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... brought him to his hand . Whereby his father recognised the divine judgment that was in him , and caused him most carefully to be instructed by Aristotle , who at that time was highly renowned above all the philosophers of Greece ...
... brought him to his hand . Whereby his father recognised the divine judgment that was in him , and caused him most carefully to be instructed by Aristotle , who at that time was highly renowned above all the philosophers of Greece ...
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... brought in a young page of his , from Ville - gouges , called Eu- demon , so well combed , so well dressed , so well brushed , so sweet in his behaviour , that he re- sembled a little angel more than a human crea- ture . Then he said to ...
... brought in a young page of his , from Ville - gouges , called Eu- demon , so well combed , so well dressed , so well brushed , so sweet in his behaviour , that he re- sembled a little angel more than a human crea- ture . Then he said to ...
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... brought up . In the end he prayed him that he would vouchsafe to admit of him amongst the least of his servants ; for other favour at that time desired he none of heaven , but that he might do him some grateful and acceptable service ...
... brought up . In the end he prayed him that he would vouchsafe to admit of him amongst the least of his servants ; for other favour at that time desired he none of heaven , but that he might do him some grateful and acceptable service ...
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... brought by sea in three corvettes and a brigantine . With the whisking of her tail she laid low a whole forest . Mounted on her , Gargantua was re- ceived with great admiration by the Parisians , who , says Rabelais , are more easily ...
... brought by sea in three corvettes and a brigantine . With the whisking of her tail she laid low a whole forest . Mounted on her , Gargantua was re- ceived with great admiration by the Parisians , who , says Rabelais , are more easily ...
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... brought him , upon a dray drawn by oxen , a heap of paternosters of Sanct Claude , every one of them being of the bigness of a hat - block ; and thus walking through the cloisters , galleries , or B garden , he said more in turning them ...
... brought him , upon a dray drawn by oxen , a heap of paternosters of Sanct Claude , every one of them being of the bigness of a hat - block ; and thus walking through the cloisters , galleries , or B garden , he said more in turning them ...
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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.