Transcriber's Note:
This work is by Robert Southey. It is a fictitious account of an imaginary Spanish nobleman travelling through England.
Obvious printer errors have been corrected. Hyphenation has been rationalised. Inconsistent spelling (including accents and capitals) has been retained.
On page 180 "the" has been inserted in the phrase "axioms of commercial policy are not understood by the people", this being consistent with other editions of the text.
LETTERS
FROM
ENGLAND:
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.
CONTENTS
OF THE
THIRD VOLUME.
| Page | |
| 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 | [113] |
| LETTER LXIII | |
| Jews in England | [141] |
| LETTER LXIV | |
| Infidelity.—Its Growth in England andlittle Extent.—Pythagoreans.—ThomasTryon.—Ritson.—Pagans.—A Cock sacrificed.—ThomasTaylor | [155] |
| LETTER LXV | |
| Eagerness of the English to be at war withSpain | [168] |
| LETTER LXVI | |
| Excursion to Greenwich.—Watermen.—PatentShot Tower.—Albion Mills.—EssexMarshes | [176] |
| LETTER LXVII | |
| Spanish Gravity the Jest of the English.—SundayEvening described.—Societyfor the Suppression of Vice.—Want ofHolidays.—Bull-baiting.—Boxing | [185] |
| LETTER LXVIII | |
| The Abbé Barruel.—Journey of two Englishmento Avignon to join a Society ofProphets.—Extracts from their PropheticalBooks | [195] |
| LETTER LXIX | |
| Account of Richard Brothers | [223] |
| LETTER LXX | |
| Account of Joanna Southcott | [236] |
| LETTER LXXI | |
| The Coxcomb.—Fashionables.—Fops.—EgyptianFashions.—Dances.—Visiting.—Walkers.—TheFancy.—Agriculturists.—TheFat Ox.—The Royal Institution.—Metaphysics | [270] |
| LETTER LXII | |
| Westminster Abbey on Fire—Frequencyof Fires in England.—Means devised forpreventing and for extinguishing them;but not in use | [288] |
| LETTER LXIII | |
| Remarks on the English Language | [299] |
| LETTER LXXIV | |
| Departure from London.—West Kennet.—Useof the Words Horse and Dog.—Bath.—RalphAllen.—The Parades.—BeauNash.—Turnspits | [309] |
| LETTER LXXV | |
| Road from Bath to Bristol.—CornuAmmonis.—Bristol.—Exchange.—Market.—Cathedral.—TheBrazen Eagle.—Clifton.—Bristol-Wells.—Anecdoteof Kosciusko | [331] |
| LETTER LXXVI | |
| Journey from Bristol to Plymouth.—Advantageswhich the Army enjoys morethan the Navy.—Sailors.—Journey toFalmouth | [350] |
ESPRIELLA'S
LETTERS FROM ENGLAND.