Chapter I

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading The Modern Literary Renaissance of Galicia, a superb outburst of Gallegan exuberance, has a noble and eloquent exponent in Emilia Pardo Bazán, gifted child of this poetic soil.

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading It is an ethnographical phenomenon that, in Great Britain, France and Spain, the Celt has been pushed to the northwest.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

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From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Galicia corresponds in position to Brittany and her people are characterized by the powerful imagination, infinite delicacy, concentration of feeling and devotion to nature which are the salient attributes of Gaelic and Cymric genius.

plural of “attribute” — a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished

From this reading Galicia corresponds in position to Brittany and her people are characterized by the powerful imagination, infinite delicacy, concentration of feeling and devotion to nature which are the salient attributes of Gaelic and Cymric genius.

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From this reading The Modern Literary Renaissance of Galicia, a superb outburst of Gallegan exuberance, has a noble and eloquent exponent in Emilia Pardo Bazán, gifted child of this poetic soil.

the qualities that give pleasure to the senses

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading It is an ethnographical phenomenon that, in Great Britain, France and Spain, the Celt has been pushed to the northwest.

past form of “blossom” — produce or yield flowers

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

Bound written or printed works.

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

of surpassing excellence

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; “Great Britain” is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

From this reading It is an ethnographical phenomenon that, in Great Britain, France and Spain, the Celt has been pushed to the northwest.

a former province of northwestern France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay

From this reading Galicia corresponds in position to Brittany and her people are characterized by the powerful imagination, infinite delicacy, concentration of feeling and devotion to nature which are the salient attributes of Gaelic and Cymric genius.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading Senora Pardo Bazán has been called the creator and protagonist of Spanish Realism.

a region of central Spain; a former kingdom that comprised most of modern Spain and united with Aragon to form Spain in 1479

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

a member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times

From this reading It is an ethnographical phenomenon that, in Great Britain, France and Spain, the Celt has been pushed to the northwest.

past form of “characterize” — describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of

From this reading Galicia corresponds in position to Brittany and her people are characterized by the powerful imagination, infinite delicacy, concentration of feeling and devotion to nature which are the salient attributes of Gaelic and Cymric genius.

a young person of either sex

From this reading The Modern Literary Renaissance of Galicia, a superb outburst of Gallegan exuberance, has a noble and eloquent exponent in Emilia Pardo Bazán, gifted child of this poetic soil.

characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

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From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

an institution created to conduct business

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

the strength of a solution; number of molecules of a substance in a given volume

From this reading Galicia corresponds in position to Brittany and her people are characterized by the powerful imagination, infinite delicacy, concentration of feeling and devotion to nature which are the salient attributes of Gaelic and Cymric genius.

third-person singular of “correspond” — be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics

From this reading Galicia corresponds in position to Brittany and her people are characterized by the powerful imagination, infinite delicacy, concentration of feeling and devotion to nature which are the salient attributes of Gaelic and Cymric genius.

plural of “court” — an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

From this reading Senora Pardo Bazán has been called the creator and protagonist of Spanish Realism.

a Celtic language of Wales

From this reading Galicia corresponds in position to Brittany and her people are characterized by the powerful imagination, infinite delicacy, concentration of feeling and devotion to nature which are the salient attributes of Gaelic and Cymric genius.

the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance

From this reading Galicia corresponds in position to Brittany and her people are characterized by the powerful imagination, infinite delicacy, concentration of feeling and devotion to nature which are the salient attributes of Gaelic and Cymric genius.

feelings of ardent love

From this reading Galicia corresponds in position to Brittany and her people are characterized by the powerful imagination, infinite delicacy, concentration of feeling and devotion to nature which are the salient attributes of Gaelic and Cymric genius.

expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively

From this reading The Modern Literary Renaissance of Galicia, a superb outburst of Gallegan exuberance, has a noble and eloquent exponent in Emilia Pardo Bazán, gifted child of this poetic soil.

tropical African herbs

From this reading The Modern Literary Renaissance of Galicia, a superb outburst of Gallegan exuberance, has a noble and eloquent exponent in Emilia Pardo Bazán, gifted child of this poetic soil.

of or relating to ethnography

From this reading It is an ethnographical phenomenon that, in Great Britain, France and Spain, the Celt has been pushed to the northwest.

a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea

From this reading The Modern Literary Renaissance of Galicia, a superb outburst of Gallegan exuberance, has a noble and eloquent exponent in Emilia Pardo Bazán, gifted child of this poetic soil.

joyful enthusiasm

From this reading The Modern Literary Renaissance of Galicia, a superb outburst of Gallegan exuberance, has a noble and eloquent exponent in Emilia Pardo Bazán, gifted child of this poetic soil.

