Excerpt from Stories of Spanish Life, From the German of Huber, Vol. 1 of 2Since the restoration of Ferdinand to the throne of Spain in 1814, all the endeavours of that monarch had been directed to the recovery of that absolute authority, which the kings of Spain had exercised from the time of Charles V. In his eager prosecution of this object, Fer dinand had shown much cruelty and ingratitude towards those persons, who, aided by the liberal institutions formed for the occasion, had suc ceeded in delaying the progress of the French armies, and had preserved the independence of the country, till the assistance of Great Britain, in conjunction with their own exertions, eu abled the Spaniards to expel the French from their soil, and replace their rightful sovereign on the throne.Great and general discontent had been ex cited by this conduct on the part of Ferdinand.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.