...writer had finished an ample life of Erasmus , which included a history of the restoration of literature at the close of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century. Colomies tells us, that the author had read over the works of Erasmus seven times: we have positive...

...had finished an ample life of Erasmus, which included a history of the. restoration of literature, at the close of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century. Colomies tells us, that the author had read over ihe works oí Erasmus seven times; we have positive...

...century, or of a still darker period, — lelighted to behold an Auto-da-fe, and ready tovolunitself. All the causes of the decay of Spain resolve themselves...fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century made the Spaniards the first nation in the world, were the fruits of the old institutions of Castille...

...All the causes of the decay of Spain resolve themselves into one cause, bad government. The valor, the intelligence, the energy, which at the close of...fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century, made the Spaniards the first nation in the world, were the fruits of the old institutions of Castile...

...destruction, first became formidable. The ardor with which men betook themselves to liberal studies at the close of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century, was zealously encouraged by the heads of that very church, to which liberal studies were destined to...

...under restrictions and conditions, which confined them almost exclusively to the regents only. Towards the close of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century, printed books had become so greatly multiplied, and their prices so much reduced, as to be placed within...

...destruction, first became formidable. The ardour with which men betook themselves to liberal studio at the close of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century, was zealously encouraged by the heads of that very church to which liberal studies were destined to...

...pioneers of ancient learning, to whom Spain owes so large a debt of gratitude.f The Castilian scholars of the close of the fifteenth, and the beginning of the sixteenth century, may take rank with their illustrious contemporaries of * Barbosa, Bibliotheca Lusitana, (Lisboa Occidental,...

...derived from the mines of America, fluctuated more than the income derived from the internal taxes of Spain itself. All the causes of the decay of Spain...fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century, made the Spaniards the first nation in the world, were the fruits of the old institutions of Castile...

...destruction first became formidable. The ardour with which men betook themselves to liberal studies, at the close of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century, was zealously encouraged by the heads of that very church to which liberal studies were destined to...