The Library Of Wit And Humor Prose And Poetry Vol 5 PDF Download

Excerpt from The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry, Vol. 5: Selected From the Literature of All Times and Nations Having given his horse a name so much to his satisfaction, be resolved to fix upon one for himself. This con sideration employed him eight more da when at length he determined to mfishimself Don Quixote; whence some of the historians of this most true history have concluded that his name was certainly (suixada and not Quesada, as others woul have it. Then recollect iug that the valorous Amadis, not con tent with the simple appellation of Amadis, added thereto the name of his kin dom and native country, in order to ren er it famous, styling himself Amadis de Gaul so he, like a good knight, also added the name of his province, and called himself Don Quixote de la Mancha; whereby, in his opinion, he fully proclaimed his lineage and country, which, at the same time, he honored by taking its name. 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.