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The Art of Worldly Wisdom A Collection of Aphorisms from the Work of Baltasar Gracian
Author: Baltasar Gracian, Joseph Jacobs (Translator)

1904. The translator, Mr. Jacobs, has endeavored to produce Gracian's Laconism and "Cultismo" in his own version, and even tried to retain Gracian's many paronomasias and jingles of similar sound. Jacobs may have here and there introduced others of his own to redress the balance for cases where he found it impossible to produce...  more » the same effect in English. In such cases, Jacobs generally gives the original in the Notes. Wherever possible he replaced Spanish proverbs and proverbial phrases by English ones, and throughout tried to preserve the characteristic rhythm and brevity of the proverb.  « less

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ISBN-13: 9781566191333
ISBN-10: 1566191335
Publication Date: 2/24/1994
Pages: 208
Edition: New Ed
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Publisher: Inner City Books/see Bookworld
Book Type: Hardcover
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