Excerpt from Don Juan: Canto the Seventeenth To say, is orthodox, and fit for youth. There are some people who won't rob, but thieve, And such are but too apt, I fear, in sooth I To quaff the cup of e'en their Maker's slaughter, Provided 'tis not mixed with holy water. I mean to make this Work a thing of time, So that, when I have done, I may perceive Its full effects. And if I've dealt in crime, For it I've dearly paid, and sorely grieve. But now I'll make atonement. From this time, I'll all my foolish acts and thoughts retrieve In fact, whatever I shall herein mention, Must claim my readers' most profound attention. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.