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Remarks Made By A Late Traveller In Spain.
has not a shilling . Could the eldest son of that Duke marry her he AA'ould be the richest subject in Europe ; but the law is , that he marries some lady of family , but Avith no portion : and thus Spain Avill ha \ 'e two families , instead of one sufficiently rich ,-which , without such a IaAV , might not be the case . The preachers in Spain , particularly the Friars , have introduced the practice of producing pictures in their sermonsto aid their
elo-, quence . A Friar having expatiated on the torments of Flell with all the ardour possible , nods to some attendants to bring the picture , which exhibits some devils running red and sharp irons into sinners . The devils are painted Avith horns , claAVs , and serpentine tails ; the reverend Father holds a li ghted torch before the picture , that it may be better seen by the people , ancl with the most hideous A'ociferation
denounces everlasting torments to the unrepenting , like those that the painter has there expressed . On the sides of the great roads in Spain there are very small chapels , usuall y called Hermitages , though no hermit dwells in them . Through a hole in the door , designed for passengers to throtv in their offeringspar las animasfor the souls in purgatoryseeing
, , , nothing but a dim lamp , I asked the chaise-driver the use of a lamp in a deserted hermitage ? The felloAV answered archly , ' To lig ht saints of wood . ' And when reproved for levity , he said he Avas no Castilian , but a Catalonian , and that he had travelled in France .
A Remarkable Preservation In The Great Earthquake At Lisbon.
A REMARKABLE PRESERVATION IN THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE AT LISBON .
A Gentleman who was viewing the ruins of Lisbon not long after ¦ £ *¦ the great earthquake there , says , he was accosted and seized by fhe hand by an elderly woman , who , pointing to a place near where he stood , ' Here , stranger , ' said she , ' you see this cellar ! It Avas only my celfar once , but noAV it is my habitation ; I have none else left : my house fell as I Avas in it ; and in this cellar Avas I shut up by the ruins
nine whole days . I had perished Avith hunger but for the grapes I had hung to the ceiling . At the end of the nine days I heard persons over my head searching amongst the rubbish : I cried out as loud as I could ; thev heard , removed the rubbish , and delivered me . ' I asked her what Avere her thoughts in that wretched situation , what her hopes , what her fears ?'—' Fears I had none , ' said she : ' I implored
the assistance of Saint Anthony , who AA'as my protector ever since I was born . I expected my deliverance every moment , and I was sure of it . But , alas ! I did hot kno * w what 1 was praying for : it had been much better for me to die at once . I came ' out unhurt ; but what signifies living a short time in sorrow and in want , and not a friend alive . My whole family perished in the general destruction ; AVC were
thirteen in all , and notv none but myself I ' It is generally believed in Portugal , that during the earthquake in 1755 , the . town of Setabel Avas so wholly destroyed , that not oneperson escaped .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Remarks Made By A Late Traveller In Spain.
has not a shilling . Could the eldest son of that Duke marry her he AA'ould be the richest subject in Europe ; but the law is , that he marries some lady of family , but Avith no portion : and thus Spain Avill ha \ 'e two families , instead of one sufficiently rich ,-which , without such a IaAV , might not be the case . The preachers in Spain , particularly the Friars , have introduced the practice of producing pictures in their sermonsto aid their
elo-, quence . A Friar having expatiated on the torments of Flell with all the ardour possible , nods to some attendants to bring the picture , which exhibits some devils running red and sharp irons into sinners . The devils are painted Avith horns , claAVs , and serpentine tails ; the reverend Father holds a li ghted torch before the picture , that it may be better seen by the people , ancl with the most hideous A'ociferation
denounces everlasting torments to the unrepenting , like those that the painter has there expressed . On the sides of the great roads in Spain there are very small chapels , usuall y called Hermitages , though no hermit dwells in them . Through a hole in the door , designed for passengers to throtv in their offeringspar las animasfor the souls in purgatoryseeing
, , , nothing but a dim lamp , I asked the chaise-driver the use of a lamp in a deserted hermitage ? The felloAV answered archly , ' To lig ht saints of wood . ' And when reproved for levity , he said he Avas no Castilian , but a Catalonian , and that he had travelled in France .
A Remarkable Preservation In The Great Earthquake At Lisbon.
A REMARKABLE PRESERVATION IN THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE AT LISBON .
A Gentleman who was viewing the ruins of Lisbon not long after ¦ £ *¦ the great earthquake there , says , he was accosted and seized by fhe hand by an elderly woman , who , pointing to a place near where he stood , ' Here , stranger , ' said she , ' you see this cellar ! It Avas only my celfar once , but noAV it is my habitation ; I have none else left : my house fell as I Avas in it ; and in this cellar Avas I shut up by the ruins
nine whole days . I had perished Avith hunger but for the grapes I had hung to the ceiling . At the end of the nine days I heard persons over my head searching amongst the rubbish : I cried out as loud as I could ; thev heard , removed the rubbish , and delivered me . ' I asked her what Avere her thoughts in that wretched situation , what her hopes , what her fears ?'—' Fears I had none , ' said she : ' I implored
the assistance of Saint Anthony , who AA'as my protector ever since I was born . I expected my deliverance every moment , and I was sure of it . But , alas ! I did hot kno * w what 1 was praying for : it had been much better for me to die at once . I came ' out unhurt ; but what signifies living a short time in sorrow and in want , and not a friend alive . My whole family perished in the general destruction ; AVC were
thirteen in all , and notv none but myself I ' It is generally believed in Portugal , that during the earthquake in 1755 , the . town of Setabel Avas so wholly destroyed , that not oneperson escaped .