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"The Amphichelydia are known there by only the genus Baena," he read. "Two described species: B. undata and B. arenosa, to which was added B. hebraica and B. ponderosa " Petulantly he slammed the whole handful of papers to the floor. "Eve!" he stammered. "I can't stand it! I tell you I just can't stand it! Take my attic if you want to! Or my cellar! Or my garage!
THE CANCIONEROS AND PROSE WRITINGS. The most distinct idea of the poetical culture of Spain, during the fifteenth century, may he obtained from the "Cancioneros," or collections of poetry, sometimes all by one author, sometimes by many. The oldest of these dates from about 1450, and was the work of Baena. Many similar collections followed, and they were among the fashionable wants of the age.
Many of the places, however, frequented by people of their rank, they avoided the bull-fights and the religious spectacles the one tending to brutalise the people, the other to foster the grossest superstition. Among the houses at which they visited at Seville was that of the widow Dona Isabel de Baena. Her guests, however, it was understood, only came by invitation.
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