 | Ronald A. T. Judy - 1993 - 372 Seiten
...Valverde had learned things so extraordinary. In this book, replied the fanatic Monk, reaching out his breviary. The Inca opened it eagerly, and turning over the leaves, lifted it to his ear; This, says he, is silent; it tells me nothing; and threw it with disdain to the ground. (78-79) Cugoano employs... | |
 | Ian L. Donnachie, Carmen Lavin - 2003 - 324 Seiten
...Valverde had learned things so extraordinary. In this book, replied the fanatic Monk, reaching out his breviary. The Inca opened it eagerly, and turning over the leaves, lifted it to his ear: This, says he, is silent; it tells me nothing; and threw it with disdain to the ground. The enraged father... | |
 | Vincent Carretta - 1996 - 416 Seiten
...Valverde had learned things so extraordinary. In this book, replied the fanatic Monk, reaching out his breviary. The Inca opened it eagerly, and turning over the leaves, lifted it to his ear: This, says he, is silent; it tells me nothing; and threw it with disdain to the ground." The incident is... | |
 | Olaudah Equiano - 2003 - 436 Seiten
...Africa, Cugoano includes a similar episode of an illiterate person misunderstanding how reading works: The Inca opened it eagerly, and turning over the leaves, lifted it to his ear: This, says he, is silent; it tells me nothing; and threw it with disdain to the ground (80). Cugoano's unacknowledged... | |
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Valverde, reaching out to him his breviary. The inca opened it eagerly, and turning over the leaves, lifted it to his ear : ' This,' says he, ' is silent ; it tells me nothing ;' and threw it with disdain to the ground. The enraged monk, running towards... 
