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Hearing Joshua give Rabelaisian nonstop talks of three to five hours made it all too clear that he was an enfant terrible. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
His first order of business was to settle into the Presidential Suite at the Hotel Loftleidir and order one of his Rabelaisian meals, with bowls and bowls of skyr. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
And then: “The Latin American reality is totally Rabelaisian.” Essay: Gabriel García Márquez’s Work Was Rooted in the Real 2014-04-21T18:37:38Z
“Then,” he added, “there’s the wordplay, the dance of literary references, the Rabelaisian humor, all packed into what I like to think of as ‘fairy tales for adults.’ John Woods, Masterly Translator of Thomas Mann, Dies at 80 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z
They range from the shocking “Nightmare in White” to the naughtily Rabelaisian “Ring of Hans Carvel” to the biter-bit classic “Hobbyist” to a little series about “Great Lost Discoveries,” these being invisibility, invulnerability and immortality. A summer book list like no other 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z
After reviewing Russ Meyer’s “Finders Keepers, Lovers Weepers!” he took a six-week leave of absence in 1969 to write the screenplay for “Beyond the Valley of the Dolls” with that “Rabelaisian workaholic.” Life Itself - A Memoir - By Roger Ebert - Book Review 2011-09-25T04:13:02Z
This is one of the more tender moments in a tough old-fashioned bildungsroman that meanders more than it moves, with its creator’s customary herks, jerks, digressions and Rabelaisian excesses. Sex, Secrets and Absent Fathers: It’s the New John Irving, of Course 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z
Caitriona, who hates with a fine, Rabelaisian excess, flatly contends that her son’s mother-in-law, Toejam Nora, “wouldn’t know the difference between the ABC and a plague of fleas in her armpit.” Never mind that all of the characters are dead, ‘The Dirty Dust’ is full of life 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z
From the Rabelaisian excess Eco carves landscapes and cities, maps and routes, and he places characters within them. In 'Confessions of a Young Novelist,' Umberto Eco offers his secret formula for a bestselling novel 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z
D. Keith Mano, whose teeming, rollicking novels explored the problems and passions of Christianity in the modern world, to remarkable effect in the capacious, Rabelaisian black comedy “Take Five,” died on Wednesday in Manhattan. D. Keith Mano, Novelist Who Tackled Christianity, Sex and More, Dies at 74 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z
Although given spoons, some diners devour the Rabelaisian spread with their fingers. Who's rocking to the music? That's the chef 2012-04-26T04:30:48Z
His Falstaff, a Rabelaisian mountain of self-regard and corruption, should be anchored in a potent tale of casting aside foolishness in favor of duty. Review | The Folger turns one of Shakespeare’s histories into a problem play 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z
This sense of absurdity is joined by a Rabelaisian streak. A Bawdy Novel Considers the Tragic Absurdities of Lebanon’s Civil War 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z
To them, such Rabelaisian ways were “a right to be exercised not just on special occasions, but every day.” Destinations Await in the Summer’s Best Travel Books 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z
There are a few — O.K., more than a few — priceless moments of deadpan humor, of the black and Rabelaisian varieties. Theater Review: Kenneth Lonergan’s ‘Medieval Play’ at Signature 2012-06-08T02:05:00Z
Rounding out a Rabelaisian cast are the goddess Venus, the boozer Piet the Pot, a cross-dressing astronomer, his dominatrix wife, a petulant boy prince who sings in the range of a castrato and sundry others. Music: New York Philharmonic Stages Ligeti?s ?Grand Macabre? 2010-05-21T19:40:00Z
For most of history, while communities lived in constant fear of the next famine, the culinary imagination was dominated by Rabelaisian excess. The Allure of Imagined Meals 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z
Told in florid, exuberantly vulgar Rabelaisian prose, that novel, published in 1976, purported to be Falstaff’s memoirs, dictated in his ninth decade to a series of household secretaries. Robert Nye, Novelist Who Imagined Falstaff’s Memoirs, Dies at 77 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z
It is superficially a mystery, with a mismatched pair, the reserved physicist Wang Miao and the Rabelaisian cop Shi Qiang, investigating a rash of suicides among high-level scientists. ‘Three-Body’ Review: A Chinese Series Beats Netflix to the Screen 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z
Experts believe the New Orleans carnival season, an international tourist destination that culminated in the Rabelaisian Mardi Gras on Feb. 25, may have served as a kind of petri dish to spread the virus. Louisiana governor orders statewide shelter in place rules 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z
“The community of artists that formed here, that generation ... it was Rabelaisian, it was anarchic, almost. And Don was the master of this. His influence was enormous.” Don Suggs, influential teacher and restless painter, dies at 74 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z
To some observers, Mr. Abel’s antics were a Rabelaisian delight. Alan Abel, Hoaxer Extraordinaire, Is (on Good Authority) Dead at 94 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z
It’s a teeming, Rabelaisian sprawl, but from the moment Raskolnikov leaves his garret and sets off towards the Kokushkin Bridge it grabs the reader by the lapels. Top writers choose their perfect crime 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z
As ever, the book is rambunctiously inclusive, practically Rabelaisian. Peter Ackroyd: A secret history – 2,000 years of gay life in London 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z
