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Page 22
... continued reading , or began to discourse merrily together ; speaking first of the virtue , propriety , efficacy , and nature of all that was served in at that table ; of bread , of wine , of water , of salt , of flesh , fish , fruits ...
... continued reading , or began to discourse merrily together ; speaking first of the virtue , propriety , efficacy , and nature of all that was served in at that table ; of bread , of wine , of water , of salt , of flesh , fish , fruits ...
Page 28
... continued the lesson read at dinner as long as they thought good : the rest was spent in good discourse , learned and profitable . After that they had given thanks , they set themselves to sing musi- cally , and play upon harmonious ...
... continued the lesson read at dinner as long as they thought good : the rest was spent in good discourse , learned and profitable . After that they had given thanks , they set themselves to sing musi- cally , and play upon harmonious ...
Page 79
... continued there some space , but that the plague drove them away . Thence he came to Bourges , where he studied a good long time , and profited very much in the faculty of the laws . Going from Bourges , he came to Orleans , where he ...
... continued there some space , but that the plague drove them away . Thence he came to Bourges , where he studied a good long time , and profited very much in the faculty of the laws . Going from Bourges , he came to Orleans , where he ...
Page 178
... abuse too evident , a fable too fabulous . I will not go . " " Nevertheless , " he continued , continuing his dis- course , " I will tell you what you may do , if you believe me , before we return to our king . 178 READINGS FROM RABELAIS .
... abuse too evident , a fable too fabulous . I will not go . " " Nevertheless , " he continued , continuing his dis- course , " I will tell you what you may do , if you believe me , before we return to our king . 178 READINGS FROM RABELAIS .
Page 189
... continued , " I beseech you , good master Rondibilis , should I marry or not ? " " By the amble of my mule , " said Rondibilis , “ I know not what answer to make to this problem . " [ Rondibilis learnedly points out how Panurge may dis ...
... continued , " I beseech you , good master Rondibilis , should I marry or not ? " " By the amble of my mule , " said Rondibilis , “ I know not what answer to make to this problem . " [ Rondibilis learnedly points out how Panurge may dis ...
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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.