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Who but he, in fact, was the famous master of the grotesque who illustrated "Don Quixote" and the "Diable Boiteux" of Le Sage?
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 Various
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Le Sage, en avoit inséré une partie dans son Diable Boiteux, l'a traduite de nouveau avec assez de liberté, mais pourtant en s'écartant moins de l'original, et l'a insérée dans sa première partie à peu près telle qu'elle se lit dans l'original Espagnol.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 Various
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[155] Le Sage's _Diable Boiteux_, who so obligingly introduces the Spanish student to the secret realities of human life, is, it may be observed, of both a more rational and more instructive temperament than the ordinary demons who appear at the witches 'revels to practise their senseless and fantastic rites.
The Superstitions of Witchcraft Howard Williams
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La Sage nous a fait connoître sous le tître du Diable Boiteux; il l'a tourné, à sa manière, mais avec des différences si grandes que Guevarra ne se reconnoîtroit qu'à peine dans cette pretendue traduction.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 Various
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"I might have met the fate of Bonnier and Boiteux, had the Goddess of Good Fortune not attended me."
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A framework analogous to that in Le Sage's “Le Diable Boiteux” takes the place of a plot.
The Life and Romances of Mrs Eliza Haywood Whicher, George Frisbie 1915
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They had two machine guns with them, and, under the command of a naval lieutenant, Boiteux by name, they marched to the walls of Timbuctoo, and demanded that the rulers of the city should surrender it, and that they should sign a treaty of peace placing the country under the protectorate of France.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure Various 1909
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Boiteux and Bonnier succeeded in leading a flotilla and a column to the mysterious city of Timbuctu; but a little later a French force sustained a serious check from the neighbouring tribes.
The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) John Holland Rose 1898
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_Diable Boiteux_ and _Gil Blas_ are very, and of _Manon Lescaut_ fairly, numerous.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 George Saintsbury 1889
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[312] This, which is a sort of Appendix to the _Diable Boiteux_, is much the best of these _opera minora_.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 George Saintsbury 1889
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