Thus to allow coming events to cast their shadows before, is better suited to the purposes of the literary historian than of the novelist. His remarks on the Inquisition are striking: " The results of such extraordinary traits in the national character... History of Spanish Literature - Stran 421avtor: George Ticknor - 1849Celotni ogled - O knjigi
| William Hickling Prescott - 1864 - 758 strani
...purposes of the literary historian than of the novelist. His remarks on the Inquisition are striking. " The results of such extraordinary traits in the national...produced with poetical effect. The ancient loyalty, which had once been so generous an element in the Spanish character and cultivation, was now infected with... | |
| William Hickling Prescott - 1904 - 400 strani
...purposes of the literary historian than of the novelist. His remarks on the Inquisition are striking: " The results of such extraordinary traits in the national...produced with poetical effect. The ancient loyalty, which had once been so generous an element in the Spanish character and cultivation, was now infected with... | |
| Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 strani
...to its overthrow in 1808, became more and more a political engine, much occupied about VOL. v.—16 cases connected with the policy of the state, though...with poetical effect . The ancient loyalty, which had once been so generous an element in the Spanish character and cultivation, was now infected with... | |
| Anne Charlotte Lynch Botta - 1902 - 592 strani
...that time down to its overthrow, in 1808, this institution was chiefly a political engine. The result of such extraordinary traits in the national character...could not fail to be impressed upon the literature. Loyalty, which had once been so generous an element in the Spanish character and cultivation, was now... | |
| 1850 - 554 strani
...purposes of the literary historian, than of the novelist. His remarks on the Inquisition are striking. " The results of such extraordinary traits in the national...produced with poetical effect. The ancient loyalty, which had once been so generous an element in the Spanish character and cultivation, was now infected with... | |
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