Excerpt from Toledo and Madrid, Their Records and Romances The plain at all intruders. Myriads of her foes have fallen before her, but there is one she cannot hope to vanquish. And yet, although her talons make no mark upon Time's adamantine brow, she shows no sign of faltering. Is not her conduct worthy of a warrior-race? We cannot wonder. This is indeed from ages immemorial the eagle city. Twin eagles hold her blazon; like any eagle's is her rocky stronghold; and sometimes, as I contemplate it from the Vega, her pinions seem to rustle far aloft in the blue sky. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.