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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... taken my part , he called me aside in a low voice and asked me several questions , as , in what part of Spain I was born ? what was my name ? and how long I had been at Rome ? When I had answered all these queries in a very laconic ...
... last of my flogging adventure at Gaeta , which would have been an everlasting joke against me . I told them that I had merely taken a trip out of curiosity to some of the neighbouring villages ; but that I 24 MATEO ALEMAN .
... taken great pains to swell and dress up one of my legs into an ulcer , which might have deceived the most skilful surgeons . had ' not on this occasion forgotten to make my face . as pale as possible , for I should have been inexcusable ...
... taken from off him , furnish him with clean linen , lay him in my own bed , and have another prepared for me in the next apartment . " These orders were instantly obeyed . O charity ! which may serve for an example to other prelates ...
... taken a great fancy to me ; as a proof of which he proposed and seemed to wish to take me into his service , among the number of his pages , an honour which was too gratifying to me to think of refusing . CHAPTER XXVI . GUZMAN BECOMES ...