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... play a very small part in the day's exercises . It makes one sad and sorry to think how glorious a creature a perfectly trained young man might be , and what ignorant , stunted , deformed , under - taught creatures are we who have had ...
... play a very small part in the day's exercises . It makes one sad and sorry to think how glorious a creature a perfectly trained young man might be , and what ignorant , stunted , deformed , under - taught creatures are we who have had ...
Page 18
... played , revelled , passed and spent his time , it was proper to drink a little , and that was eleven goblets the man ; and immediately after making good cheer again , he would stretch himself 18 READINGS FROM RABELAIS .
... played , revelled , passed and spent his time , it was proper to drink a little , and that was eleven goblets the man ; and immediately after making good cheer again , he would stretch himself 18 READINGS FROM RABELAIS .
Page 21
... play was but in liberty , for they left off when they pleased , and that was commonly when they did sweat , or were otherwise weary . Then were they very well dried and rubbed , shifted their shirts , and walking soberly , went to see ...
... play was but in liberty , for they left off when they pleased , and that was commonly when they did sweat , or were otherwise weary . Then were they very well dried and rubbed , shifted their shirts , and walking soberly , went to see ...
Page 22
... play , but to learn a thousand pretty tricks and new inventions , which were all grounded upon arithmetic . By this means he fell in love with that numerical science , and every day after dinner and supper he passed his time in it as ...
... play , but to learn a thousand pretty tricks and new inventions , which were all grounded upon arithmetic . By this means he fell in love with that numerical science , and every day after dinner and supper he passed his time in it as ...
Page 23
... play the lute , the spinet , the harp , the German flute , the flute with nine holes , the violin , and the sackbut . This hour thus spent , he betook himself to his principal study for three hours together , or more , as well to repeat ...
... play the lute , the spinet , the harp , the German flute , the flute with nine holes , the violin , and the sackbut . This hour thus spent , he betook himself to his principal study for three hours together , or more , as well to repeat ...
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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.