[171] The duke became prime minister in August, 1838.
[175] In Gams’ Series Episcoporum, the standard authority on the subject, the archiepiscopal see of Toledo is noted as vacant from 1836 to 1847. Nor is any hint given of how the duties of the office were performed. Don Antonio Perez Hirias figures only as Bishop of Mallorca, or Majorca, from December, 1825, to December, 1847.
[178a] Kicks from behind.
[178b] “I do not know.”
[179a] See note, p. 103.
[179b] “To the gallows! To the gallows!”
[180a] “To the country! To the country!”
[180b] “Ride on, because of the word of truth, of meekness, and righteousness” (Ps. xlv. 5, P.B.V.).
[188] A nickname, unhappily too commonly justified in Southern Spain, where ophthalmia and oculists are equally dangerous.
It is remarkable how many of the great men in Spanish history, however, have been distinguished by this blemish: Hannibal, Viriatus, Táric, Abdur Rahman I., and Don Juan el Tuerto in the reign of Alfonso XI.