2919844Hop Froghttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/hop-frog-1230002248240/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2245353/46000eab-1e43-4887-a728-4e77c545fb19.jpg?v=6383837096529300002121MXNBookLifeInStock/Ebooks/I never knew anyone so keenly alive to a joke as the king was. He seemed to live only for joking. To tell a good story of the joke kind, and to tell it well, was the surest road to his favor. Thus it happened that his seven ministers were all noted for their accomplishments as jokers. They all took after the king, too, in being large, corpulent, oily men, as well as inimitable jokers. Whether people grow fat by joking, or whether there is something in fat itself which predisposes to a joke, I have never been quite able to determine; but certain it is that a lean joker is a rara avis in terris.About the refinements, or, as he called them, the ghost of wit, the king troubled himself very little. He had an especial admiration for breadth in a jest, and would often put up with length, for the sake of it. Overniceties wearied him. He would have preferred Rabelais Gargantua to the Zadig of Voltaire: and, upon the whole, practical jokes suited his taste far better than verbal ones.At the date of my narrative, professing jesters had not altogether gone out of fashion at court. Several of the great continental powers still retain their fools, who wore motley, with caps and bells, and who were expected to be always ready with sharp witticisms, at a moments notice, in consideration of the crumbs that fell from the royal table.Our king, as a matter of course, retained his fool. The fact is, he required something in the way of follyif only to counterbalance the heavy wisdom of the seven wise men who were his ministersnot to mention himself....2856285Hop Frog2121https://www.gandhi.com.mx/hop-frog-1230002248240/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2245353/46000eab-1e43-4887-a728-4e77c545fb19.jpg?v=638383709652930000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20181230002248240_W3siaWQiOiI5NDY3Nzk4NC1kYWU4LTQyNzQtOWNjYy1hNzg2NmFmYTczZWYiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjIxLCJkaXNjb3VudCI6MCwic2VsbGluZ1ByaWNlIjoyMSwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6IklwcCIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMTAtMzBUMjE6MDA6MDBaIiwidG8iOiIyMDI0LTExLTMwVDIzOjU5OjU5WiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9LHsiaWQiOiJiMDM3MzA0Yy00ZDIwLTQ3MmMtYmU3Yi1lZTFiNThjMGQ4N2IiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjIxLCJkaXNjb3VudCI6MCwic2VsbGluZ1ByaWNlIjoyMSwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6IklwcCIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMTItMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d1230002248240_I never knew anyone so keenly alive to a joke as the king was. He seemed to live only for joking. To tell a good story of the joke kind, and to tell it well, was the surest road to his favor. Thus it happened that his seven ministers were all noted for their accomplishments as jokers. They all took after the king, too, in being large, corpulent, oily men, as well as inimitable jokers. Whether people grow fat by joking, or whether there is something in fat itself which predisposes to a joke, I have never been quite able to determine; but certain it is that a lean joker is a rara avis in terris.About the refinements, or, as he called them, the ghost of wit, the king troubled himself very little. He had an especial admiration for breadth in a jest, and would often put up with length, for the sake of it. Overniceties wearied him. He would have preferred Rabelais Gargantua to the Zadig of Voltaire: and, upon the whole, practical jokes suited his taste far better than verbal ones.At the date of my narrative, professing jesters had not altogether gone out of fashion at court. Several of the great continental powers still retain their fools, who wore motley, with caps and bells, and who were expected to be always ready with sharp witticisms, at a moments notice, in consideration of the crumbs that fell from the royal table.Our king, as a matter of course, retained his fool. The fact is, he required something in the way of follyif only to counterbalance the heavy wisdom of the seven wise men who were his ministersnot to mention himself.1230002248240_BookLifelibro_electonico_fde67c06-0ad0-3cc3-befb-99ded8418b5f_1230002248240;1230002248240_1230002248240Edgar AllanInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/1039d2e2-b050-4fe7-ab6f-49d20119c854-epub-7888a4d3-7a60-4af1-8d33-c366102f871b.epub2018-04-02T00:00:00+00:00BookLife