Travels in Spain: Containing a New, Accurate, and Comprehensive View of the Present State of that Country, Volume 3G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1789 - Spain |
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... may be , it has too much precision , and leaves much to be defired . The work is not less worthy of the greatest eulogium ; it is neceffary to read it to conceive conceive a just idea of the talents of every kind OF SPAIN . 29.
... may be , it has too much precision , and leaves much to be defired . The work is not less worthy of the greatest eulogium ; it is neceffary to read it to conceive conceive a just idea of the talents of every kind OF SPAIN . 29.
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... leaving La Jonquiere the road becomes bettter ; but the only profpect from it confifts of uncultivated lands , which , from their nature , seem destined to remain fo . The neighbouring hills , until we arrive within a league of Fi ...
... leaving La Jonquiere the road becomes bettter ; but the only profpect from it confifts of uncultivated lands , which , from their nature , seem destined to remain fo . The neighbouring hills , until we arrive within a league of Fi ...
Page 64
... leaving Tarragona , you pass the Francoli over a ftone bridge ; the roads are tolerably good , the lands well cul- tivated , and the country is enlivened by feveral hamlets and villages . The prin- cipal of these are Villafeca and ...
... leaving Tarragona , you pass the Francoli over a ftone bridge ; the roads are tolerably good , the lands well cul- tivated , and the country is enlivened by feveral hamlets and villages . The prin- cipal of these are Villafeca and ...
Page 102
... This estimate , however , appears to be rather exaggerated . * The arroba weighs twenty - five pounds . A measure which contains fixteen pints . OF THE ENVIRONS OF VALENCIA . AFTER leaving Morviedro , 102 THE PRESENT STATE.
... This estimate , however , appears to be rather exaggerated . * The arroba weighs twenty - five pounds . A measure which contains fixteen pints . OF THE ENVIRONS OF VALENCIA . AFTER leaving Morviedro , 102 THE PRESENT STATE.
Page 103
... leaving Morviedro , on our way to Segorbe , we perceive to the right a kind of circular boundary which in- clofes a valley in which are à great number of villages ; the principal are Almenera , Benecalaf , Faura , Canet and Benediten ...
... leaving Morviedro , on our way to Segorbe , we perceive to the right a kind of circular boundary which in- clofes a valley in which are à great number of villages ; the principal are Almenera , Benecalaf , Faura , Canet and Benediten ...
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Abencerrages accufed accuſed againſt alfo Alhambra almoſt alſo amongſt ancient anſwers Antequera becauſe beſt cafe called caſtle Catalonia cauſe Chriftian church confeffion confiderable cuſtoms defence depofitions diſcovered diſtance embelliſhed eſtabliſhed faid fame famous feems feen ferved feveral fhall fide fifcal filk fince finiſhed firſt fituated fome foon fquare ftill ftones fubject fuch fufficient fupported furrounded gate Granada greateſt himſelf hiſtory holy office houſes hundred impriſonment infcription inhabitants inquifitors inquifitors fhall king kingdom kingdom of Granada kingdom of Valencia leagues lefs leſs Lopes de Rueda moft Moors moſt mountains Murcia muſt neceffary obferved Orihuela paffed perfons pleaſe pleaſure Praiſe preferved preſent priſon provinces of Spain reaſon refpect road Romans Saint ſee ſeems ſeveral ſhall ſhould ſome Spain Spaniards Spaniſh ſpeak ſtate ſtill taſte theatre thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand tion tranflated trees uſe Valencia village
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Page 365 - Seville, in the moment the proceffion pafled by. Amongft the other canons he perceived the murderer of his father. At the fight of this man, filial affection, rage and defpair got fo far the better of his reafon, that he fell furioufly upon the prieft, and ftabbed him to the heart.
Page 365 - ... him to the heart. The young man was feized, convicted of the crime, and immediately condemned to be quartered alive. Peter, whom we call the Cruel, and whom the Spaniards, with more reafon, call the Lover of Juftice, was then at Seville. The affair came to his knowledge ; and, after learning the particulars, he determined to be himfelf the judge of the young Ihoemaker.
Page 364 - ... his tafte, the canon became furious, and feizing one of the tools of the fhoemaker, gave him with it fo many blows upon the head as laid him dead upon the floor. The unhappy man left a widow, four daughters, and afon, fourteen years of age, the eldeft of the indigent family.
Page 364 - They made their complaints to the chapter; the canon was profecuted, and condemned not to appear in the choir for a year. The young fhoemaker having attained to man's eftate, was fcarcely able to get a livelihood; and, overwhelmed with wretchednefs, fat down on the day of a proceffion, at the door of the cathedral of Seville, in the moment the proceffion pafted by.
Page 364 - An unfortunate fhoemaker to whom he applied, after quitting many others, having brought him a pair of...
Page 316 - Plaza di Antonio, Martin, and that of the fquare named Puerta del Sol. The others are not more magnificent though lefs ridiculous. The water of all thefe fountains is excellent ; and the air of Madrid, though the weather be variable and uncertain, extremely pure. It was this purity of the air and excellent quality of the water which induced Philip II, and his fucceflbrs to fix their refidence 5n this city.
Page 348 - Madrid (alle et mundo, Where' Madrid is, let the world be silent. One of their authors has written a book, which has for its title, Solo Madrid es corte, There is no other court than Ma-; drid.
Page 188 - There is no other god but God, and Mahomet is his prophet;" after which they kiss the superior's hand and retire.
Page 266 - Granada is faid to be 2808 years before Chrift. We know that in the time of the Romans it was a municipal colony. « , A defcription in Latin of Granada, fuch as it was, in 1560, written by a merchant at Antwerp, , named George Hofnahel, who travelled into Spain, is to be found in the work, entitled Civitates...
Page 503 - The critical obfervations it contains are betides offered with fo much modefty, that they cannot but be acceptable to every nation that is a friend to truth, and which would not be offended but by an exaggeration of its defecls.