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Excerpt from Annals of the Queens of Spain, Vol. 2: From the Period of the Conquest of the Goths Down to the Reign of Her Present Majesty Isabel II., With the Remarkable Events That Occurred During Their Reigns, and Anecdotes of Their Courts Not without considerable hesitancy have I approached the subject of the present volume, and gladly, had it been possible, would I have omitted it and passed on to the next. While the glowing pages in which the pen of a master has recorded whatsoever was worthy of note in this memorable reign - the interest of the incidents largely increased by the exquisite and truly classical grace of his style - are still fresh in the memory of every lover of elegant literature, it seemed not only presumptuous but needless to attempt the same ground. Though the beaten path may, to some minds, appear easy in comparison with the mazes of the untrodden wilderness, it is divested of all the charms of the latter, for its flowers have been rifled of their bloom and fragrance. Still, though the subject is the same, no comparison can be instituted between the important work that has been some years before the public and the present one. Where the plan is so different no similitude can exist. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.