The Life and Adventures of Lazarillo de Tormes, Том 2J.C. Nimmo and Bain, 1881 - 384 стор. This book is a picaresque novel that tells the story of Lazarillo de Tormes, a young boy who grows up in poverty and becomes a servant to a series of different masters. The novel is notable for its satirical commentary on Spanish society during the Renaissance. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. |
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... caused one of the pages to be dressed up in a young woman's clothes , who , with the assistance of a bribe to one of the foot - boys , introduced himself into the bedroom while the chamberlain was fast asleep , and glided to the side of ...
... caused so excessive an agitation of his spirits that he could scarcely be restrained from leaping out of bed in his shirt before his eminence , and taking to his heels . As all the servants who were present were ... cause , 44 MATEO ALEMAN .
... cause . " Well , then , " said I , " leave it to me , I will undertake to make my talents useful to you . All I require of you is to behave towards the secretary as though you had not the most distant thought that he was the author of ...
... cause so much tittering ? " " I know not , indeed , " answered I , " unless it be on account of our secretary's having taken you a laxative draught composed of turpentine this morn- ing . THE LIFE OF GUZMAN D'ALFARACHE . 47.