Sentence:  A mere piece of roguery told in the abstract, without the proper <WSD>"picaresque</WSD>" ornaments, its manifold sinuosities and dexterities, has no interest for the reader; it may recommend the executor of it to the administration of a cat-o-nine-tails, or to an honourable post in the gallies: but there is no music in it without the proper accompaniments. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Characteristic of a genre of Spanish satiric novel dealing with the adventures of a roguish hero.