7179170The Ten Pleasures of Marriagehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-ten-pleasures-of-marriage-9781219412006/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/6720097/image.jpg?v=6387007302668000001212MXNPrabhat PrakashanInStock/Ebooks/<p>It is a curious thing, that fundamental English humour. It can be vividly concentrated into a single word, as when, for instance, the chronicler of The Ten Pleasures of Marriage revives the opprobrious term for a tailor"pricklouse": the whole history of the English woollen industry and of the stuffy Tudor and Stuart domestic architecture is in the nickname. Or a single phrase can light up an idea, as when, a few days before marriage, "the Bridegroom is running up and down like a dog." But, on the other hand, the spirit manifests itself sometimes in exuberance, as when Urquhart and Motteux metagrobolized Rabelais into something almost more tumescent and overwhelming than the original. In that vein of humour the present work frequently runs. The author is as ready to pile up his epithets as Urquhart himself. Let the Nurse go, he says, "for then youll have an Eater, a Stroy-good, a Stufgut, a Spoil-all, and Prittle-pratler, less than you had before."</p>...6834362The Ten Pleasures of Marriage1212https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-ten-pleasures-of-marriage-9781219412006/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/6720097/image.jpg?v=638700730266800000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20099781219412006_W3siaWQiOiIxNTZhYTdhZC00MjIwLTRmNzAtODFkMy1jZmYyODU0MGEzZDUiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjEyLCJkaXNjb3VudCI6MCwic2VsbGluZ1ByaWNlIjoxMiwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMTItMTdUMTU6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781219412006_<p>It is a curious thing, that fundamental English humour. It can be vividly concentrated into a single word, as when, for instance, the chronicler of The Ten Pleasures of Marriage revives the opprobrious term for a tailor"pricklouse": the whole history of the English woollen industry and of the stuffy Tudor and Stuart domestic architecture is in the nickname. Or a single phrase can light up an idea, as when, a few days before marriage, "the Bridegroom is running up and down like a dog." But, on the other hand, the spirit manifests itself sometimes in exuberance, as when Urquhart and Motteux metagrobolized Rabelais into something almost more tumescent and overwhelming than the original. In that vein of humour the present work frequently runs. The author is as ready to pile up his epithets as Urquhart himself. Let the Nurse go, he says, "for then youll have an Eater, a Stroy-good, a Stufgut, a Spoil-all, and Prittle-pratler, less than you had before."</p>...9781219412006_Prabhat Prakashanlibro_electonico_9781219412006_9781219412006A. MarshInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/prabhatbooks-epub-245e6a38-1f65-4fac-af4a-1aad8f10eb89.epub2009-12-15T00:00:00+00:00Prabhat Prakashan