A realistic literature, therefore, that describes accurately the doings and the environment of Spanish villagers must be regional: it can not be broadly national.

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Espronceda describes effectively a similar miraculous extinguishing and relighting of a lamp before a shrine, in Part IV of his _Estudiante de Salamanca_: La moribunda lámpara que ardía Trémula lanza su postrer fulgor, Y en honda obscuridad, noche sombría La misteriosa calle encapotó.

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Belief in a series of heavenly spheres, such as Dante describes, has characterized most mystical philosophies.] V Por una escala[1] misteriosa vió bajar las almas á la tierra; vió bajar muchas, y subir pocas.[2] Cada una de aquellas almas inocentes iba acompañada de un arcángel purísimo que le cubría con la sombra de sus alas.

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_La Buenaventura_ describes the conditions that existed formerly in certain parts of Spain.

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83.] In one of Becquer's most beautiful writings in prose, in a _Prológo_ to a collection of _Cantares_ by Augusto Ferran y Forniés, our author describes two kinds of poetry that present themselves to one's choice: "There is a poetry which is magnificent and sonorous, the offspring of meditation and art, which adorns itself with all the pomp of language, moves along with a cadenced majesty, speaks to the imagination, perfects its images, and leads it at will through unknown paths, beguiling with its harmony and beauty." "There is another poetry, natural, rapid, terse, which springs from the soul as an electric spark, which strikes our feelings with a word, and flees away.

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describir, to describe.

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caracterizar, to characterize, describe.

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pintar, to paint, picture, describe, depict.

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referir, to relate, narrate, tell, mention, describe, report; _refl._, to refer, have to do, consist; ¿á qué se refiere?

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xxx.] The subtle charm of such legends as _Los Ojos Verdes_, _La Corza Blanca_, _Maese Pérez el Organista_, etc., full of local color as they are, and of an atmosphere of old Spain, is hard to describe, but none the less real.

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To describe an object as to its color, it is customary in Spanish to use the word =color= preceded by the preposition =de= and followed by the adjective of color.] [Note 80: =cubierto de=, _covered with_.] [Note 81: =tener afilados los dientes=, _to have sharp teeth_.] [Note 82: =subir a=, _to climb_.] [Note 83: =valerse de=, _to make use of_.] [Note 84: =soler=, _to be accustomed_.

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And all describe recent conditions,--except the tale, partly historical and partly legendary, by Bécquer, which goes back to the invasion of Spain by the French under Napoleon in the early years of the nineteenth century; the story by Larra, which, however, is nearly as true of Castile to-day as it was when written; and Trueba's story, which is partly legendary, partly symbolic, and partly realistic.

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=describir,= to describe.

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=describir=, to describe.

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=pintar=, to paint, describe.

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=caracterizar=, to describe, characterize.

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=describir,= (_p.p._ =descrito=), to describe.

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5 Porque Moisés describe la justicia que es por la ley: Que el hombre que hiciere estas cosas, vivirá por ellas.

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=Tema= Escríbase un tema en que se describa un viaje imaginario desde Nueva York a Cuenca.

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=Tema= Escríbase un tema en que se describa un viaje imaginario desde Nueva York a Cuenca.

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describir, to describe.

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caracterizar, to characterize, describe.

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pintar, to paint, picture, describe, depict.

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referir, to relate, narrate, tell, mention, describe, report; _refl._, to refer, have to do, consist; ¿á qué se refiere?

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xxx.] The subtle charm of such legends as _Los Ojos Verdes_, _La Corza Blanca_, _Maese Pérez el Organista_, etc., full of local color as they are, and of an atmosphere of old Spain, is hard to describe, but none the less real.

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To describe an object as to its color, it is customary in Spanish to use the word =color= preceded by the preposition =de= and followed by the adjective of color.] [Note 80: =cubierto de=, _covered with_.] [Note 81: =tener afilados los dientes=, _to have sharp teeth_.] [Note 82: =subir a=, _to climb_.] [Note 83: =valerse de=, _to make use of_.] [Note 84: =soler=, _to be accustomed_.

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And all describe recent conditions,--except the tale, partly historical and partly legendary, by Bécquer, which goes back to the invasion of Spain by the French under Napoleon in the early years of the nineteenth century; the story by Larra, which, however, is nearly as true of Castile to-day as it was when written; and Trueba's story, which is partly legendary, partly symbolic, and partly realistic.

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=describir,= to describe.

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=describir=, to describe.

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=pintar=, to paint, describe.

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=caracterizar=, to describe, characterize.

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=describir,= (_p.p._ =descrito=), to describe.

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5 Porque Moisés describe la justicia que es por la ley: Que el hombre que hiciere estas cosas, vivirá por ellas.

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=Tema= Escríbase un tema en que se describa un viaje imaginario desde Nueva York a Cuenca.

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