This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ... threw it apart, and removing the veil from his face disclosed plainly the very shape of Death, raw-boned and grisly, at which Don Quixote was troubled, Sancho terrified, and the duke and duchess put on an aspect of fear. This living Death, standing erect, in a drowsy voice, and with a tongue not quite awake, began to ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ... threw it apart, and removing the veil from his face disclosed plainly the very shape of Death, raw-boned and grisly, at which Don Quixote was troubled, Sancho terrified, and the duke and duchess put on an aspect of fear. This living Death, standing erect, in a drowsy voice, and with a tongue not quite awake, began to speak as follows: --"I Merlin am, who, as all histories say, Had for a father e'en the devil himself (A lie by length of years now sanctified) Of magic Prince; of Zoroaster's art Acknowledged monarch and repository; Jealous of the ages and the time Am I, which seek the doughty deeds to cloak Of bold knights errant whom, in days of yore, I greatly loved, whom still I greatly love; And though the general disposition be Of your magicians and enchanter folk Morose, austere, and eke malevolent, Mine's the reverse, --soft, tender, amorous; In doing good to all is my delight. In the dark caves below of gloomy Dis, Where now my soul abides, while fashioning Some mystic squares and characters, there reached My pained ears, of beauteous Dulcinea, Toboso's peerless maid, the doleful plaint; I learnt of her enchantment and mishap, And of her change from high-bred lady to A rustic village maiden; I with her Condoled, and caged my soul within this fell And hideous skeleton, and after searching A hundred thousand books of my vile craft Of devil, I am come to give relief, Such as befits a woe so deep, and ill so great. O Thou! the glory and the pride of all The vests of steel and adamant who wear! Light, beacon, pilot, guide, and cynosure Of such as, base sleep and sloth abandoning And feather beds luxurious, adopt The use and exercise inflexible Of sanguinary and laborious arms! To thee I speak, Great Hero! ever praised, Ne'er to be praised enough! To the...
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