 ... one of the few countries in Europe where poverty is never insulted nor looked upon with contempt. Even at an inn, the poor man is never spurned from the door, and if not harboured, is at least dismissed with fair words, and consigned to the mercies...  The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 5611843Full view - About this book
 | 1841 - 488 lehte
...only a few dollars. Brave guests for an inn, thought I ; yet, to the honour of Spain be it spoken, it is one of the few countries in Europe where poverty is never insulted nor looked upon with contempt. Even at an inn, the poor man is never spurned from the... | |
 | 1842 - 600 lehte
...nature, or better understand the behaviour which it behoves a man to adopt towards his fellowbeings. I have said that it is one of the few countries in...are not blindly idolized. In Spain, the very beggar docs not feel himself a degraded being, for he kisses no one's feet, and knows not what it is to be... | |
 | 1842 - 606 lehte
...only a few dollars. Brave guests for an inn? thought I : yet, to the honour of Spain be it spoken, it is one of the few countries in Europe where poverty is never insulted nor looked upon with contempt. Even at an inn, the poor man is never spurned from the... | |
 | George Borrow - 1843 - 246 lehte
...laugh at the bigotry and prejudices of Spain ; I abhor the cruelty and ferocity which have cast a atain of eternal infamy on her history ; but I will say...he kisses no one's feet, and knows not what it is tobe cuffed or spitten upon; and in Spain the duke or the marquis can scarcely entertain a very overweening... | |
 | George Henry Borrow - 1843 - 350 lehte
...dismissed with fair words, and consigned to the mercies of God and his mother. This is as it should be. I laugh at the bigotry and prejudices of Spain; I...Europe where poverty is not treated with contempt, and 1 may add, where the wealthy are not blindly idolized. In Spain the very beggar does not feel himself... | |
 | Francis Jenks, James Walker, Francis William Pitt Greenwood, William Ware - 1843 - 426 lehte
...exhibit a juster feeling of what is due to the dignity of human nature; or better understand the behavior which it behoves a man to adopt towards his fellow...beings. I have said that it is one of the few countries of Europe, where poverty is not treated with contempt, and, I may add, where the wealthy are not blindly... | |
 | 1843 - 424 lehte
...exhibit a juster feeling of what is due to the dignity of human nature; or better understand the behavior which it behoves a man to adopt towards his fellow...beings. I have said that it is one of the few countries of Europe, where poverty is not -treated with contempt, and, I may add, where the wealthy are not blindly... | |
 | George Henry Borrow - 1843 - 418 lehte
...only a few dollars. Brave guests for an inn, thought I ; yet, to the honour of Spain be it spoken, that it is one of the few countries in Europe where poverty is never insulted nor looked upon with contempt. Even at an inn, the poor man is never spurned from the... | |
 | 1843 - 418 lehte
...belong to the fifth century. — Athcnceum. The Spanish Character. " To the honor of Spain be it spoken, it is one of the few countries in Europe, where poverty is never insulted nor looked upon with contempt. Even at an inn, the poor man is never spurned from the... | |
 | George Borrow - 1845 - 240 lehte
...had only a few dollars. Brave guests for an inn, thought I; yet, to the honour of Spain be it spoken, that it is one of the few countries in Europe where poverty is never insulted nor looked upon with contempt. Even at an inn, the poor man is never spurned from the... | |
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