Mambrino

Frances Farquhar, in his introduction to King's "The Helmet of Mambrino," argues that King was a tragic hero, "in the sense of Aristotle‘One highly renowned and prosperous, whose misfortune is brought upon him by some error of judgment or frailty '" (p. 296).

Passing Strange by Martha A Sandweiss: Questions 2009

He recorded this adventure in an essay called “The Helmet of Mambrino,” bound it in a piece of fabric dating from the days of Cervantes, and bundled the package off to an old friend in San Francisco.

The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008

He recorded this adventure in an essay called “The Helmet of Mambrino,” bound it in a piece of fabric dating from the days of Cervantes, and bundled the package off to an old friend in San Francisco.

The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008

From where I looked at it on that last day of October it certainly looked like an enormous head, and put me in mind of the head of Mambrino, mentioned in the master work which commemorates the achievements of the

Wild Wales : Its People, Language and Scenery 2004

Britannia was gorgeously dressed in a queer kind of hat of stiff purple and silver stuff, that had marvelously the appearance of copper, and made us suppose that she had procured the real Mambrino helmet.

Washington Irving 2004

Mambrino which I won from him in air war, and made myself master of by legitimate and lawful possession.

Don Quixote 2002

"Well, that is the helmet of Mambrino," said Don Quixote; "stand to one side and leave me alone with him; thou shalt see how, without saying a word, to save time, I shall bring this adventure to an issue and possess myself of the helmet I have so longed for."

Don Quixote 2002

"Well, that is the helmet of Mambrino," said Don Quixote; "stand to one side and leave me alone with him; thou shalt see how, without saying a word, I shall bring this adventure to an issue and possess myself of the helmet I have so longed for."

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 Charles Herbert Sylvester

[446-5] _Martino_ is a blunder of Sancho's for _Mambrino_.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 Charles Herbert Sylvester

[442-2] Mambrino was a Moorish king, mentioned in some of the romantic poems which _Don Quixote_ is intended to burlesque.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 Charles Herbert Sylvester