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From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

the experiencing of affective and emotional states

From this reading Galicia corresponds in position to Brittany and her people are characterized by the powerful imagination, infinite delicacy, concentration of feeling and devotion to nature which are the salient attributes of Gaelic and Cymric genius.

a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

a state of nervous depression

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

relating to or characteristic of the Celts

From this reading Galicia corresponds in position to Brittany and her people are characterized by the powerful imagination, infinite delicacy, concentration of feeling and devotion to nature which are the salient attributes of Gaelic and Cymric genius.

a region (and former kingdom) in northwestern Spain on the Atlantic and the Bay of Biscay

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The Modern Literary Renaissance of Galicia, a superb outburst of Gallegan exuberance, has a noble and eloquent exponent in Emilia Pardo Bazán, gifted child of this poetic soil.

someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality

From this reading Galicia corresponds in position to Brittany and her people are characterized by the powerful imagination, infinite delicacy, concentration of feeling and devotion to nature which are the salient attributes of Gaelic and Cymric genius.

endowed with talent or talents

From this reading The Modern Literary Renaissance of Galicia, a superb outburst of Gallegan exuberance, has a noble and eloquent exponent in Emilia Pardo Bazán, gifted child of this poetic soil.

a widely used search engine that uses text-matching techniques to find web pages that are important and relevant to a user's search

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading It is an ethnographical phenomenon that, in Great Britain, France and Spain, the Celt has been pushed to the northwest.

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading It is an ethnographical phenomenon that, in Great Britain, France and Spain, the Celt has been pushed to the northwest.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Galicia corresponds in position to Brittany and her people are characterized by the powerful imagination, infinite delicacy, concentration of feeling and devotion to nature which are the salient attributes of Gaelic and Cymric genius.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

a state in the Rocky Mountains

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses

From this reading Galicia corresponds in position to Brittany and her people are characterized by the powerful imagination, infinite delicacy, concentration of feeling and devotion to nature which are the salient attributes of Gaelic and Cymric genius.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude

From this reading Galicia corresponds in position to Brittany and her people are characterized by the powerful imagination, infinite delicacy, concentration of feeling and devotion to nature which are the salient attributes of Gaelic and Cymric genius.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading It is an ethnographical phenomenon that, in Great Britain, France and Spain, the Celt has been pushed to the northwest.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It is an ethnographical phenomenon that, in Great Britain, France and Spain, the Celt has been pushed to the northwest.

a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

plural of “king” — a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

a historical area and former kingdom in northwestern Spain

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

of or relating to or characteristic of literature

From this reading The Modern Literary Renaissance of Galicia, a superb outburst of Gallegan exuberance, has a noble and eloquent exponent in Emilia Pardo Bazán, gifted child of this poetic soil.

creative writing of recognized artistic value

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

suitable for or suggestive of singing

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

plural of “madrigal” — an unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices; follows a strict poetic form

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

the act that results in something coming to be

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages

From this reading The Modern Literary Renaissance of Galicia, a superb outburst of Gallegan exuberance, has a noble and eloquent exponent in Emilia Pardo Bazán, gifted child of this poetic soil.

an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized

From this reading Galicia corresponds in position to Brittany and her people are characterized by the powerful imagination, infinite delicacy, concentration of feeling and devotion to nature which are the salient attributes of Gaelic and Cymric genius.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

impressive in appearance

From this reading The Modern Literary Renaissance of Galicia, a superb outburst of Gallegan exuberance, has a noble and eloquent exponent in Emilia Pardo Bazán, gifted child of this poetic soil.

in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

the northwestern region of the United States

From this reading It is an ethnographical phenomenon that, in Great Britain, France and Spain, the Celt has been pushed to the northwest.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

an unrestrained expression of emotion

From this reading The Modern Literary Renaissance of Galicia, a superb outburst of Gallegan exuberance, has a noble and eloquent exponent in Emilia Pardo Bazán, gifted child of this poetic soil.

