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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... Latin poets in Spain after the conquest of the Romans , and under the Goths , • LETTĚ R III . 15 Journey to Valencia . Latin poetry under the Saracens .--- Library of Don Gregorio Mayans . 26 LETTER . LETTER IV . Attachment of the ...
... Latin poets in Spain after the conquest of the Romans , and under the Goths , • LETTĚ R III . 15 Journey to Valencia . Latin poetry under the Saracens .--- Library of Don Gregorio Mayans . 26 LETTER . LETTER IV . Attachment of the ...
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... , on Spanish commentators , poetical translations of greek and latin claffics , and italian authors , 209 LETTER Revolutions and progress of the Spanish Drama . 231 LETTER LETTER XV . Sketch of the life and character of CONTENTS .
... , on Spanish commentators , poetical translations of greek and latin claffics , and italian authors , 209 LETTER Revolutions and progress of the Spanish Drama . 231 LETTER LETTER XV . Sketch of the life and character of CONTENTS .
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... latin books in libraries , lifts of pic- tures , and circumftantial accounts of buildings , both Roman , Gothic and Saracenic , annexed to the various incidents of travelling . - Another writer has had recourse to the very rocks and ...
... latin books in libraries , lifts of pic- tures , and circumftantial accounts of buildings , both Roman , Gothic and Saracenic , annexed to the various incidents of travelling . - Another writer has had recourse to the very rocks and ...
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... latin as well as the Caftilian ; of course the affinity of the latter has been clofer , and its progrefs more extenfive . From fuch a diverfity of dialects it is natural to fuppofe that no modern language abounds more than the Spanish ...
... latin as well as the Caftilian ; of course the affinity of the latter has been clofer , and its progrefs more extenfive . From fuch a diverfity of dialects it is natural to fuppofe that no modern language abounds more than the Spanish ...
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... latin and greek , a judg- ment of which may be formed from the fpecimen exhibited by the learn- ed Cobarruvias ( a ) . If then we fup- pose the Spanish language to be di- vided into 100 parts , fixty must be allotted to latin , ten to ...
... latin and greek , a judg- ment of which may be formed from the fpecimen exhibited by the learn- ed Cobarruvias ( a ) . If then we fup- pose the Spanish language to be di- vided into 100 parts , fixty must be allotted to latin , ten to ...
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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.