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Page 14
... devils . " At least , " said he , " to - day shall it not cost his host much , if by chance he should die as drunk as an Englishman . " Maitre Jobelin being gone out of the house , Grangousier consulted with the 14 READINGS FROM RABELAIS .
... devils . " At least , " said he , " to - day shall it not cost his host much , if by chance he should die as drunk as an Englishman . " Maitre Jobelin being gone out of the house , Grangousier consulted with the 14 READINGS FROM RABELAIS .
Page 26
... Then , to exercise his breast and lungs , he would shout like all the devils . I heard him once call Eudemon from the Porte St Victor to Mont- martre . Stentor never had such a voice at the 26 READINGS FROM RABELAIS .
... Then , to exercise his breast and lungs , he would shout like all the devils . I heard him once call Eudemon from the Porte St Victor to Mont- martre . Stentor never had such a voice at the 26 READINGS FROM RABELAIS .
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... devil of robbers and murderers caught never any harm at all . Whence comes this to pass , my masters ? I beseech you ... devils of monks knew not to which of all their sancts they should vow themselves . Nevertheless , at all adventures ...
... devil of robbers and murderers caught never any harm at all . Whence comes this to pass , my masters ? I beseech you ... devils of monks knew not to which of all their sancts they should vow themselves . Nevertheless , at all adventures ...
Page 34
... devil take me if they be not already within the middle of our close , and have so well chopped both vines and grapes that ... devils drink the while ? Seigneur Dieu , da mihi potum . " Then cried the claustral prior : " What should this ...
... devil take me if they be not already within the middle of our close , and have so well chopped both vines and grapes that ... devils drink the while ? Seigneur Dieu , da mihi potum . " Then cried the claustral prior : " What should this ...
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... devil , St Thomas of England was well content to die for them ! if I died in the same cause , should not I be a saint likewise ? Never- theless I shall not die there for them , for it is I who shall make others do that same . " As he ...
... devil , St Thomas of England was well content to die for them ! if I died in the same cause , should not I be a saint likewise ? Never- theless I shall not die there for them , for it is I who shall make others do that same . " As he ...
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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.