Travels in the South of Spain: In Letters Written A.D. 1809 and 1810J. Johnson, 1811 - 443 strán (strany) "The following pages contain the substance of letters written to my family and friends during six months which I passed in Spain ... In addition to what I have borrowed from Ocampo, Masdeu, and Marina, I am also indebted to a very accurate abstract of the state of the Moors in Granada, written by Simon de Argote."--Preface. |
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... attention to political subjects which the interesting events , daily passing before me , naturally demanded . I believe , it will be found , that my opinions of public vi characters , of the nature of the government ,
... attention to political subjects which the interesting events , daily passing before me , naturally demanded . I believe , it will be found , that my opinions of public vi characters , of the nature of the government ,
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... attention be paid to the cleanliness of the streets , none is shewn to the entrances of the houses , which are the receptacles of every kind of filth ; and , except in the entrances to the houses of the richer class who keep a Gallego ...
... attention be paid to the cleanliness of the streets , none is shewn to the entrances of the houses , which are the receptacles of every kind of filth ; and , except in the entrances to the houses of the richer class who keep a Gallego ...
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... attention to this substance , nor any book on the subject ; but it appears to me to merit the notice of the scientific ; it forms an excellent stone for building , is easily worked , and very durable . There are many disputes about the ...
... attention to this substance , nor any book on the subject ; but it appears to me to merit the notice of the scientific ; it forms an excellent stone for building , is easily worked , and very durable . There are many disputes about the ...
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... attention of strangers in this city , the house of Solano the late governor , cannot be overlooked . The recent circumstances of his death , the revolu- tionary spirit of the people by whom it was occasioned , and the un- necessary ...
... attention of strangers in this city , the house of Solano the late governor , cannot be overlooked . The recent circumstances of his death , the revolu- tionary spirit of the people by whom it was occasioned , and the un- necessary ...
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... attention ; he pressed us to take our dinner with him , which , however , we declined , and he piously expressed his gratitude to God , for having inspired the King of England with the resolution to support the cause of the Spaniards ...
... attention ; he pressed us to take our dinner with him , which , however , we declined , and he piously expressed his gratitude to God , for having inspired the King of England with the resolution to support the cause of the Spaniards ...
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Travels in the South of Spain: In Letters Written A.D. 1809 and 1810 William Jacob Úplné zobrazenie - 1811 |
Travels in the South of Spain: In Letters Written A.D. 1809 and 1810 William Jacob Úplné zobrazenie - 1811 |
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Alonzo Cano America Andalusia antient appearance Arabs arrived attention beautiful body British Army called CASARABONELA castle Catalonia cathedral celebrated Central Junta Chiclana Christian church command commerce conduct consequence considerable convent Cortes cultivated defence descended employed enemy England English Estremadura excellent expence feelings feet France French garrison Gibraltar Granada Guadalquivir honour horses hundred inhabitants kingdom kingdom of Granada La Mancha labour ladies land lately leagues LETTER Lord Wellesley Madrid Mahomedan Malaga manner manufactories marble ment miles military Moorish Moors mountains mules occupied officers paintings party passed patriotism plain posada possess present principal produced provinces quantity religion rendered river road rock Roman Ronda ruins Seville ship Sierra Sir Arthur Wellesley situation Solano Spain Spaniards Spanish Army Spanish Government sufficient supplied surrounded thousand tion town trees troops visited Wellesley whole wine Xeres
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Strana 331 - Exegi monumentum aere perennius Regalique situ pyramidum altius, Quod non imber edax, non Aquilo impotens Possit diruere aut innumerabilis Annorum series et fuga temporum.
Strana 14 - ... keep a much greater number of domestic servants than families of the same description in England. In their dress and personal ornaments both the men and women are very extravagant, especially the latter ; and I am told that the money expended on a lady's silk stockings and shoes alone (for they never walk out twice in the same) is enormous. Cadiz market, observes the same writer, was excessively crowded, especially the fish and vegetable markets ; the latter was supplied with a surprising profusion...
Strana 8 - The view on entering the bay of Cadiz presents the finest collection of objects that can be conceived : on one extremity of the left point is situated the town of Rota, a little farther the castle of Santa Catalina and the neat city of Santa Maria ; at a greater distance, on the lap of a lofty hill, stands Medina ; nearer the sea the town of Puerto Real and the arsenal of the Carracas ; and on the extremity of the right hand point of land the city of Cadiz.
Strana 9 - I am much afraid, from what I have seen of the proceedings of the Central Junta, that in the distributions of their forces they do not consider military defence and military operations, so much as they do political intrigue and the attainment of trifling political objects.
Strana 85 - ... with images and pictures, the massy silver and gold ornaments, and the rails of bronze, tastefully designed, compose a most impressive whole. The priests kneeling before the altar, and in silence offering up their devotions, the clouds of ascending incense, and the pious on their knees, in the...
Strana 95 - I with ac sho syml und< forw thei tio anc one of the last victims in this city was Olavide, a most respectable man, who applied the wealth he had acquired in South America, to the patriotic purpose of cultivating the Sierra Morena, with a number of German settlers, and to adorning and improving the public walks of the city, as well as the wharfs on the banks of the Guadalquivir. He had read the writings of some of the French unbelievers, and was suspected of having...
Strana 82 - The garden of the Alcazar is said to have been laid out by the Moors, and is preserved in its original state ; it contains walks paved •with marble, parterres laid out with ever-greens, and well shaded with orange trees. In many parts of it there are baths, supplied by marble fountains from...
Strana 335 - ... their meal at noon, which is so general that the towns and villages appear quite deserted from one till four o'clock. The labours of the artificer, and the attention of the shopkeeper, are suspended during those hours ; and the doors and windows of the latter are as closely shut as at night, or on a holyday.
Strana 9 - ... military defence and military operations, so much as they do political intrigue, and the attainment of trifling political objects. They wish to strengthen the Army of Venegas, not because it is necessary or desirable on military grounds, but because they think the Army, as an instrument of mischief, safer in his hands than in those of another ; and they leave 12,000 men in Estremadura, not because more are not or may not be deemed necessary...
Strana 81 - The outside of the Alcazar is miserable in its appearance ; but the first court, after entering the gate has a very grand effect : the front, looking into that court, is purely Arabic in its style, and the inscriptions...