Legends, Tales and Poems by Gustavo Adolfo Becquer
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[Footnote 2: San Bartolomé--'St. Bartholomew,' one of the twelve
apostles, deemed by some to be identical with Nathanael. "Little is known of his work. According to tradition he preached in various parts of Asia, and was flayed alive and then crucified, head downward, at Albanopolis in Armenia. His memory is celebrated in the Roman Catholic church on August 24." _Century Dict._ In popular superstition St. Bartholomew is supposed to have had particular power over the devil, and prayers to this saint are thought to be specially efficacious against the wiles of the evil one. For a detailed account of St. Bartholomew's power over the devil, see Jacobi a Voragine, _Legenda Aurea_ (Th. Graesse), Lipsiae, MDCCCL, cap. cxxiii, pp. 540-544.] --Pero, vamos, exclamó don Dionís, impaciente al escuchar las digresiones del zagal, que amenazaban no concluir nunca; déjate de rodeos y ve derecho al asunto. --Á él voy, contestó con calma Esteban, que después de dar una gran voz acompañada de un silbido para que se agruparan los corderos, que no perdía de vista y comenzaban[1] á desparramarse por el monte, torno á rascarse la cabeza y prosiguió así: [Footnote 1: que no perdía de vista y comenzaban. Compare the use of the relative in this phrase with that to which attention has been called on p. 10, note 1.] --Por una parte vuestras continuas excursiones, y por otra el dale que le das de los cazadores furtivos, que ya con trampa ó con ballesta no dejan res á vida en veinte jornadas al contorno, habían no hace mucho agotado la caza en estos montes, hasta el extremo de no encontrarse un |
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