A Journey Through Spain in the Years 1786 and 1787: With Particular Attention to the Agriculture, Manufactures, Commerce, Population, Taxes, and Revenue of that Country; and Remarks in Passing Through a Part of France, Volume 3C. Dilly, 1791 - 356 pages |
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alcalde algarrobos alguazil Alicant almoſt appears Barcelona barilla barley becauſe beſide beſt biſhop calcarious Catalonia cauſe confiderable conſequence convents diſcovered diſeaſe diſtance ditto eight eſcrivanos eſtabliſhed expence extenſive falt fame feet filk firſt fiſh five fix hundred fixteen fixty foil fome foon four fuch furface Granada horſe houſes increaſe induſtry inhabitants intereſt land laſt leagues leaſt leſs limestone maize Malaga maravedis moſt mountains Murcia muſt obſerved occafion ounces pariſh paſs paſſed pence perſon phyſicians pleaſed plough poſed pounds preſent province provinces of Spain purpoſe quartos quintals raiſed reals regidores reſpect rock ruſh ſame ſcarcely ſea ſeaſon ſee ſeem ſeen ſerved ſervice ſeveral ſhall ſhew ſhillings ſhort ſhould ſmall ſome Spain Spaniſh ſpecies ſpot ſprings ſtands ſtate ſtrong ſubject ſuch ſupply themſelves theſe thoſe thouſand three hundred tion traverſed twelve twenty univerſity uſe uſual vale Valencia valley vines viſited wheat whilst whoſe wine
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Page 204 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Page 204 - Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain : let all the inhabitants of the land tremble : for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand...
Page 205 - The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining: and the Lord shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the Lord is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
Page 25 - Malaga, fourteen thoufand vine-prerTes, chiefly employed in making the rich wines, which, if white, from the nature of the country, is called mountain ; if red, from the colour, vino tinto, known to us by the name of tent.
Page 58 - It is adorned with a colonnade of 140 marble pillars. The royal bed-chamber has two alcoves adorned with columns, and a fountain between them in the middle of the room; adjoining are two hot baths. The great hall is about 40 feet square, and 60 in height, with eight windows and two doors, all in deep recesses. Between this and the oblong court is a gallery of 96 feet by 16.
Page 211 - St. Anthony the abbot secures his votaries from fire, and St. Anthony of Padua delivers them from water; St. Barbara is the refuge of the timid in times of thunder and of war; St.
Page 58 - The idea of the ceiling is evidently taken from stalactites or drop stones found in the roofs of natural caverns. The ornaments of the friezes are Arabesque, and perfectly accord with the Arabic inscriptions, which are here suited to the purpose for which each apartment was designed.
Page 205 - They shall run like mighty men, they shall climb the wall like men of war ; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks. Neither shall one thrust another, they shall walk every one in his path; and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.
Page 260 - ... forth with plumage, and having found her mate, .begins to lay her eggs. At the end of fix .days from this period of exiftence, having anfwered the end of their creation, they both lie down and die.
Page 199 - ... enlarges, larges, till in the third ftage it occupies the whole fpace, when the tincturing juice difappears, and only eggs are to be feen, to the number of fifteen, hundred or two thoufand. It is clear to me that the grana derives no kind of nourifhment from the plant on which it is...