Letters from an English Traveller in Spain, in 1778: On the Origin and Progress of Poetry in that Kingdom; with Occasional Reflections on Manners and Customs; and Illustrations of the Romance of Don Quixote |
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... shall leave to others to confider : --- -wishing to reverse fo fevere a sentence , I now stand before the court of Apollo , and petition for a hearing . Can we avoid doing that juftice to the surprising ge- nius of Lope de Vega , the ...
... shall leave to others to confider : --- -wishing to reverse fo fevere a sentence , I now stand before the court of Apollo , and petition for a hearing . Can we avoid doing that juftice to the surprising ge- nius of Lope de Vega , the ...
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... , as introduc- tory to what I fhall say of the Caftilian mufe when I come to il- luftrate its different eras , under its monarchs , till the fucceffion of a french french prince to the throne of Spain . I shall 18 OF ORIGIN.
... , as introduc- tory to what I fhall say of the Caftilian mufe when I come to il- luftrate its different eras , under its monarchs , till the fucceffion of a french french prince to the throne of Spain . I shall 18 OF ORIGIN.
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... shall point out the various Cancio- neros , or dollections , that have been made of the Poets , the Spanish translations of the greek and latin claffics , and italian poets , as well as the Spanish writers who have pro- feffionally ...
... shall point out the various Cancio- neros , or dollections , that have been made of the Poets , the Spanish translations of the greek and latin claffics , and italian poets , as well as the Spanish writers who have pro- feffionally ...
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... shall not go higher than the fourteenth century , when John the first , king of Aragon , who was also a poet , invited the Trobadours to settle in Barcelona , as we learn from Zurita , the learned and claffic hiftorian of that kingdom ...
... shall not go higher than the fourteenth century , when John the first , king of Aragon , who was also a poet , invited the Trobadours to settle in Barcelona , as we learn from Zurita , the learned and claffic hiftorian of that kingdom ...
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... shall just give you a flight sketch of fome of the principal cha- racters of his court . The king him- felf was a great favourite of the mufes and an excellent judge of poetical merit ; he understood and spoke latin fluently , and was ...
... shall just give you a flight sketch of fome of the principal cha- racters of his court . The king him- felf was a great favourite of the mufes and an excellent judge of poetical merit ; he understood and spoke latin fluently , and was ...
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againſt alfo Alfonfo alſo amongſt antient Aragon Barcelona befides Caftile Caftilian cauſe claffic confifted Cordova courſe court deſcribed diftinguiſhed diſcovered Don Quixote Duke Efcurial Engliſh faid fame famous favour fays fecond feems fent ferved fhall fhew fhould fince finiſhed fion firft firſt flouriſhed foldier fome foon ftill fubject fuch Galicia genius greek Guzman Hidalgos himſelf hiſtory honour houſe Italian Juan de Mena king John kingdom kingdom of Aragon laft language laſt latin leſs LETTER LETTER Lope de Rueda Lope de Vega Madrid manuſcript marquis of Villena moft moſt mufes muſe muſt myſelf numbers perſon Petrarch Philip pleaſed pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry praiſe prefent preſerved printed publiſhed purpoſe reign reſpect Sancho ſay ſcenes ſeem ſeveral Seville ſon Spain Spaniards Spaniſh SPANISH POETRY ſpeak ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion Toledo tranflated Trobadours univerſity uſe utmoſt Valencia verfe verſe whofe whoſe writer
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Page 261 - Mas ninguno de todos llamar puedo más bárbaro que yo, pues contra el arte me atrevo a dar preceptos, y me dejo llevar de la vulgar corriente adonde me llamen ignorante Italia y Francia.
Page 195 - Yo vi sobre un tomillo Quejarse un pajarillo, Viendo su nido amado, De quien era caudillo, De un labrador robado. Vile tan congojado Por tal atrevimiento Dar mil quejas al viento, Para que al cielo santo Lleve su tierno llanto, Lleve su triste acento. Ya con triste armonía, Esforzando el intento, Mil quejas repetía; Ya cansado callaba, Y al nuevo sentimiento Ya sonoro volvía.
Page 258 - Spanifh drama infupportable when deprived of the beauties of Lope : this was forefeen by Cervantes, who reproaches our poet with deftroying the rules of the drama, as laid down by the ancients, in order to court popular applaufe...
Page xiii - Such was Roscommon, not more learn'd than good, With manners gen'rous as his noble blood ; To him the wit of Greece and Rome was known, And ev'ry author's merit but his own. Such late was...
Page 186 - Namque me sylva lupus in Sabina, Dum meam canto Lalagen, et ultra Terminum curis vagor expeditus, Fugit inermem ; Quale portentum neque militaris Daunia in latis alit esculetis, Nec Jubae tellus general, leonum Arida nutrix.
Page 252 - Valencia, where he lived fome years; after which he returned again to Madrid, where lofing his wife, he felt himfelf animated with a military ardour, and repaired to Cadiz to embark on board the great armada, fitting out by Philip the ad, againft Queen Elizabeth.
Page 197 - ... excelente la olímpica porfía de todas las que canta la voz nuestra. Materia abundante, donde todo elegante ingenio alza la voz ora cantando de Rea y de Saturno el engendrado, y juntamente entrando al techo de Hierón alto preciado.
Page 250 - November 1562, was the fon of Felix Vega de Carpio, a gentleman of Madrid, who had the reputation of being a very good poet, a turn which he obferved with rapture in his child from its infancy, and which the fond parent cheriflied with the greateft delight.
Page 261 - that he was fenfible of the reproaches Italy and France would make him for breaking through all rules to pleafe the ignorant public, but fince it was they that paid for it, they had a right to be pleafed in their own. way.
Page 258 - ... in his dramatic pieces he broke through all \rules of art, yet fuch was his fuccefs, that he was conftantly the favourite of the public, and drew perpetual burfb of applaufe.