The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote De La Mancha, Vol. 3: Translated From the Original Spanish (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Saavedra, Miguel De Cervantes

9780666675606: The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote De La Mancha, Vol. 3: Translated From the Original Spanish (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0666675600 ISBN 13: 9780666675606

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Excerpt from The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote De La Mancha, Vol. 3: Translated From the Original Spanish

Methinks, reader, you tell me, that I proceed with' much circumfpe�tion, and confine myfelf within the limits of my own modefty, knowing, that we fhould not add afﬂiction to the afﬂicted; and this gentleman's mul't needs be very great, fince he dares not appear in the open field, nor in clear day light, concealing his name, and dih'embling his country, as if he had committed fome crime of high-treafon. If ever you ﬂiould chance to fall Into his company, tell him from me, that I do not think myfelf aggrieved: for I know very well what the temptations of the devil are, and that one of the greatefi is, the putting it into a man's head, that he can write and print a book, which {hall pro cure him as much fame as money, and as much money as fame: and, for confirmation hereof, I would have you, in a vein of mirth and pleafantry, tell him this fiery.

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