“I wish you all sorts of prosperity with a little more taste.”
Alain-René Lesage book Gil Blas
Book VII, ch. 4.
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Alain-René LesageOriginal title Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane (French, 1715)
Gil Blas is a picaresque novel by Alain-René Lesage published between 1715 and 1735.
Alain-René Lesage book Gil Blas
Book X, ch. 1. Earlier written by Elliot, Essay on Field Husbandry, p. 35 (1747). Translated by Tobias George Smollett, Translation of Gil Blas, Book x, Chapter 1.
Gil Blas (1715-1735)
“Pride and conceit were the original sin of man.”
Alain-René Lesage book Gil Blas
Book VII, ch. 3.
Gil Blas (1715-1735)
“It may be said that his wit shines at the expense of his memory.”
Alain-René Lesage book Gil Blas
Book III, ch. 11. Compare: "The Right Honorable gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests, and to his imagination for his facts", Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Speech in Reply to Mr. Dundas, in Sheridaniana.
Gil Blas (1715-1735)
Alain-René Lesage book Gil Blas
Book VIII, ch. 9. Compare: "What is got over the Devil's back is spent under the belly", François Rabelais, Works, Book V, ch. 11.
Gil Blas (1715-1735)
“A flatterer can risk everything with great personages.”
Alain-René Lesage book Gil Blas
Book IV, ch. 7.
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Alain-René Lesage book Gil Blas
Book XII, ch. 7. Compare: "A flat case as plain as a pack-staff", Thomas Middleton, The Family of Love (1602-07), Act v, Scene 3.
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