The Land Beyond Mexico
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I never tired of the little round dark faces with shining black shoe-button eyes that looked out so contentedly from the fold of dirty cloth in which they had been slung upon their mother's back. Savage babies, having no conviction of self-importance, neither play nor howl. They are jogged into market (for the Indian always trots while on errand) and spend the day en papoose, silent and unremonstratlve. On four sides stand the shattered walls, their Antigua 87 core of red brick laid bare throug...h the broken plaster. Where the surface is still good on soffit of arch, on impost, or on springing of some fallen vault, the arabesques keep their colour and their line, reminiscent of Spaniard and of Moor. Over- head is the open sunny sky. From here and there one catches a glimpse of the peaked hats of the volcanoes. What a setting for the blotched and huddled colours of the Mayas' petty merchandry ! Little by little one learns the names and natures of all the strange wares; but the first effect is still the best, before knowledge has intervened between the senses and the imagination, or familiarity has dulled the eyes to the medley of shapes and hues.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
I never tired of the little round dark faces with shining black shoe-button eyes that looked out so contentedly from the fold of dirty cloth in which they had been slung upon their mother's back. Savage babies, having no conviction of self-importance, neither play nor howl. They are jogged into market (for the Indian always trots while on errand) and spend the day en papoose, silent and unremonstratlve. On four sides stand the shattered walls, their Antigua 87 core of red brick laid bare throug...h the broken plaster. Where the surface is still good on soffit of arch, on impost, or on springing of some fallen vault, the arabesques keep their colour and their line, reminiscent of Spaniard and of Moor. Over- head is the open sunny sky. From here and there one catches a glimpse of the peaked hats of the volcanoes. What a setting for the blotched and huddled colours of the Mayas' petty merchandry ! Little by little one learns the names and natures of all the strange wares; but the first effect is still the best, before knowledge has intervened between the senses and the imagination, or familiarity has dulled the eyes to the medley of shapes and hues.
What to read after The Land Beyond Mexico?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Rhys Carpenter to read onlineMoreLess
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