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George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 8 : (search)
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 9 : (search)
Chapter 9:
Journey from Barcelona to Madrid.
Madrid.
Conde.
government of Spain.
the Inquisition.
public institutions.
education.
School for deaf-mutes.
bull-fights.
To Elisha Ticknor. Madrid, May 23, 1818.
My last was from Barcelona, dear father and mother, just fourteen days ago. As you may well suppose, in a country such as this, where all comfortable or decent means of travelling fail, I took the shortest route to reach this place; but, though the distance i opportunity to purchase provisions, you cannot keep so provided that you will not sometimes want a meal.
Since I left Barcelona I have not been in a single inn where the lower story was not a stable, and of course the upper one as full of fleas as a certain degree of obedience, and the king decrees it; but the obedience may or may not follow, as in a case I knew at Barcelona, where an oppressed individual demanded simply a hearing of his case.
The king ordered it by a formal decree to be had
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), chapter 26 (search)