Author of satirical attacks on medieval scholasticism (1494-1553)
1But all that is beside the question; Rabelais did not know these.
2There have been portraits painted of Rabelais; I have seen many such.
3Dean Swift is Rabelais in his senses, and frequenting the politest company.
4Something should be said here of the sources from which Rabelais borrowed.
5On the other hand, Rabelais has been several times translated into German.
6One understands Rabelais better if one knows the Chinon wine, Belloc added.
7But keep your grimy hands off my Rabelais, or I'll trounce you.
8You remember the thing in Rabelais about women-insatiable, devouring, hungering in their satieties.
9We have evidence that Rabelais did not always write in the same fashion.
10I cannot help that; 'Rabelais is to be blamed for it.
11Francois Rabelais was born at Seuillé in Touraine, France, about 1483.
12His style of conversation was coarse and plain enough to have suited Rabelais.
13None but the superficial can fail to recognize the severity of Rabelais's genius.
14Aristophanes has furnished jests for Rabelais, hints to Swift, and humor for Molière.
15It was 'Rabelais,' that I brought with me for fear of being bored.
16Ariosto, Guicciardini, Ronsard, Rabelais, Machiavel, Pietro Aretino, Garcilasso de la Vega.
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