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Page vii
... convent . Removing to the Escorial , he devoted himself to literary labour in the library which was then being collected and arranged by the learned Arias Montano . His reputation for knowledge soon stood so high , that Philip the ...
... convent . Removing to the Escorial , he devoted himself to literary labour in the library which was then being collected and arranged by the learned Arias Montano . His reputation for knowledge soon stood so high , that Philip the ...
Page viii
... convent ; the prior may also have seen there , Quixada the chamberlain , and Gaztelu the secretary , of Charles ; and at Toledo or Madrid he may have had oppor- tunities of knowing Torriano , the emperor's mechanician . Fray Prudencio ...
... convent ; the prior may also have seen there , Quixada the chamberlain , and Gaztelu the secretary , of Charles ; and at Toledo or Madrid he may have had oppor- tunities of knowing Torriano , the emperor's mechanician . Fray Prudencio ...
Page ix
... convent of Yuste , taken from that which was written by the prior Fray Martin de Angulo , by command of the prin- cess Doña Juana , and from other books and papers of equal quality and credit . With exception of a few sentences , and a ...
... convent of Yuste , taken from that which was written by the prior Fray Martin de Angulo , by command of the prin- cess Doña Juana , and from other books and papers of equal quality and credit . With exception of a few sentences , and a ...
Page x
... convent owes its historical interest . Finding the subject but slightly noticed , yet considerably misrepresented , by English writers , I collected the results of my reading into two papers , contributed to Fraser's Magazine , in April ...
... convent owes its historical interest . Finding the subject but slightly noticed , yet considerably misrepresented , by English writers , I collected the results of my reading into two papers , contributed to Fraser's Magazine , in April ...
Page xvi
... convent , it is possible that the lay letter - writers of Yuste might have passed over in silence even such a scene as that fabled by Robertson ; while in the sober pages of Siguença , there really seems nothing that a Spaniard of 1558 ...
... convent , it is possible that the lay letter - writers of Yuste might have passed over in silence even such a scene as that fabled by Robertson ; while in the sober pages of Siguença , there really seems nothing that a Spaniard of 1558 ...
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Page xiv - ... laid in his coffin, with much solemnity. The service for the dead was chanted, and Charles joined in the prayers which were offered up for the rest of his soul, mingling his tears with those which his attendants shed, as if they had been celebrating a real funeral. The ceremony closed with sprinkling holy water on the coffin in the usual form, and, all the assistants retiring, the doors of the chapel were shut. Then Charles rose out of the coffin, and withdrew to his apartment, full of those...
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Page xiv - He himself followed in his shroud. He was laid in his coffin, with much solemnity. The service for the dead was chanted, and Charles joined in the prayers which were offered up for the...
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Page xiv - ... all the assistants retiring, the doors of the chapel were shut. Then Charles rose out of the coffin, and withdrew to his apartment, full of those awful sentiments which such a singular solemnity was calculated to inspire. But either the fatiguing length of the ceremony, or the impression which...
Page 48 - ... retreat. It was seated in a vale of no great extent, watered by a small brook, and surrounded by rising grounds, covered with lofty trees ; from the nature of...