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... hear the public lectures , the solemn Acts , the repetitions , the declamations , the pleadings of the gentle lawyers , and sermons of evangelical preachers . He went through the halls and places appointed for fencing , and there played ...
... hear the public lectures , the solemn Acts , the repetitions , the declamations , the pleadings of the gentle lawyers , and sermons of evangelical preachers . He went through the halls and places appointed for fencing , and there played ...
Page 105
... hear the said mass . But when it came to the Ite , missa est , that the poor Frater would have laid by his stole or surplice , as the fashion then was , he plucked off withal both his frock and shirt , which were well sewed together ...
... hear the said mass . But when it came to the Ite , missa est , that the poor Frater would have laid by his stole or surplice , as the fashion then was , he plucked off withal both his frock and shirt , which were well sewed together ...
Page 136
... hear it every whit as well as ever Plato did . What sympathy among the elements ! O how delectable then unto nature will be her own works and productions ! Ceres laden with corn , Bacchus with wines , Flora with flowers , Pomona with ...
... hear it every whit as well as ever Plato did . What sympathy among the elements ! O how delectable then unto nature will be her own works and productions ! Ceres laden with corn , Bacchus with wines , Flora with flowers , Pomona with ...
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... hears no whit ! I see you very well , but I do not hear you at all , and I know not what you say . The hungry stomach hath no ears . When I have well breakfasted , and am full stuffed with hay and grain , then at a pinch and in case of ...
... hears no whit ! I see you very well , but I do not hear you at all , and I know not what you say . The hungry stomach hath no ears . When I have well breakfasted , and am full stuffed with hay and grain , then at a pinch and in case of ...
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... Hear , therefore , what I have thought thereon . It hath been told me that at Panzoust , near Croulay , dwelleth a very famous sibyl , who foretells all things to come . Take Epistemon for company , repair towards her , and hear what ...
... Hear , therefore , what I have thought thereon . It hath been told me that at Panzoust , near Croulay , dwelleth a very famous sibyl , who foretells all things to come . Take Epistemon for company , repair towards her , and hear what ...
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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.