And Yet
I Will Assert That The Towers In Other Respects Are One And The
Same, And That The Same
Mind and the same design are manifested in
both; the same shape do they exhibit, and the same marks have
They
on their walls, even those mysterious arches graven on the
superficies of the bricks, emblematic of I know not what. The two
structures may, without any violence, be said to stand in the same
relation to each other as the ancient and modern Moors. The
Giralda is the world's wonder, and the old Moor was all but the
world's conqueror. The modern Moor is scarcely known, and who ever
heard of the Tower of Tangier? Yet examine it attentively, and you
will find in that tower much, very much, to admire, and certainly,
if opportunity enable you to consider the modern Moor as minutely,
you will discover in him, and in his actions, amongst much that is
wild, uncouth, and barbarous, not a little capable of amply
rewarding laborious investigation.
As we passed the mosque I stopped for a moment before the door, and
looked in upon the interior: I saw nothing but a quadrangular
court paved with painted tiles and exposed to the sky; on all sides
were arched piazzas, and in the middle was a fountain, at which
several Moors were performing their ablutions. I looked around for
the abominable thing, and found it not; no scarlet strumpet with a
crown of false gold sat nursing an ugly changeling in a niche.
"Come here," said I, "papist, and take a lesson; here is a house of
God, in externals at least, such as a house of God should be:
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