The Alhambra . -^N^r^^y?. A FETE IX THE ALHAMBRA The Saints day of my neighbour and rival potentate, thecount, took place during his sojourn in the Alhambra, on whichoccasion he have a domestic /efe ; assembling round him themembers of his family and household, while the stewardsand old servants from his distant possessions came to pay himreverence and partake of the good cheer which was sure tobe provided. It presented a type, though doubtless a faintone, of the estabhshment of a Spanish noble in the oldentime. The Spaniards were always grandiose in their notions ofstyle. Huge palaces ; lumbe
The Alhambra . -^N^r^^y?. A FETE IX THE ALHAMBRA The Saints day of my neighbour and rival potentate, thecount, took place during his sojourn in the Alhambra, on whichoccasion he have a domestic /efe ; assembling round him themembers of his family and household, while the stewardsand old servants from his distant possessions came to pay himreverence and partake of the good cheer which was sure tobe provided. It presented a type, though doubtless a faintone, of the estabhshment of a Spanish noble in the oldentime. The Spaniards were always grandiose in their notions ofstyle. Huge palaces ; lumbering equipages, laden with foot-men and lackeys; pompous retinues, and useless dependentsof all kinds ; the dignity of a noble seemed commensurate withthe legions who loitered about his halls, fed at his expense, andseemed ready to devour him alive. This, doubtless, originated 378 THE ALHAMBRA in the necessity of keeping up hosts of armed retainers duringthe wars with the Moors ; wars of inroads and surprises ; whena nobl
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