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Description:Excerpt from Of Erasmus: Translated Into English by Nicolas Wall; Literally Reprinted From the Scarce Edition of 1564, Edited and Illustrated With Notes and Parallel Passages This is a pleasant, gossipy book, - full of wise saws, if not of modern instances. It may be considered one of the earliest English jest books. The wit in it is not as startling as fireworks, but there is a good deal of grave, pleasant humour, and many of those touches of nature which make the whole world kin. It is very interesting to have not only the great thoughts of great men, but to see these men in their moments of leisure, when they unbend and come down to the level of ordinary mortals. Weak stomachs cannot bear too much of a good thing, and nothing is so tiresome as the everlasting preaching of very good and very wise people. We find that even in the palmy days of Greece the greatest orators had occasionally to recall the attention of their wearied hearers by some witty and humourous tale, such as the "Shadow of the Ass," (p. 84). Erasmus complains of this same inattentiveness in his Praise of Folly, and says the preacher on such occasions would tell them a tale out of Gesta Romanorum, when they would "lyft vp theyr heads, stand vp, and geue good care." Plenty of instances may be found here to prove a universal truth, that really great men are generally fond of a joke. It was sound advice, depend upon it, which the philosopher gave to the young man - "Be not anything over much." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Of Erasmus: Translated Into English by Nicolas Wall; Literally Reprinted From the Scarce Edition of 1564, Edited and Illustrated With Notes and Parallel Passages (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Of Erasmus: Translated Into English by Nicolas Wall; Literally Reprinted From the Scarce Edition of 1564, Edited and Illustrated With Notes and Parallel Passages (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Of Erasmus: Translated Into English by Nicolas Wall; Literally Reprinted From the Scarce Edition of 1564, Edited and Illustrated With Notes and Parallel Passages This is a pleasant, gossipy book, - full of wise saws, if not of modern instances. It may be considered one of the earliest English jest books. The wit in it is not as startling as fireworks, but there is a good deal of grave, pleasant humour, and many of those touches of nature which make the whole world kin. It is very interesting to have not only the great thoughts of great men, but to see these men in their moments of leisure, when they unbend and come down to the level of ordinary mortals. Weak stomachs cannot bear too much of a good thing, and nothing is so tiresome as the everlasting preaching of very good and very wise people. We find that even in the palmy days of Greece the greatest orators had occasionally to recall the attention of their wearied hearers by some witty and humourous tale, such as the "Shadow of the Ass," (p. 84). Erasmus complains of this same inattentiveness in his Praise of Folly, and says the preacher on such occasions would tell them a tale out of Gesta Romanorum, when they would "lyft vp theyr heads, stand vp, and geue good care." Plenty of instances may be found here to prove a universal truth, that really great men are generally fond of a joke. It was sound advice, depend upon it, which the philosopher gave to the young man - "Be not anything over much." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Of Erasmus: Translated Into English by Nicolas Wall; Literally Reprinted From the Scarce Edition of 1564, Edited and Illustrated With Notes and Parallel Passages (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Of Erasmus: Translated Into English by Nicolas Wall; Literally Reprinted From the Scarce Edition of 1564, Edited and Illustrated With Notes and Parallel Passages (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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