Proverbs, Chiefly Taken From the Adagia of Erasmus, Vol. 1: With Explanations, and Further; Illustrated by Corresponding Examples From the Spanish, Italian, French English Languages (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Proverbs, Chiefly Taken From the Adagia of Erasmus, Vol. 1: With Explanations, and Further; Illustrated by Corresponding Examples From the Spanish, Italian, French English LanguagesIt has been 'before observed, that Erasmus contributed largely to the revival of letters, but'he was no less assisting in promoting the reformation in religion, which began in his time. The influence the clergy had obtained over the minds of the laity, had made them rich and powerful, which producing their usual effects, idleness and voluptuousness, a very large portion of them had become openly dissolute and profligate. Against these vices, Erasmus was perpetually declaiming, not sparing the higher orders in the church, who were, perhaps, the first in vice, as in dignity. In his humorous and satyrical de clamation, Moria: Encomium, or the Praise of Folly; in his dialogues, and letters, and in his prefaces tohis editions of the Works of the Fathers, he lets no opportunity pass, of exposing and censuring the debaucheries and crimes of the monks and the clergy. In the work, the subject of the present dissertation.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.