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Page viii
... carried away with it in his praises of Prodigality and Debt ; he touches on it in his account of great Gaster ; it lies hidden behind his account of the Court of Queen Entelecheia ; and lastly , in the Oracle , he sums up his teaching ...
... carried away with it in his praises of Prodigality and Debt ; he touches on it in his account of great Gaster ; it lies hidden behind his account of the Court of Queen Entelecheia ; and lastly , in the Oracle , he sums up his teaching ...
Page 15
... carrying away the bells of Nôtre Dame , to hang round the neck of his mare . To recover these bells the Parisians sent their most esteemed orator , Maître Janotus de Bragmardo , who came , like the Vice - Chancellor of Cam- bridge ...
... carrying away the bells of Nôtre Dame , to hang round the neck of his mare . To recover these bells the Parisians sent their most esteemed orator , Maître Janotus de Bragmardo , who came , like the Vice - Chancellor of Cam- bridge ...
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... carried for him in a great basket , a huge breviary . There he heard six - and - twenty or thirty masses . This while , to the same place came his sayer of hours , lapped up about the chin like a tufted whoop , and his breath perfumed ...
... carried for him in a great basket , a huge breviary . There he heard six - and - twenty or thirty masses . This while , to the same place came his sayer of hours , lapped up about the chin like a tufted whoop , and his breath perfumed ...
Page 24
... carry away the ring , lift up a saddle , with the mail - coat and gauntlet . All this he did in complete arms from head to foot . He was singularly skilful in leaping nimbly from one horse to another without putting foot to ground . He ...
... carry away the ring , lift up a saddle , with the mail - coat and gauntlet . All this he did in complete arms from head to foot . He was singularly skilful in leaping nimbly from one horse to another without putting foot to ground . He ...
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... carried home to the house great handfuls of them , whereof a young page called Rhizotomos had charge - together with hoes , picks , spuds , pruning - knives , and other in- struments requisite for herborising . Being come to their ...
... carried home to the house great handfuls of them , whereof a young page called Rhizotomos had charge - together with hoes , picks , spuds , pruning - knives , and other in- struments requisite for herborising . Being come to their ...
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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.