to fancy myself inthe paradise of Mahomet, and that the plump little Dolores isone of the bright-eyed houris, destined to administer to the-happiness of true believers. t I.

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