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It was altogether a rare bewitching face; part of its witchery being due to the _raza Andalusiana_ -- and beyond that the Moriscan -- but as much of it coming from the ancient blood of Anahuac -- possibly from the famed
The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley Mayne Reid 1850
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Moriscan -- a complexion, if not more beautiful, certainly more picturesque than that of the Saxon blonde.
The Lone Ranche Mayne Reid 1850
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It was built over low cloisters formed by heavy and timeworn pillars, concealed, for the most part by a profusion of roses and creeping shrubs: the lattices above the cloisters opened upon large gilded balconies, the super-addition of Moriscan taste.
Leila or, the Siege of Granada, Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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This and the following poems belong to that class of ancient Spanish ballads, by unknown authors, called _Romances Moriscos_ -- Moriscan romances or ballads.
Poems William Cullen Bryant 1836
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