Letters Concerning the Spanish Nation: Written at Madrid During the Years 1760 and 1761 |
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... such informations , hints , and materials relative to the present state of SPAIN , as might ei- ther gratify the curiofity of his friends , or prove of fome utility to the public in general . 3 FOR this hath ever appeared to him to be ...
... such informations , hints , and materials relative to the present state of SPAIN , as might ei- ther gratify the curiofity of his friends , or prove of fome utility to the public in general . 3 FOR this hath ever appeared to him to be ...
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... Such was their undoubted origin , tho ' it is impoffible to say , at what exact period each kingdom rofe , as there are no antient monuments remaining fufficient to prove that point .. THE first kingdom or monarchy that arose , after ...
... Such was their undoubted origin , tho ' it is impoffible to say , at what exact period each kingdom rofe , as there are no antient monuments remaining fufficient to prove that point .. THE first kingdom or monarchy that arose , after ...
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... such glorious fucceffes , and fingular victories over the infidels , there are fome short and obfcure accounts in the little chronicles of Don ALONZO III . King of LEON , furnamed the great , and of ALVEDA , of SAMPIRO , and of Don ...
... such glorious fucceffes , and fingular victories over the infidels , there are fome short and obfcure accounts in the little chronicles of Don ALONZO III . King of LEON , furnamed the great , and of ALVEDA , of SAMPIRO , and of Don ...
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... such a vaft acceffion of power from paffing , either into the House of Au- STRIA , or that of BOURBON , already formidable enough of themselves . This step very fenfibly affected the court of SPAIN : CHARLES the fecond was fo much ...
... such a vaft acceffion of power from paffing , either into the House of Au- STRIA , or that of BOURBON , already formidable enough of themselves . This step very fenfibly affected the court of SPAIN : CHARLES the fecond was fo much ...
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... videretur * . The prefent King of SPAIN , while he was at NAPLES , fent or- ders to the officiating prieft on St. JANUARIUS's day , that the See TAC.TUs . blood blood should be made to liquefy in such a precise 12 STATE OF RELIGION.
... videretur * . The prefent King of SPAIN , while he was at NAPLES , fent or- ders to the officiating prieft on St. JANUARIUS's day , that the See TAC.TUs . blood blood should be made to liquefy in such a precise 12 STATE OF RELIGION.
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affift againſt ALBERONI ALCALA DE HENARES alfo almoſt alſo Ambaffadors annually antient Arabic ASTORGA becauſe befides BRITAIN BURGOS CASTILE CATALONIA Catholic CHARLES Chriftian church Commiffioners confequently confifts CORUNNA court crowns per month defign Duke Earl Emperor English Epiftolæ ESCURIAL eſtabliſhed expence faid fame fatire fecond feems fent FERDINAND feven feveral fhall fhew fhips fhould fide filk fince firft firſt folio fome foon fpirit ftill fubjects fuch greateſt Hiftoria himſelf houſe inquifition Iterum Juan King of SPAIN King's laft laſt leagues likewife MADRID Majefty Maravedis Marquis maſter meaſures Memb minifter moft moſt muſt obfervations occafion paffed perfon PHILIP PHILIP II phyfic phyſician prefent Prince Prince of ASTURIAS publiſhed quæ Queen reaſon Roman royal SALAMANCA SARDINIA ſay ſee SEGOVIA SEVILLE ſome Spaniards Spanish ſtate ſtill thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe TOLEDO treaty uſe VALENTIA Vellon
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Page 37 - THE power of this tribunal is now declining very vifibly, and feems haftening to its fall; for the prefent King of SPAIN has taken a bolder ftep to humble the inquifition, than any of the PHILIPS or CHARLES'S who went before him. The inquifitor-general having thought proper, laft year, to prohibit a liturgy which the king had licenfed, without confulting his majefty about it...
Page 343 - Ihew, convenience being liitle confidered : thus vou will pafs through ufually two or three large apartments of no ufe, in order to come at a fmall room at the end, where the family fit. This is the general ftate of the houfes there ; not but there are fome very magnificent palaces, built chiefly by viceroys, returned from their governments, and by the principal grandees : thefe have courts, and fortes cockers, though the others have not.
Page 110 - ... well avoid the aim, and are liable to be every moment overthrown with their horfes, if their attendants by their fide do, not affift them.
Page 27 - V. and his minifters, firft laid them afide, becaufe they could get no money from them : and having obtained a grant of the fale of the bull of the...
Page 109 - In the fame manner the bull was tempted to engage the other cavaliers, and always .with the fame fuccefs : till having received the honourable wounds from their lances, he was encountered by the other men on foot : who, after playing with him, with an incredible agility, as long as they think proper...
Page 344 - The houfes in general look more like prifons, than the habitations of people at their liberty ; the windows, befides having a balcony, being grated with iron bars, particularly the lower range, and fometimes all the reft. A...
Page 108 - Then came a coach with some of the great officers ; and next came the king and queen in a very sumptuous coach of blue, with all the ornaments of massive silver, and a crown at the top : the trappings of the horses were likewise silver, with large white plumes.
Page 324 - He looks minutely into moft circumftances He has made with his own hands, every part of a foldier's drefs, in order to be a judge of the true expence of their uniforms. He told the foreign Minifters one day, that he had made a pair of (hoes, Not indeed, fays he, very good Ihoes, but fuch as might be walked in...
Page 352 - ... by the fall of the roofs, and the reft burnt alive. One's imagination can fcarce form a fcene of confufion, horror, and death, more dreadful than this. 'After the...
Page 251 - Part of it is owing to the extreme avarice and extortion of our own merchants, who, not contented with moderate profits, have kept up the prices of their goods beyond their juft proportion, and thereby opened a door for the French and Dutch to underfell us at the Spanifh markets.