D.184.3 Simonde de Sismondi, J. C. L., 1773-1842. Historia de la literetura espariole ... (Continued 2.) had been, and was, in consequence, under obligations to his predecessor, which, while he takes no pains to conceal them, dimmed the authority of a work that will yet always be noted for the beauty of its style, and the richness and beauty of its collections."—Ticknor.