 | 1811 - 1054 էջ
...the r< st of Europe. To them the peninsula appears the very centre of European civilization. It is otherwise with the Americans of the capital. Those...the French or English literature fall easily into a contrary extreme ; and have still a more unfavourable opinion of the mother country than the French... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt - 1811 - 666 էջ
...over the rest of Europe. To them the peninsula appears the very centre of European civilization. It is otherwise with the Americans of the capital. Those...the French or English literature fall easily into a contrary extreme ; and have still a more unfavourable opinion of the mother country than the French... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1812 - 510 էջ
...Europe. To them, the Peninsula appears the very centre of European European civilization: — It is otherwise with the Americans of the capital. Those of them who are acquainted with French or English literature, fall easily into a contrary extreme, and have a slill more unfavourable... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1812 - 506 էջ
...rest of Europe. To them, the Peninsula appears the very centre of European civilization: — It is otherwise with the Americans of the capital. Those of them who are acquainted with French or English literature, fall easily into a contrary extreme, and have a still more unfavourable... | |
 | Nicholas Mill - 1824 - 324 էջ
...as it were, in the same state of insulation and examples of native Indians, enjoying the Casciasgo; following the sword or the law are infinitely rare....great perseverance in the studies to which they have oiice addicted themselves. The service of no house is carried on by slaves. The Mexicans are endowed... | |
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... class of the people, speak Spanish. Better acquainted with the history of the sixteenth century than with that of our own times, they imagine that Spain continues to possess a decided preponderance over the rest of Europe. To them the peninsula appears... 