The cruise of the 'Frolic'.
By William Henry G. Kingston
Published by , 1860 p.317
"Every one knows Cintra on account of its Convention not over creditable to its executors its convent cut out of the rock and lined with cork to keep the old monks warm and its palace built by the talented and eccentric Beckford now a mass of ruins We just got a glimpse through a break in the rocks of its cork orange and citron groves surrounded with sweet scented shrubs"
Monday, 16 February 2009
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