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From this reading The Modern Literary Renaissance of Galicia, a superb outburst of Gallegan exuberance, has a noble and eloquent exponent in Emilia Pardo Bazán, gifted child of this poetic soil.

of or relating to a pastor

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

From this reading Galicia corresponds in position to Brittany and her people are characterized by the powerful imagination, infinite delicacy, concentration of feeling and devotion to nature which are the salient attributes of Gaelic and Cymric genius.

any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning

From this reading It is an ethnographical phenomenon that, in Great Britain, France and Spain, the Celt has been pushed to the northwest.

of or relating to poetry

From this reading The Modern Literary Renaissance of Galicia, a superb outburst of Gallegan exuberance, has a noble and eloquent exponent in Emilia Pardo Bazán, gifted child of this poetic soil.

the particular portion of space occupied by something

From this reading Galicia corresponds in position to Brittany and her people are characterized by the powerful imagination, infinite delicacy, concentration of feeling and devotion to nature which are the salient attributes of Gaelic and Cymric genius.

having great power or force or potency or effect

From this reading Galicia corresponds in position to Brittany and her people are characterized by the powerful imagination, infinite delicacy, concentration of feeling and devotion to nature which are the salient attributes of Gaelic and Cymric genius.

a person who backs a politician or a team etc.

From this reading Senora Pardo Bazán has been called the creator and protagonist of Spanish Realism.

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From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

past form of “push” — move with force

From this reading It is an ethnographical phenomenon that, in Great Britain, France and Spain, the Celt has been pushed to the northwest.

inflected form of “ring” — sound loudly and sonorously

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth

From this reading Senora Pardo Bazán has been called the creator and protagonist of Spanish Realism.

the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries

From this reading The Modern Literary Renaissance of Galicia, a superb outburst of Gallegan exuberance, has a noble and eloquent exponent in Emilia Pardo Bazán, gifted child of this poetic soil.

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From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

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From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

having a quality that thrusts itself into attention

From this reading Galicia corresponds in position to Brittany and her people are characterized by the powerful imagination, infinite delicacy, concentration of feeling and devotion to nature which are the salient attributes of Gaelic and Cymric genius.

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From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

United States folk singer who was largely responsible for the interest in folk music in the 1960s (born in 1919)

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

a Spanish title or form of address for a married woman; similar to the English “Mrs” or “madam”

From this reading Senora Pardo Bazán has been called the creator and protagonist of Spanish Realism.

the land along the edge of a body of water

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

the state of being covered with unclean things

From this reading The Modern Literary Renaissance of Galicia, a superb outburst of Gallegan exuberance, has a noble and eloquent exponent in Emilia Pardo Bazán, gifted child of this poetic soil.

plural of “song” — a short musical composition with words

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

past form of “sound” — appear in a certain way

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power

From this reading It is an ethnographical phenomenon that, in Great Britain, France and Spain, the Celt has been pushed to the northwest.

the Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

Magnificent and splendid appearance; grandeur and brilliance.

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

plural of “strain” — (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

of surpassing excellence

From this reading The Modern Literary Renaissance of Galicia, a superb outburst of Gallegan exuberance, has a noble and eloquent exponent in Emilia Pardo Bazán, gifted child of this poetic soil.

superlative of “sweet” — having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading It is an ethnographical phenomenon that, in Great Britain, France and Spain, the Celt has been pushed to the northwest.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

in or at that place or location

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading The Modern Literary Renaissance of Galicia, a superb outburst of Gallegan exuberance, has a noble and eloquent exponent in Emilia Pardo Bazán, gifted child of this poetic soil.

causing a surge of emotion or excitement

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

past form of “translate” — restate (words) from one language into another language

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

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From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

plural of “warrior” — someone engaged in or experienced in warfare

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

during the time that

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.

the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose

From this reading See http://www.google.com/books?id=fAMtAAAAMAAJ Translated from the Spanish by Annabel Hord Seeger Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London While Provençal literature blossomed in chivalric splendor along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and rare pastoral music in madrigals and roundelays rang through France and Italy, there sounded from the sea-girt province of Galicia wonderful songs which rivalled the sweetest strains of the troubadours, making kings to weep and warriors to smile, thrilling, by their wit and pathos and lyrical beauty, the brilliant courts of Castile and Leon.