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SPANlSB PREJUDICES. 127under~tandingisas muchinsulted by the epithet, as his face is assailedby:the 8un~s rays, when obliged to feel' exposure, and caU it-shade.What maybe a very ellgirble mode at Paris, may be a very inconvenientone at Maqrit.But this the government considered as a mere trifle,or did not coliside1' it. 3Jt.all. The cloak too is the Castillian's andArld~li.uüan'spride. Muchof hiséxter{làldignity depends on it. Thistoo. w~s attacked, and the wrong wastoo great/for huma{l ceDâ uraDCe."Aye! but," say some," around hat and a c10ak giveso much the ideaof an assassin!" And why assassin? The very surmise, for imputationit cannot amount to, is insult heaped on insult!Let â man banishmalignity from his own mind, and he will no longersee assassination inth1e face of hi~ neighbour. A populacé, however, is a stubborn animal,and resentive/ofwrong. That of Madrit arose in force; and, whenroused, showed a.qreadful sanguinaryspirit, most cruelly treatingsomeunfortunate Wallon soldiers, who did no more than their dutY asordered.Indeed, the enforcement of a foreign costume by an alienmiIitary body, on a nation which deservedly classes itself among the61'8t, was a stroke of impolicy 'as glaring 'as has usnally appeared inhuman affairs.The measureswhich are brought about by unostensi.bIe, and consequently byquiet means, are not, in their very success,gratifying to humanpride. This disturbance wasproduCtiveof consequences,theeftè.ctsof which, however latent, are by no means dormant:ItGs useléssto'enter intohumiliatingdetails (any more thaoprivate aÎ1ecdotes~.;the.c.uibono.mayhe applied.to both); but Felix.i/f The greatunfortunately wilLev;erll~p'plya harvestofthis kind tosuch'as will condescend tollake and pic~ up. A passion oreu,lOti@n)displayed .Qt exp~ed, says as muchas-thatwe aU aremen-a notable discovery! Uhimportant, however) as this may seem to the eye of philosophy) itcQnveys gratification through a vast portion of human nature.