ISBN: 1130380777

[EAN: 9781130380774], Neubuch, [PU: RareBooksClub], HENRY CHRISTMAS,SUBJECTS,NEW AND USED TEXTBOOKS, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 1156 pages. This historic book may have num… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781130380774], Neubuch, [PU: RareBooksClub], HENRY CHRISTMAS,SUBJECTS,NEW AND USED TEXTBOOKS, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 1156 pages. 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. 1824 Excerpt: . . . of those on the ground floor, which admits a free circulation of air--for the climate is so delightful as seldom to require their being closed. There are still eight churches of a mixed style of architecture; they are kept clean--and the interiors highly decorated with carving, gilding, and painting. The high altar of the Cathedral is of silver, and the walls are covered with gilt ornaments, Tiere are eleven other altars; and the. service is performed in an orderly and impressive manner. I attended high mass on Sunday, which was very splendid; all the females above the very lowest class wear black, and are dressed alike, with a handsome lace veil over the head, but which is seldom worn over the face; in this respect retaining less of the manner of the mother country than is still to be found in Antwerp and in the Netherlands, although so long a period has elapsed since these countries were subject to Spain. A great proportion ot the congregation were Indians, who had come to market, and it was really a pleasing sight to observe with what attention and devotion this simple and innocent people, the descendants of cannibal ancestors, performed their acknowledgments to their Creator. All the convents and religious houses, except one, are now closed, and will probably remain so. We met yesterday, it being Lent, a religious procession, carrying a figure of Christ bear ing his cross. The streets through which it passed had been swept, watered, and strewed with orange leaves and flowers; and many of the houses had small crosses, decorated with flowers and drapery, placad over the doors. The shops and warehouses do not make a showy appearance, as nothing is exposed in the windows. The barbers shops, however, form an exception: they are very numerous, and ha. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.<