History of Spanish and Portuguese Literature (Vol 1 of 2)

Note 371 — SECOND SECTION. History of Spanish Poetry and Eloquence, from the Age of Cervantes and Lope de Vega to the Middle of the Seventeenth Century.

Thomasina Ross translation

Those who are unacquainted with the Spanish language, must not suppose that the term gracioso, as applied to this kind of character, is an extraordinary instance of that figure of speech called euphemism. In Spanish, gracioso more frequently signifies comic and ludicrous, than graceful.

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