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... honest knowledge . Gar- gantua awaked , then , about four o'clock in the morn- ing . Whilst they were rubbing him , there was read unto him some chapter of the Holy Scripture aloud and clearly , with a pronunciation fit for the matter ...
... honest knowledge . Gar- gantua awaked , then , about four o'clock in the morn- ing . Whilst they were rubbing him , there was read unto him some chapter of the Holy Scripture aloud and clearly , with a pronunciation fit for the matter ...
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... honest man . Never yet did a man of worth dislike good wine that is a monastic proverb . But these re- sponses that you chant here are not in season . Wherefore is it , that our devotions were instituted to be short in the time of ...
... honest man . Never yet did a man of worth dislike good wine that is a monastic proverb . But these re- sponses that you chant here are not in season . Wherefore is it , that our devotions were instituted to be short in the time of ...
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... honest , jovial , resolute , and a good fellow . He travels , he labours , he defends the oppressed , comforts the afflicted , he helps the suffering , he guards the abbey close . " I do , " said the monk , " more than this ; for while ...
... honest , jovial , resolute , and a good fellow . He travels , he labours , he defends the oppressed , comforts the afflicted , he helps the suffering , he guards the abbey close . " I do , " said the monk , " more than this ; for while ...
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... honest gracious- ness to us as of our gracious honesty towards them . The result hereof was , that it was voted and decreed by a unanimous consent , that they should offer up entirely their lands , dominions , and kingdoms , to be ...
... honest gracious- ness to us as of our gracious honesty towards them . The result hereof was , that it was voted and decreed by a unanimous consent , that they should offer up entirely their lands , dominions , and kingdoms , to be ...
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... honest women - they immediately sweep the ground which they have trod upon ; therefore was it ordained , that if any man or woman , entered into religious orders , should 58 READINGS FROM RABELAIS . THE ABBEY OF THELEMA,
... honest women - they immediately sweep the ground which they have trod upon ; therefore was it ordained , that if any man or woman , entered into religious orders , should 58 READINGS FROM RABELAIS . THE ABBEY OF THELEMA,
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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.