søndag den 22. januar 2017

"— Não senhor...


...Infelizmente" was the polite answer from many of Lisbons antiquarians on the introducing question: "Do you have a copy of the portuguese edition of A Vida e Opiniões de Tristram Shandy ? ...Obrigada"—("And if we did have a copy; what on earth would you do with Tristram Shandy in portuguese, when your portuguese obviously are so poorly?) could the following part of the answer very well have been.

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