Travels in Spain: Containing a New, Accurate, and Comprehensive View of the Present State of that Country, Tom 3G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1789 |
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... Granada and the mouth of the Guadiana , properly speaking , up- per and lower Andalusia , and a part of new Caftile ; Lufitania extended from the Guadiana to the Douro ; and Tar- raconenfis , as extenfive as the other two divifions ...
... Granada and the mouth of the Guadiana , properly speaking , up- per and lower Andalusia , and a part of new Caftile ; Lufitania extended from the Guadiana to the Douro ; and Tar- raconenfis , as extenfive as the other two divifions ...
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... Granada , began to appear . The court of Abdalrahman was the center of arts , sciences , pleasures and gallantry . Tournaments , the image of war , in which love and address were substituted for valour and courage , con- tinued for ...
... Granada , began to appear . The court of Abdalrahman was the center of arts , sciences , pleasures and gallantry . Tournaments , the image of war , in which love and address were substituted for valour and courage , con- tinued for ...
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... Granada ; even women gave public lectures on poetry and philofophy ; and literary refources abounded in proportion to the progress of fcience . I recollect to have read , that at that time there were feventy public libraries in Spain ...
... Granada ; even women gave public lectures on poetry and philofophy ; and literary refources abounded in proportion to the progress of fcience . I recollect to have read , that at that time there were feventy public libraries in Spain ...
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... Granada ftill flourished , and was become their only strong hold , when Castile and Arragon , united in the perfons of Ferdinand and Isabella , formed too great a power to be refifted by a kingdom enfeebled by in- testine commotions .
... Granada ftill flourished , and was become their only strong hold , when Castile and Arragon , united in the perfons of Ferdinand and Isabella , formed too great a power to be refifted by a kingdom enfeebled by in- testine commotions .
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... Granada ; they are fuppofed to have been prisons con- structed by the Moors , but appear to me to be more ancient , and feem to have been public granaries like those of Bur- jasol near Valencia . Several Roman infcriptions are still ...
... Granada ; they are fuppofed to have been prisons con- structed by the Moors , but appear to me to be more ancient , and feem to have been public granaries like those of Bur- jasol near Valencia . Several Roman infcriptions are still ...
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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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Strona 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.
Strona 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.
Strona 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.
Strona 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.
Strona 364 - An unfortunate fhoemaker to whom he applied, after quitting many others, having brought him a pair of...
Strona 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.
Strona 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.
Strona 188 - There is no other god but God, and Mahomet is his prophet;" after which they kiss the superior's hand and retire.
Strona 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...
Strona 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.