Account of the island of Madeira / [Nicholas Cayetano de Bettencourt Pitta].
- Pitta, Nicholas C., -1857.
- Date:
- 1812
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Account of the island of Madeira / [Nicholas Cayetano de Bettencourt Pitta]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![luentary speeches and political occurrences. Such of the Portuguese (it has been observed by Dr Adams,) as understand English, are early in their application for a sight of the pa¬ pers, and frequently translate their contents e.v tempore to others with a facility, correctness, and even elegance, that surprise an English¬ man, however well acquainted with the Por- \ tuguese language—with a facility, 'which the English in vain attempt to imitate, when they translate the Portuguese into their native tongue. The same writer has observed that the character of the Portuguese is universally polite, though their manners, to such as are unaccus¬ tomed to them, may sometimes appear officious and troublesome. No one meets a well dress- / ed stranger without taking off his hat, and feels offended if his salute is [be] not returned. But * their civilities are not confined to forms, and there are few but are ready to shew a stranger his way, and give him every other assistance in )](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29317617_0098.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
