Transcriber's Note:
This work is by Robert Southey. It is a fictitious account of animaginary Spanish nobleman travelling through England.
Obvious printer errors have been corrected. Hyphenation has beenrationalised. Inconsistent spelling (including accents and capitals) hasbeen retained.
On page 180 "the" has been inserted in the phrase "axioms ofcommercial policy are not understood by the people", this beingconsistent with other editions of the text.
BY
DON MANUEL ALVAREZ ESPRIELLA.
TRANSLATED FROM THE SPANISH.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. III.
THIRD EDITION.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND
BROWN, PATERNOSTER-ROW.
1814.
Edinburgh:
Printed by James Ballantyne and Co.
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| LETTER LIV | |
| TheBible.—More mischievous when firsttranslated than it is at present: still hurtfulto a few, but beneficial to many.—Opinionthat the Domestic Use of theScriptures would not be injurious in Spain | 1 |
| LETTER LV | |
| Curiosity and Credulity of the English.—TheWild Indian Woman.—The LargeChild.—The Wandering Jew.—TheEthiopian Savage.—The Great HighGerman Highter-Flighter.—The Learned Pig | 14 |
| LETTER LVI | |
| Newspapers.—Their Mode of falsifying Intelligence.—Puffs.—Advertisements.—Reviews,and their mischievous Effects.—Magazines.—Novels | 23 |
| LETTER LVII | |
| Account of the Quakers | 43 |
| LETTER LVIII | |
| Winter Weather.—Snow.—Christmas.—OldCustoms gradually disused | 67 |
| LETTER LIX | |
| Cards.—Whist.—Treatises upon this Game.—PopeJoan.—Cards never used on theSabbath, and heavily taxed.—Ace ofSpades | 75 |
| LETTER LX | |
| Growth of the Commercial Interest.—FamilyPride almost extinct.—Effect ofheavy Taxation.—Titles indiscriminatelygranted.—Increase of the House ofPeers | 83 |
| LETTER LXI | |
| Despard's Conspiracy.—Conduct of thePopulace on that Occasion.—War.—TheQuestion examined whether England isin Danger of a Revolution.—Ireland | 95 |
| LETTER LXII | |
| Account of Swedenborgianism | |