TELESFORO DE TRUEBA Y COSIO
\tˌɛlɪsfˈɔːɹə͡ʊ də tɹˈuːbə wˈa͡ɪ kˈə͡ʊsɪˌə͡ʊ], \tˌɛlɪsfˈɔːɹəʊ də tɹˈuːbə wˈaɪ kˈəʊsɪˌəʊ], \t_ˌɛ_l_ɪ_s_f_ˈɔː_ɹ_əʊ d_ə t_ɹ_ˈuː_b_ə w_ˈaɪ k_ˈəʊ_s_ɪ__ˌəʊ]\
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A Spanish poet; born at Santander, 1798; died at Paris, Oct. 4, 1835. He wrote several comedies, as "The Fickle One" and "Marrying on 60,000 Duros". He wrote in English several historical novels, among them "Gomez Arias" (1828), and "The Castilian" (1829); and also in English, "Lives of Cortes and Pizarro" (1830) and the historical drama "The Royal Delinquent". The most successful of his works was "Paris and London" (1833), a portraiture of manners and morals.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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