History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic

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Página 331 - La religion juive est un vieux tronc qui a produit deux branches qui ont couvert toute la terre , je veux dire le mahométisme et le Christianisme; ou plutôt c'est une mère qui a engendré deux filles qui l'ont accablée de mille plaies; car, en fait de religion , les plus proches sont les plus grandes ennemies.
Página 347 - ... at table with Jews, or ate the meat of animals slaughtered by their hands, or drank a certain beverage held in much estimation by them; if he washed a corpse in warm water, or...
Página 334 - The ancient Castilians of the same period, very different from their Gothic ancestors, seem to have conceded to the Israelites somewhat of the feelings of respect which were extorted from them by the superior civilisation of the Spanish Arabs. We find eminent Jews residing in the courts of the Christian princes, directing their studies, attending them as physicians, or more frequently administering their finances.
Página xv - Soon after my arrangements were made, early in 1826, for obtaining the necessary materials from Madrid, I was deprived of the use of my eyes for all purposes of reading and writing, and had no prospect of again recovering it. This was a serious obstacle to the prosecution of a work requiring the perusal of a large mass of authorities, in various languages, the 'contents of which were to bo carefully collated, and transferred to my own pages, verified by minute reference.
Página 14 - Moorish rabble," instead of celebrating the prowess of the Cid, Bernardo, and other worthies of their own nation. His discourtesy, however, is well rebuked by a more generous brother of the craft. " No es culpa si de los Moros los valientes hechos cantan.
Página 357 - Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. The Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Página 354 - ... narratives of such as have had the fortune to escape with life from the fangs of the tribunal. If we are to believe Llorente, these barbarities have not been decreed for a long time. Yet some recent statements are at variance with this assertion. See, among others, the celebrated adventurer Van Halen's " Narrative of his Imprisonment in the Dungeons of the Inquisition at Madrid, and his Escape, in 1817-18.

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