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[1] Los disparates ( The Follies ), also known as Proverbios ( Proverbs ) or Sueños ( Dreams ), is a series of prints in etching and aquatint , with retouching in drypoint and engraving , created by Spanish painter and printmaker Francisco Goya between 1815 and 1823.
(Spanish for "Island of Enchantment") [5] Puerto Rico does not have an official bird. In 2001 the legislature passed a bill designating the pitirre ( Tyrannus dominicensis ), but the governor vetoed the bill because although native to it is not endemic to Puerto Rico.
Los Sueños (Dreams or Visions) is a satirical prose work by the Spanish Baroque writer Francisco de Quevedo.Written between 1605 and 1622, it was first published in Barcelona in 1627 under the title Sueños y discursos de verdades descubridoras de abusos, vicios y engaños en todos los oficios del mundo ("Dreams and discourses on truths revealing abuses, vices and deceptions in all the ...
[2] [1] Throughout Mesopotamian history, dreams were always held to be extremely important for divination [1] [3] and Mesopotamian kings paid close attention to them. [1] [2] Gudea, the king of the Sumerian city-state of Lagash (reigned c. 2144–2124 BC), rebuilt the temple of Ningirsu as the result of a dream in which he was told to do so. [1]
La muerte tilica y flaca. Death, thin and lanky. 15 La pera: the pear: El que espera, desespera. He who waits despairs. (A pun: espera "waits" and es pera "is a pear" are homophones in Mexican Spanish.) 16 La bandera: the flag: Verde blanco y colorado, la bandera del soldado. Green, white, and red, the flag of the soldier. 17 El bandolón: the ...
A major rockslide prompted two highways to be shut down in Colorado over the weekend and witnesses captured the frightening moment on video. Highways 96 and 165 from Wetmore to Westcliffe in ...
Organizers of the Times Square New Year's Eve celebration screwed the last crystals onto the ball before it ushers in the new year one last time.
y el inmarchitable olivo de la paz. Coro: ¡Luz de Aragón, torre al viento, campana de soledad! ¡Que tu afán propague, río sin frontera, tu razón, tu verdad! Vencedor de tanto olvido, memoria de eternidad, pueblo del tamaño de hombres y mujeres, ¡Aragón, vivirás! Puente: Resplandece el tiempo; llega ya la edad para que la piedra sea ...