Eminent literary and scientific men of Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Vol. 3 (of 3)Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
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Eminent literary and scientific men of Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Vol. 3 (of 3)
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
Authors -- Biography; Scientists -- Biography
1579. He concerts a new Plan of Escape with the Renegade
Abd-al-Rhamen 138
Is again betrayed 138
His Liberation 140
He refutes certain Calumnies, of which he was the Object 141
1581. Landing of Cervantes in Spain 142
He again enters the Army; he embarks in the Squadron of
Don Pedro 143
1582. He serves in a naval Battle under Santa Cruz 143
1583. Also at the Taking of Terceira 143
1584. He publishes his "Galatea" 145
His Marriage 145
1588. He accepts the Situation of Commissary to the Invincible
Armada 147
1593. His Office abolished 148
He manages the Affairs, and becomes the Friend, of Don
Hernando de Toledo 148
His two Sonnets 149
The Subject of the first 149
1598. A magnificent Catafalque erected in the Cathedral of Seville
on the Death of Philip II. 149
Sonnet of Cervantes to the Monument of the King at Seville 151
1594. Anecdote of a mercantile Casualty which happened to
Cervantes; financial Annoyance 151
1597. Another Anecdote 152
1603. He removes to Valladolid 153
He becomes the Victim of litigious Proceedings 154
He composes his "Don Quixote" 155
1604. He returns to Spain 156
A Story respecting the Dedication of "Don Quixote" to the
Duke of Bejar 157
1605. Disputes respecting the Existence of the "Buscapié" 158
Satires against "Don Quixote" 160
James I. of England sends Lord Howard to present a Treaty of
Peace to Philip III., and to congratulate him on the Birth of
his Son 161
An Account of these Festivities, written by Cervantes 161
An Event occurs by which Cervantes is greatly distressed 161
1606. He follows the Court to Madrid 163
Despotism and Bigotry extend their Influence over Spain 163
Kindness of Don Bernardo de Sandoval, Archbishop of Toledo,
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