The Alhambra and the Kremlin: The South and the North of Europe
CHAPTER IV.
MADRID.—A SABBATH AND A CARNIVAL.
A polyglot Valet.—Missionary Schools.—Foreign Chaplains.—The Church _Militant_.—Upper Chamber.—Religious Intolerance.—Inquisition.— Persecution.—Spanish Sabbath.—Devotion.—Infidelity.—The Prado.— Bull-ring.—Wine Shops.—Frolicking.—Dancing.—Cheap Wines.—Carnival.— Costumes.—Politeness.—Maskers.—Ancient Belle.—Hobbling Monk.—Pope.— Natural Goose.—Devil.—Orang-outang.—General Abandon.—Religion and Folly.—Good Humor
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