Letters Concerning the Spanish Nation: Written at Madrid During the Years 1760 and 1761 |
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... paffed over the Pyrenees with the house of BOURBON . Even the Spanish language is now mak- ing its last struggles against the more infinuating one of FRANCE ; and , if the court did not ftill retain that laudable custom of an- fwering ...
... paffed over the Pyrenees with the house of BOURBON . Even the Spanish language is now mak- ing its last struggles against the more infinuating one of FRANCE ; and , if the court did not ftill retain that laudable custom of an- fwering ...
Page xxxv
... paffed over thither . New disputes likewise arose betwixt them , on account of the English trafficking with the Indians of the Moskito - shore , who had never submitted to SPAIN , and claimed to act as a free nation . FERDINAND , at the ...
... paffed over thither . New disputes likewise arose betwixt them , on account of the English trafficking with the Indians of the Moskito - shore , who had never submitted to SPAIN , and claimed to act as a free nation . FERDINAND , at the ...
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... or a bed fit to lie upon . After having paffed the fertile mountains of GALLICIA , and the barren rocks of LEON , we came to ASTORGA the 8th of June . B 2 Here Here we refted till the 11th , and then fat TO MADRID . 3.
... or a bed fit to lie upon . After having paffed the fertile mountains of GALLICIA , and the barren rocks of LEON , we came to ASTORGA the 8th of June . B 2 Here Here we refted till the 11th , and then fat TO MADRID . 3.
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... paffed of note was a branch of the MINHO ; a noble current , almoft as broad as the Thames at Windfor , and to appearance deep ; finely wooded on each fide , the trees larger and taller than you usually meet with in SPAIN . The place ...
... paffed of note was a branch of the MINHO ; a noble current , almoft as broad as the Thames at Windfor , and to appearance deep ; finely wooded on each fide , the trees larger and taller than you usually meet with in SPAIN . The place ...
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... paffed fome forefts ; but the trees are dwarf and poor , not refembling the timber of GREAT - BRITAIN ; you will in vain look for thofe ftately woods , which not only afford fuel , fhade , and wealth to their owners , but fend forth ...
... paffed fome forefts ; but the trees are dwarf and poor , not refembling the timber of GREAT - BRITAIN ; you will in vain look for thofe ftately woods , which not only afford fuel , fhade , and wealth to their owners , but fend forth ...
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againſt almoſt Ambaffadors annually annum antient aqueduct Arabic arches ASTORGA becauſe befides BURGOS CASTILE CATALONIA CEUTA CHARLES church Commiffioners confifts CORUNNA court crowns per month defign ducats Duke Earl Emperor English Epiftolæ ESCURIAL eſtabliſhed expence faid fame fatire fecond feems fent feven fhall fhew fhips fhould fide filk fince firft firſt folio fome foon fpirit ftill ftones fubjects fuch GRANADA greateſt Hift Hiftoria himſelf houſe infcription inquifition Iterum King of SPAIN King's laft laſt leagues Libri likewife MADRID Majefty Maravedis Marquis meaſures Memb minifter moft moſt muſt obferve occafion Opera paffed perfon PHILIP PHILIP II phyfic Phyſician prefent Prince Prince of ASTURIAS publiſhed quæ Queen raiſed reafon Roman royal SALAMANCA SEGOVIA SEVILLE ſmall ſome Spaniards Spanish ſtate ſtill thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe TOLEDO TRAJAN treaty uſe VALENTIA Vellon White and Blue White and Red