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... FRIAR JOHN AT SUPPER , AFTER THE BATTLE , . · PAGE I 5 9 15 32 39 45 49 THE ABBEY OF THELEMA , 58 THE BIRTH OF PANTAGRUEL ,. 71 80 THE LIMOUSIN SCHOLAR , 84 THE LIBRARY OF ST VICTOR , . 87 PANURGE , EPISTEMON'S DESCENT INTO HELL , 107 ...
... FRIAR JOHN AT SUPPER , AFTER THE BATTLE , . · PAGE I 5 9 15 32 39 45 49 THE ABBEY OF THELEMA , 58 THE BIRTH OF PANTAGRUEL ,. 71 80 THE LIMOUSIN SCHOLAR , 84 THE LIBRARY OF ST VICTOR , . 87 PANURGE , EPISTEMON'S DESCENT INTO HELL , 107 ...
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... Friar John des Entommeures , young , gallant , frisk , lusty , nimble , bold , adventurous , resolute , tall , lean , wide - mouthed , long - nosed , a fair despatcher of " hours , " a fair unbridler of masses , a fair runner over ...
... Friar John des Entommeures , young , gallant , frisk , lusty , nimble , bold , adventurous , resolute , tall , lean , wide - mouthed , long - nosed , a fair despatcher of " hours , " a fair unbridler of masses , a fair runner over ...
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... Friar John ! my friend , Friar John , I yield myself ! " " So thou shalt , " said he , " and must withal render and yield up thy soul to all the devils , " then suddenly gave him dronos . If any was so rash and full of temerity as to ...
... Friar John ! my friend , Friar John , I yield myself ! " " So thou shalt , " said he , " and must withal render and yield up thy soul to all the devils , " then suddenly gave him dronos . If any was so rash and full of temerity as to ...
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... Friar John was , and asked him , wherein he would be pleased to require their assistance ? To which he answered , that they should cut the throats of those he had thrown down upon the ground . Thereupon , leaving their outer habits upon ...
... Friar John was , and asked him , wherein he would be pleased to require their assistance ? To which he answered , that they should cut the throats of those he had thrown down upon the ground . Thereupon , leaving their outer habits upon ...
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... Friar John , with his baton of the cross , got to the breach which the enemies had made . Some of the monkitos carried the standards and colours into their cells and cham- bers to make garters of them . But when those who had been ...
... Friar John , with his baton of the cross , got to the breach which the enemies had made . Some of the monkitos carried the standards and colours into their cells and cham- bers to make garters of them . But when those who had been ...
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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.