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The Achievements of The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha
The Achievements of The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha Author:Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: denomination of vates, which signifies a prophet, is common to those whom we otherwise call poets. Accordingly indeed this truth has been made evident; for in pr... more »ocess of time, a famous Andalusian poet1 wept for her and celebrated her Tears in verse; and another eminent and choice poet of Castile 2 made her beauty his theme." —" But pray, sir," said the barber, " among so many poets that have written in that lady Angelica's praise, did none of them ever write a satire upon her ? "—" Had Sacripante or Orlando been poets," answered Don Quixote, " I make no question but they would have handled her to some purpose; for it is proper and natural for disdained poets, when rejected by their feigned or not feigned mistresses, to revenge themselves with satires and lampoons ; a proceeding certainly unworthy a generous spirit. However, I never yet did hear of any defamatory verses on the Lady Angelica, though she made so much havoc in the world."—" That is a miracle indeed," cried the curate. But here they were interrupted by a noise below in the yard, where the niece and the housekeeper, who had left them some time before, were talking loudly, which made them all hasten to the disturbance. CHAPTER II. Which treats of the memorable Quarrel between Sancho Panza, and Don Quixote's Niece and Housekeeper; with other pleasant Passages. The history informs us, that the occasion of the noise which the niece and housekeeper made, was Sancho Panza's endeavouring to force his way into the house, to see Don Quixote, while they held the door against him.—" What have you to do in this house, ye vagabond ?" cried one of them. " Go, go, keep to your own home, friend. It is all along of you, and nobody else, that my poor master is distracted, enticed, 1 [Luis Barahona de Soto.] 1 [Lope de Vega...« less