...fable blended with the history of this great champion's achievements. Says Mr. Ticknor : " He comes to us in modern times as the great defender of his nation...delighted to attach to his name a long series of fabulous achievement?, which connect him with the mythological fictions of the Middle Ages, and remind us almost...

...; but whatever may have been the real adventures of Ruy Diaz de Bivar, he certainly appears before us in modern times as the great defender of his nation against its Moorish invaders, and seems, to use the language of Mr. Ticknor, to have so filled the imagination and satisfied the affections of...

...Christians over nearly a quarter of Spain. No hero has been BO universally celebrated by his countrymen, and poetry and tradition have delighted to attach to his name a long series of fabulons achievements, which remind us as often of Amadis and Arthur, as they do of the sober heroes...

...nation againft " its Moorifli invaders, and feems to have fo filled the imagi" nation and fatisfied the affections of his countrymen, that, " centuries...tradition have delighted to attach to his name " a long feries of fabulous achievements, which connect " him with the mythological fictions of the Middle Ages,...

..." its Moorifh invaders, and feems to have fo filled the imagi" nation and fatisfied the affeftions of his countrymen, that, " centuries after his death,...tradition have delighted to attach to his name " a long feries of fabulous achievements, which connect " him with the mythological fictions of the Middle Ages,...

...a very early period, he bas been called El Cid Campeador, or the Lord Champion. * * * * He comes to us in modern times as the great defender of his nation...Moorish invaders, and seems to have so filled the imaginations and satisfied the affections of his countrymen, that centuries after his death, and even...

...nation against its Moorish invaders, and seerns to hâve so filled thé imaginations and satisfied thé affections of his countrymen, that centuries after...and even down to our own days, poetry and tradition hâve delighted to attach to his name a long séries of fabulous achievements, which connect him with...

...Christians over nearly a quarter of Spain. No hero has been so universally celebrated by his countrymen, and poetry and tradition have delighted to attach to his...name a long series of fabulous achievements, which remind us as often of Amadis and Arthur, as they do of the sober heroes of history. His memory is so...

...; but whatever may have been the real adventures of Ruy Diaz de Bivar, he certainly appears before us in modern times as the great defender of his nation against its Moorish invaders, and seems, to use the language of Mr. Ticknor, to have so tilled the imagination and satisfied the affections of...