The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote De La Mancha, Vol. 1: Translated From the Original Spanish
Miguel Cervantes de Saavedra
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(Forgotten Books, Nov. 13, 2017)
Excerpt from The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote De La Mancha, Vol. 1: Translated From the Original SpanishThere are three circumftancm, wherein cies of this author appear in the {trongeit light. The firft is, that the genius of knight-errantry having been fo long e i1td all over Europe, excepting in Spain, yet this boo has been tranflated into moft languages, and every where read with univerfal applaufe; thou gh the humour was long ago fpent, and the fatire afi'eƩ'ted none but the Spaniards. Secondly, that, although it requires a good Judgment to difcover all the nicer beam, ties in this writer, yet there remain enough fnificiently oh Vions to pleafe people of all capacities whatfoever. The third (which I confine wholly t9 Englazd) is, that.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.