 | Washington Irving - 1828 - 538 страници
...intimates that he had a talent for poetry, and some slight traces of it are on record, in the book of prophecies which he presented to the Catholic sovereigns....tinged every thing with its own gorgeous colours. -It betra}'ed him into visionary speculations, which subjected him to the sneers and cavillings of men... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1828 - 534 страници
...Herrera intimates that he had a talent for poetry, and some slight traces of it are on record in the book of prophecies which he presented to the Catholic Sovereigns. But his poetical temperament i^ discernible throughout all his writings and in all his actions. It spread a golden and glorious... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1829 - 346 страници
...verdure of the forests, the grandeur of the mountains, and the crystal purity of the running streams. It spread a golden and glorious world around him, and tinged every thing with its o\vn gorgeous colours. It betrayed him into visionary speculations, which subjected him to the sneers... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 338 страници
...intimates that he had a talent for poetry, and some slight traces of it are on record, in the book of prophecies which he presented to the Catholic sovereigns....him, and tinged every thing with its own gorgeous colors. It betrayed him into visionary speculations, which subjected him to the sneers and cavillings... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 312 страници
...intimates, that he had a tal5 ent for poetry, and some slight traces of it are on record, in the book of prophecies, which he presented to the Catholic sovereigns. But his poetical temperament i* discernible throughout all his writings, and in all his actions. It spread a golden and glorious... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1838 - 316 страници
...intimates, that he had a tal5 ent for poetry, and some slight traces of it are on record, in the book of prophecies, which he presented to the Catholic...It spread a golden and glorious world around him, 10 and tinged every thing with its own gorgeous colours. It betrayed him into visionary speculations,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 страници
...intimates, that he had a tal5 ent for poetry, and some slight traces of it are on record, in the book of prophecies, which he presented to the Catholic...It spread a golden and glorious world around him, 10 and tinged every thing with its own gorgeous colours. It betrayed Inm into visionary speculations,... | |
 | Jeremy Belknap - 1846 - 384 страници
...intimates that he had a talent for poetry, and some slight traces of it are on record, in the book of prophecies which he presented to the Catholic sovereigns....a golden and glorious world around him, and tinged everything with its own gorgeous colours. It betrayed him into visionary speculations. It exalted his... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 страници
...God is just. LESSON CIX. C/taracter of Columbus. — W. IRVING. THE poetical temperament of Columbus is discernible throughout all his writings, and in...speculations, which subjected him to the sneers and cavillings of men of cooler and safer, but more groveling minds. Such were the conjectures formed on... | |
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We have already hinted at a peculiar trait in his rich and varied character; that ardent and enthusiastic imagination which threw a magnificence over his whole course of thought. Herrera intimates that he had a talent for poetry, and some slight traces... 
