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The library of wit and humor, prose and poetry Volume 5; selected from the literature of all times and nations - Softcover
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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. 1884 Excerpt: ... which I must not conclude without assuring you, that all the members of our college, as well those who arc under confinement as those who are at liberty, are your very humble servants. 8» Richard Stiele, 1671-1729. One of D'Israeli's admirers said to John Bright: "You ought to give him credit. He is a self-made man." "Yes, ' replied Bright, ' and he adores Ли matter. ' RurtBEUr The Tr.iuvÏhk was born early in the thirteenth century of humble parentage, as his name denotes. He wa u quick, sharp lad, and, endowed with a marvellously sweet voice, was taken шЫ the service of the Church of some Compagno town. Here he received from the monks the rudiments of learning; he watt afterwards sent to the University of Paris. Great Ouster, first Master of Arte, according to Rabelais, decreed that ho should be a minstrel. So he copied out his own ventes, made up the budget which was to form his " entertainment," tied up his personal belongings, which mude but a small parcel, and with his lute in hie hand, started on the tramp. Ilutebeufwas the principal author of the 1. U;it,1 ¡''/.ix:: i, at least the author of their existence in rhyme. We extract from Walter Beeant's »etica llumorieU. The principal function of the minstrel was to put into a poetical form all the stories which he could collect together, and to tell over again those which others had collected. The fiiiiliuti is, above all, the true place to look for mediaeval fun, satire, or numor, as well as for mediaeval manners and customs. The fabliau was essentially the amusement of the winter evenings; happy he who could write a new one or furbish up an old one. Here the curé and the friar came to well-merited çrief; here the jealous hu...
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