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The Lady's Travels Into Spain (Volume 1); Or, a Genuine Relation of the Religion, Laws, Commerce, Customs, and Manners of That Country. Written by Countess D'Aunoy, in a Series of Letters to a Friend at Paris

The Lady's Travels Into Spain (Volume 1); Or, a Genuine Relation of the Religion, Laws, Commerce, Customs, and Manners of That Country. Written by Countess D'Aunoy, in a Series of Letters to a Friend at Paris


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1808. Excerpt: ... holy water is kept, and ranging themselves round it, they present some of it to all the ladies; who also come thither, and at the same time say something to them that is kind; to which the women make a pertinent answer in a few words; for it must surely be granted, that they speak precisely what they should, and that extempore, without any trouble of studying for words. But the Pope's nuncio has, upon pain of excommunication, forbid the men to present the women with any holy water. And it is said that this prohibition was obtained at the in treaty of some jealous husbands. However it be, it is observed; and they say the prohibition even forbids the men to give each other any holy water. Let the Spanish women be of what quality they will, they neither have cushions in the church, nor any kind of train held up. For our parts, as soon as we appear there in our French clothes, every body gets round about us; but the most troublesome of all, are the big-bellied women, who are more inquisitive than the others, and for whom they have here the greatest respect and complaisance; for it is pretended, that if they long for any thing, and do not-have it, they receive so much hurt, that they immediately miscarry; so that they have a liberty to pull off one's gloves, and to tug, haul, and examine every body as they please. At first, I could not take such kind of jesting, and talked to them so roughly, that some of them went away weeping, and durst not return. But there were others who were not so easily put out of countenance; they would see my shoes, my garters, and what I had in my pocket. My kinswoman seeing I would not permit them, told me, that if the people onee took notice of me, they would certainly stone us, and bid me let them have their humour. My women and ...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781150724817
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 70
  • Spine Width: 4 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1150724811
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 141 gr


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