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... holds it ; how prudently he gobbets it ; with what affection he breaks it ; and with what diligence he sucks it . To what end all this ? What are the hopes of his labour ? What doth he expect to reap thereby ? Nothing but a little ...
... holds it ; how prudently he gobbets it ; with what affection he breaks it ; and with what diligence he sucks it . To what end all this ? What are the hopes of his labour ? What doth he expect to reap thereby ? Nothing but a little ...
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... hold upon the staff of the cross , which was made of the heart of a sorb - apple - tree , as long as a lance , round , of a full grip , and a little powdered with lilies called fleurs de lys , almost all defaced and worn out . Thus went ...
... hold upon the staff of the cross , which was made of the heart of a sorb - apple - tree , as long as a lance , round , of a full grip , and a little powdered with lilies called fleurs de lys , almost all defaced and worn out . Thus went ...
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... holds a council of war . ] The cakes being unloaded , there came before Picrochole the Duke of Menuail , the Count Spa- dassin , and Captain Merdaille , who said unto him , " Sire , this day we make you the happiest , the most ...
... holds a council of war . ] The cakes being unloaded , there came before Picrochole the Duke of Menuail , the Count Spa- dassin , and Captain Merdaille , who said unto him , " Sire , this day we make you the happiest , the most ...
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... hold in greater estimation the lively remem- brance of men , purchased by liberality , than the dumb inscription of arches , pillars , and pyramids , subject to the injury of storms and tempests , and 50 READINGS FROM RABELAIS .
... hold in greater estimation the lively remem- brance of men , purchased by liberality , than the dumb inscription of arches , pillars , and pyramids , subject to the injury of storms and tempests , and 50 READINGS FROM RABELAIS .
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... hold my gown . I will strip myself into my doublet , the better to make the gossips merry , and keep them company . " As he spake this , he heard the litanies and the mementos of the priests who carried his wife to be buried , upon ...
... hold my gown . I will strip myself into my doublet , the better to make the gossips merry , and keep them company . " As he spake this , he heard the litanies and the mementos of the priests who carried his wife to be buried , upon ...
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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.