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himno de Riego: not so much that he indorsed Riego, as to be mean and pique the marquis. Alarcón would not have a hero too radical. He tells us Jorge had never been a revolutionist (lo que nunca ha hecho ha sido pronunciarse). He tells us of himself that he was anti-royalist only a little while: his democratic impulses (pujos democráticos) were sudden and fleeting (repentinos y fugaces). See Diario I, p. 11.