Excerpt from Cervantes: Seguido de um Estudo Sobre D. Manuel José Quintana E A Litteratura Castelhana Modernatodas estas artes delicadas, que fa zem de um convento de monjas uma Officina de primorosos artefactos feminis, conspiravam a engalanar e embellecer O interior do sanctuario. Os altares osten tavam as mais decorosas coberturas. As imagens deviam á sollicita devoção das freiras habilidosas a garridice de suas vestiduras, com que ás vezes pareciam.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.