This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VI. SEVILLE. Armed with sundry letters of introduction sent them from Madrid, our travellers started by early train for Seville, the amiable Canon L having given them a five o'clock mass before starting, in his interesting old circular church dedicated to S. Filippo Neri, he being one of the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VI. SEVILLE. Armed with sundry letters of introduction sent them from Madrid, our travellers started by early train for Seville, the amiable Canon L having given them a five o'clock mass before starting, in his interesting old circular church dedicated to S. Filippo Neri, he being one of the Oratorians. They passed by Xeres, famous for its sherry cellars, called 'bodegas, ' supplying more wine to England than to all the rest of the world put together, and for its Carthusian convent, once remarkable for its Zurbaranpictures, the greater portion of which have now followed the sherry to the British Isles; then by Alcala, noted for its delicious bread, with which it supplies the whole of Seville, for its Moorish castle and beautiful river Aira, the waters of which, after flowing round the walls of the little town, are carried by an aqueduct to Seville; and so on and on, through orange and olive groves, and wheat plains, and vineyards, till the train brought them by mid-day to the wonderful and beautiful city which had been the main object of their Spanish tour. The saying is strictly true: Quien no ha visto Sevilla, No ha visto maravilla. Scarcely had they set foot in their comfortable hotel, the 'Fonda de Londres, ' when an obliging aide-de-camp of the Spanish general came to tell them that if they wanted to see the Alcazar they must go with him at once, as the infanta, who had married the sister of the king's consort, "was expected with his wife to occupy the palace that evening, when it would naturally be closed to visitors. Dusty, dirty, and hot as they were, therefore, they at once sallied forth with their kind cicerone and the English consul for this fairy palace of the Moors. Entering by the Plaza del Triunfo, under an arched...
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