Eudemon perceived him first, and calling Gargantua said, Sir, come and see Absalom hanging. From Wordnik.com. [Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1] Reference
Trémouille, a very barrel of a man, a toper, a kind of Gargantua who devoured the country. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2] Reference
The author of 'Gargantua' turns the mind of the young man toward objects truly worthy of occupying his attention. From Wordnik.com. [History of Education] Reference
'Gargantua' to the 'Zadig' of Voltaire: and, upon the whole, practical jokes suited his taste far better than verbal ones. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 5] Reference
The great literary work of Rabelais is embodied in a series of chronicles, the first of which is called "Gargantua" and the second. From Wordnik.com. [History of Education] Reference
"Perhaps, monsieur, we have Gargantua dining with us?". From Wordnik.com. [Orrain A Romance] Reference
Gargantua was moved at the decease of his wife Badebec. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
Gargantua has been proved by some to be of Celtic origin. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
Bragmardo was sent to Gargantua to recover the great bells. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
Gargantua, according to the discipline of his schoolmasters the. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
Gargantua, "I think that is the horn of a shell snail: do not eat it.". From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
The tenour of the letter which Grangousier wrote to his son Gargantua. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
Then said he to Gargantua, My pretty little boy, whither do you lead us?. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
How Gargamelle, being great with Gargantua, did eat a huge deal of tripes. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
How Pantagruel writ to his father Gargantua, and sent him several curiosities. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
Gargantua had his name given him, and how he tippled, bibbed, and curried the can. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
How the scouts and fore-party of Picrochole were met with by Gargantua, and how the. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
How Gargantua, in combing his head, made the great cannon-balls fall out of his hair. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
How Gargantua demolished the castle at the ford of Vede, and how they passed the ford. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel by. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
Gargantua could not have exhibited a greater invention of expedients than he did; but vainly. From Wordnik.com. [The Laws of Etiquette] Reference
How Pantagruel, being at Paris, received letters from his father Gargantua, and the copy of them. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
How Picrochole in his flight fell into great misfortunes, and what Gargantua did after the battle. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
"Friar John" is a mighty man of valor, who figures equivocally in the story of Gargantua and Pantagruel. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
How Gargantua left the city of Paris to succour his country, and how Gymnast encountered with the enemy. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
How Gargantua was instructed by Ponocrates, and in such sort disciplinated, that he lost not one hour of the day. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
How Gargantua set upon Picrochole within the rock Clermond, and utterly defeated the army of the said Picrochole. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
In the "Chair of Gargantua," on which my eye falls, as I turn over the pages, an actual thunder-storm is breaking. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863] Reference
The following curious cut is from the title-page of the amusing story of the great "Giant Gargantua" of this period. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries] Reference
How Gargantua was sent to Paris, and of the huge great mare that he rode on; how she destroyed the oxflies of the Beauce. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
'Man,' said old Armstrong once (but that was years later), 'ye'd borrow the lungs of Gargantua to sing the epic of a house-fly.'. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
How Gargantua showeth that the children ought not to marry without the special knowledge and advice of their fathers and mothers. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
We probably never should have had "Gulliver's Travels" from Swift, if we had not first had Gargantua and Pantagruel from Rabelais. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
None did awake them, none did offer to constrain them to eat, drink, nor to do any other thing; for so had Gargantua established it. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
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