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... ENTELECHEIA , . THE MUMBLING FRIARS , LANTERN - LAND , THE ORACLE OF THE BOTTLE , 227 231 239 240 244 256 272 275 296 301 308 324 325 337 349 356 375 READINGS FROM RABELAIS . BOOK I. THE MOST HORRIFIC LIFE xii CONTENTS .
... ENTELECHEIA , . THE MUMBLING FRIARS , LANTERN - LAND , THE ORACLE OF THE BOTTLE , 227 231 239 240 244 256 272 275 296 301 308 324 325 337 349 356 375 READINGS FROM RABELAIS . BOOK I. THE MOST HORRIFIC LIFE xii CONTENTS .
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... heart . Did you ever pick the lock of a bottle ? Call to mind the countenance which then you had . Or , did you ever see a dog when he met with a marrow - bone ? He is the beast of all others in the world ( says Plato , GARGANTUA . 3.
... heart . Did you ever pick the lock of a bottle ? Call to mind the countenance which then you had . Or , did you ever see a dog when he met with a marrow - bone ? He is the beast of all others in the world ( says Plato , GARGANTUA . 3.
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... bottles , and cry aloud , that whoever hath lost his thirst come not hither to seek it . The stone called Asbestos is not more unquenchable than the thirst of my paternity . Appetite comes with eating , says Angeston , but thirst goes ...
... bottles , and cry aloud , that whoever hath lost his thirst come not hither to seek it . The stone called Asbestos is not more unquenchable than the thirst of my paternity . Appetite comes with eating , says Angeston , but thirst goes ...
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... bottle breathing the choicest aromatical scents . The ladies on the foundation of this order were apparelled after their own pleasure and liking . But since , of their own free - will , they were re- formed in manner as followeth : They ...
... bottle breathing the choicest aromatical scents . The ladies on the foundation of this order were apparelled after their own pleasure and liking . But since , of their own free - will , they were re- formed in manner as followeth : They ...
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... bottle full of old oil , wherewith , when he saw any man or woman in a handsome suit , he would grease and spoil all the best parts , under pretence of touching them , say- ing , " This is good cloth , this is good satin , good ...
... bottle full of old oil , wherewith , when he saw any man or woman in a handsome suit , he would grease and spoil all the best parts , under pretence of touching them , say- ing , " This is good cloth , this is good satin , good ...
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ABBEY OF THELEMA according Æneid Æsop ancient answered Panurge asked Bacbuc bagpipe Basché better birds Bottle bous breviary Bridoye Buzançay called Carpalim catchpole Chinon Chitterlings Cicero colours cried Panurge decretals devils diable dice Dieu divine doth dreams drink Edituus Epistemon Eudemon fair fast father fear fire fool Friar John Furred Cats Gargantua gentlemen GEORGE ELIOT give gold Grippeminaud hand hath head heart heaven herb holy Homenas honest honour hypocras island joyous Julius Cæsar Jupiter king labour ladies Lantern lardons let us go Lord marry master monk never noble oracle Oudart Panta Pantagruel Pantagruelion philosopher Phrygia physician Picrochole Plato Ponocrates Pope pray quoth Panurge Rabelais Rabelais Club replied seen ships sing soul tell thee things thither thou told tongue took unto virtue whereof wife wine words
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Page 21 - ... they had done their minds. All their play was but in liberty, for they left off when they pleased, and that was commonly when they did sweat over all their body, or were otherwise weary. Then were they very well wiped and rubbed, shifted their shirts, and walking soberly, went to see if dinner was ready.
Page 69 - ... the nature of man to long after things forbidden, and to desire what is denied us. By this liberty they entered into a very laudable emulation, to do all of them what they saw did please one. If any of the gallants or ladies should say, Let us drink, they would all drink. If any one of them said, Let us play, they all played.
Page 59 - ... said Gargantua, the greatest loss of time that I know is to count the hours. What good comes of it? Nor can there be any greater dotage in the world than for one to guide and direct his courses by the sound of a bell, and not by his own judgment and discretion.
Page 29 - They went likewise to see the drawing of metals, or the casting of great ordnance ; how the lapidaries did work, as also the goldsmiths and cutters of precious stones.