Cadiz is a city of magic, like Cracow or Dublin, to set the mind on fire at a … - Honor Tracy

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Honor Tracy

Cadiz is a city of magic, like Cracow or Dublin, to set the mind on fire at a turn of a corner. . . . The eye is continually fed, the imagination stirred, by a train of spectacles as charming as if they had been contrived.

Eye, Fire, Europe, Fed, Mind, Cracow

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a local train. . . moved gently off up the line with a very singular motion indeed, in which the leap of a frog, the bounce of a pogo-stick, and the canter of a very short fat pony all were brought to mind.

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