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... master Socrates , without all question the prince of philosophers , amongst other things , said that he resembled the Sileni . Sileni of old were little boxes , like those we now may see in the shops of apothecaries , painted on the ...
... master Socrates , without all question the prince of philosophers , amongst other things , said that he resembled the Sileni . Sileni of old were little boxes , like those we now may see in the shops of apothecaries , painted on the ...
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... master of the good Bacchus , was wont to do ; but within were carefully preserved fine drugs , such as balm , ambergris , amomon , musk , civet , with precious stones , and other things of great price . Such , he said , was Socrates ...
... master of the good Bacchus , was wont to do ; but within were carefully preserved fine drugs , such as balm , ambergris , amomon , musk , civet , with precious stones , and other things of great price . Such , he said , was Socrates ...
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... master so to do , with his cap in his hand , a clear and open countenance , ruddy lips , his eyes steady , and his looks fixed upon Gargantua , with a youthful modesty , stood up straight on his feet and began to commend and magnify him ...
... master so to do , with his cap in his hand , a clear and open countenance , ruddy lips , his eyes steady , and his looks fixed upon Gargantua , with a youthful modesty , stood up straight on his feet and began to commend and magnify him ...
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... Masters of Arts - Artless Masters- " Maistres Inerts , " Rabelais calls them . His oration is a parody on the pre- tensions of the old - fashioned scholars , the ostentatious parade of bad Latin , and the learned discourses of doc- tors ...
... Masters of Arts - Artless Masters- " Maistres Inerts , " Rabelais calls them . His oration is a parody on the pre- tensions of the old - fashioned scholars , the ostentatious parade of bad Latin , and the learned discourses of doc- tors ...
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... masters had made him so foolish , simple , and ignorant . He disposed , therefore , of his time in such fashion that ordinarily he did awake between eight and nine o'clock , whether it was day or not , for so had his ancient governors ...
... masters had made him so foolish , simple , and ignorant . He disposed , therefore , of his time in such fashion that ordinarily he did awake between eight and nine o'clock , whether it was day or not , for so had his ancient governors ...
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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.