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    Article THE LIFE OF XIMENES, ARCHBISHOP OF TOLEDO. ← Page 2 of 12 →
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The Life Of Ximenes, Archbishop Of Toledo.

life , in a battle fought against the Moors , and who afterwards received every mark of gratitude that was due to such a signal service . Others have supposed that they did him more honour , by asserting that he was the first ennobled in his family ; that before him , the only relative who-filled a public trust , was a collector of the tenths , in which his father had been employed ; and that to his own virtue he was solely indebted for advancement to the eminent station in

which he was placed . It is , however , certain that Ximenes sprung from a noble family ,, long established at Cineros , in the kingdom of Leon , and allied to most of the nobility in the country . If history does not specify his origin , it makes mention of D . Gonzales Ximenes de Cineros , surnamed the

Good , one of the most renowned Kings of his time . His tomb , in the chapel of Notre-Dame , near the city , is still to be seen ; and over it his escutcheon , emblazoned with fifteen chequers , the arms of his house , decorated with a ribbon hearing the order of chivalry , instituted by Alphonsus the eleventh , as a reward of merit to the gentlemen of his kingdom , whose respective offices and deserts might

entitle them to such distinction . From this Gonzales , in due succession , descended Alphonsus Ximenes de Cineros , a man of probity and honour ; but , whose happiness , from the loss of his fortune , was centred in the possession of a son , the subject of this history . Deprived of his father in early infancy , and his elder brother being stripped of his inheritance , he was left without support and without protection ; in this state he was obliged to have recourse to his own industry in order to acquire subsistence .

As bis disposition was mild , not suited to the military life , he resolved on accomplishing his studies at Salamanca : whither he retired to pursue the study-of civil law . Whether he felt in himself an inclination not likely to succeed in this undertaking , or entertained no flattering hope of advancing his fortune by it , whatever might have discouraged himhe proceeded nofartherin that design : butthrough

, , the solicitation of some friends , obtained a commission on the levy of the tenths , wliich , during the wars of Grenada , the sovereign pontiffs granted to the kings of Spain . This employ confining his residence at Tordelaguna , lie became enamoured with a young lady of respectability , in whom beauty and wisdom were closely allied ; but she had no fortune : —in his present circumstances a small portion

would have been very acceptable to him . Female merit , however , predominated over interested motives , and he married her . She was a knight ' s daughter of the order of St . James , of the ancient family of La Torre , from which her origin is derived . A young gentleman , from the country of Valdecunna , entered into the service of King D . Ramirehad signalized himself in the wars against

, the Moors , and by his valour and reputation had attained the rank , to which his merit was intitled , when , by an unforeseen accident , he saw his fortune blasted . A difference arose between him and a noble courtier , whom the king respected , He fought , and ,

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LONDON: Article 2
TO CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 3
ACCOUNT OF KIEN-LONG, EMPEROR OF CHINA. Article 4
NOTICE OF SIR ANDREW DOUGLAS. Article 6
A RETROSPECTIVE VIEW OF THE LITERATURE OF 1797. Article 7
WISDOM AND FOLLY: A VISION. Article 12
THE LIFE OF XIMENES, ARCHBISHOP OF TOLEDO. Article 18
COMPARISON BETWEEN THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS IN SCIENCE AND LITERATURE. Article 30
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE PROVERBS AND APOTHEGMS, Article 36
AN HISTORICAL ESSAY ON LONGEVITY. Article 41
COLONEL TITUS's LETTER TO OLIVER CROMWELL. Article 43
THE COLLECTOR. Article 45
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS: Article 50
POETRY. Article 58
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 62
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 66
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The Life Of Ximenes, Archbishop Of Toledo.

life , in a battle fought against the Moors , and who afterwards received every mark of gratitude that was due to such a signal service . Others have supposed that they did him more honour , by asserting that he was the first ennobled in his family ; that before him , the only relative who-filled a public trust , was a collector of the tenths , in which his father had been employed ; and that to his own virtue he was solely indebted for advancement to the eminent station in

which he was placed . It is , however , certain that Ximenes sprung from a noble family ,, long established at Cineros , in the kingdom of Leon , and allied to most of the nobility in the country . If history does not specify his origin , it makes mention of D . Gonzales Ximenes de Cineros , surnamed the

Good , one of the most renowned Kings of his time . His tomb , in the chapel of Notre-Dame , near the city , is still to be seen ; and over it his escutcheon , emblazoned with fifteen chequers , the arms of his house , decorated with a ribbon hearing the order of chivalry , instituted by Alphonsus the eleventh , as a reward of merit to the gentlemen of his kingdom , whose respective offices and deserts might

entitle them to such distinction . From this Gonzales , in due succession , descended Alphonsus Ximenes de Cineros , a man of probity and honour ; but , whose happiness , from the loss of his fortune , was centred in the possession of a son , the subject of this history . Deprived of his father in early infancy , and his elder brother being stripped of his inheritance , he was left without support and without protection ; in this state he was obliged to have recourse to his own industry in order to acquire subsistence .

As bis disposition was mild , not suited to the military life , he resolved on accomplishing his studies at Salamanca : whither he retired to pursue the study-of civil law . Whether he felt in himself an inclination not likely to succeed in this undertaking , or entertained no flattering hope of advancing his fortune by it , whatever might have discouraged himhe proceeded nofartherin that design : butthrough

, , the solicitation of some friends , obtained a commission on the levy of the tenths , wliich , during the wars of Grenada , the sovereign pontiffs granted to the kings of Spain . This employ confining his residence at Tordelaguna , lie became enamoured with a young lady of respectability , in whom beauty and wisdom were closely allied ; but she had no fortune : —in his present circumstances a small portion

would have been very acceptable to him . Female merit , however , predominated over interested motives , and he married her . She was a knight ' s daughter of the order of St . James , of the ancient family of La Torre , from which her origin is derived . A young gentleman , from the country of Valdecunna , entered into the service of King D . Ramirehad signalized himself in the wars against

, the Moors , and by his valour and reputation had attained the rank , to which his merit was intitled , when , by an unforeseen accident , he saw his fortune blasted . A difference arose between him and a noble courtier , whom the king respected , He fought , and ,

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