He spoke with the most noble disdain to everyone, carried his nose so high, strained his voice to such a pitch, assumed so imperious an air, and stalked with so much loftiness and pride, that everyone who had the honor of conversing with him was violently tempted to bastinade His Excellency.
Trataba á los hombres con la mas noble altivez, alzando el pescuezo, hablando en tan descompasadas y recias voces, y en tono tan altivo, y afectando ademanes tan arrogantes, que á quantos le saludaban les venían tentaciones de hartarle de bofetadas.