... Beltenebros instead of the Beautiful Darkling, or the Fair Forlorn ; Florestan instead of Forester ; El Patin instead of the Emperor Gosling; as we speak of Barbarossa, not Red-Beard; Bocanegra, not Black Muzzle ; St. Peter, not Stone the Apostle.... Amadis of Gaul - Page xxv1872Full view - About this book
| 1803 - 412 pages
...might have assimilated better with the work. But the English version, which bears date as late as l6l8, a century after the publication of the book in Spain,...sees not the same beauties as the foot-traveller. Bat the merit of the work itself is not now to be ascertained, the verdict of ages has decided that.... | |
| 1803 - 340 pages
...Black Muzzle ; St. Peter, not Stone the Apostle. The praise of accuracy is all to which I layclaim for the present work ; and that I claim confidently....will pass rapidly where I have lingered and loitered ; ne who drives post through a country sees not the same beauties as the foot-traveller. But the merit... | |
| William Edward Purser - 1904 - 490 pages
...Palmeirim de Inglaterra. I might reply in the words of Southey in the analogous case of Amadis of Gaul : " The reader will pass rapidly where I have lingered...beauties as the foot-traveller. But the merit of the work is not now to be ascertained, the verdict of ages has decided that." No apology, however, is needed... | |
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