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...frothy, extravagant romances that had so long been the vogue in Spain, set himself to mock his scribbling brothers with a tale more fantastic than any that had been written. A great satirist, Cervantes?a greater poet. He took for his hero a knight as mad as the northwind, put him through incredible paces, made him withal so real, so courageous, so pathetic, so magnificent that not for three centuries has one been found to rival...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Don Quichotte | 4/12/1926 | See Source »

...When the northwind swept the seas...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MATER FORTISSIMA. | 10/2/1903 | See Source »

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