It ignored the medium’s radical potential—how consensual B.D.S.M. could subvert power structures, or how erotic displays of imperfect or disgusting bodies could be a Rabelaisian weapon in a war against élite prudery. Making Sense of Modern Pornography 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z
Leerhsen’s research found neither a saint nor a Rabelaisian character like Babe Ruth. Removing the Fangs From Ty Cobb’s Notoriety 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z
Dirty, rich, and Rabelaisian, it’s a crucial corrective to the rarefied dolor for which directors prize her—no wonder, for her face is milk pale and schooled for sorrow, like a Madonna’s. Peak Performances 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z
Even in an impoverished medieval Europe, the mythology of dining had to do with large oxen roasts, endless platters, Rabelaisian portions, bottomless flagons of wine and tankards of beer. The Very Exotic Mind-Set of the Japanese Gastronome 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z
Only in the realm of the chef would such a Rabelaisian outing be seen as fairly commonplace. How Jesse Schenker, Chef at Recette, Lost 55 Pounds 2013-02-04T21:45:07Z
He revolutionized baseball with his power, his charisma and his Rabelaisian appetites. Jersey Sale Quadruples Previous High for Babe Ruth Memorabilia 2012-05-22T01:49:42Z
Hill is my volunteer guardian, spy, Rabelaisian crony, scribe. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z
A rather lively discussion arose upon the subject of this unexpected visit,—and of the language, which some erudite persons present thought not to be pure Rabelaisian. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z
An Irish parson of the old school, in whom a perception of the ridiculous was developed with a Rabelaisian breadth of appreciation, was asked by a clodhopper to explain the meaning of a miracle. Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:33.730Z
With both men the love of Rabelaisian speech is marked. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z
As to the “hysterical buffoonery,” I have yet to learn that there is anything hysterical in a jolly burst of Rabelaisian laughter. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z
La Grillade is French barbecue, in style a bit quicker and less Rabelaisian than its American low and slow cousin, demanding smaller portions, white tablecloths and people who eat with knives and forks. Mas La Grillade Fires Up $36 Bloody Squab, $32 Salmon: Review 2012-02-01T16:30:10Z
Tradition, in a manner, still clothed him in the guise of a Rabelaisian clown, high born but fallen. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z
Harington’s Rabelaisian pamphlets show that he was almost equally endowed with wit and indelicacy, and his epigrams are sometimes smart and always easy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z
Thus mediæval play is epical in its Rabelaisian plainness of speech. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z
He would speak with delight of Tennyson’s humour, far deeper and wilder, he said, than most people would have guessed, Rabelaisian even in the noble sense of the word, and always fresh and pure. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z
The satire is conceived in the broad spirit of Aristophanic or Rabelaisian humour, and is really a masterpiece in its kind. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z
The thing was a primitive type of novel—discoursive, gentle, Rabelaisian. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z
It was also inevitable that this imitation should frequently fix upon these Rabelaisian characteristics which are least deserving of imitation, and most likely to be depraved in the hands of imitators. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z
Fancy had encountered what she called "devils" in Salisbury, rough fellows with Rabelaisian jests upon their thick lips. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z
Yet it was Gehrig, the shy, unassuming first baseman, whom I ultimately preferred over the Rabelaisian Ruth as a boyhood hero. For Columbia Class of ?41, It Is Always the Day After 2011-05-28T20:13:46Z
And perhaps I should confess that my own taste in landladies, though I hope it is not undiscriminating, leans a bit toward the popular taste, the relish of the Rabelaisian. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z
With some minds this volatile questioning was serious; with others it assumed a Rabelaisian joviality. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z
The book, indeed, was much too Rabelaisian to suit the tastes of those in whose defence it was composed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z
Certainly he did not repeat the adventure of Little Russell Row, nor, so far as I am aware, did he address anyone besides his old schoolmaster in a Rabelaisian epistle. The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z
I need not remind you of the words, suppressed in most of the editions, the key of all the Rabelaisian mythology, of all the enigmas of his grand philosophy, Vivez joyeux. The Three Impostors or The Transmutations 2011-03-09T03:00:45.227Z
There was something piquant—Villonesque, or jovial—Rabelaisian, about the pickpockets of that tribe. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z
He was a great tragic artist in the rough, and his comedy displays an uncouth Rabelaisian realism. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z
Friend of the great as he was, Ben Jonson was yet an Aristophanic, nay, a Rabelaisian democrat; Massinger is a gentleman and a courtier. Philip Massinger 2011-02-25T03:01:15.270Z
He also told one or two stories of a true Rabelaisian cast. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z
Thus, although that ancient city life had its sordid side, which is laid bare with such pitiless Rabelaisian realism by Petronius, it had its nobler aspect also. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius
The ribaldry was Aristophanic or Rabelaisian with as little power to offend, so much was it consecrated and refined by immemorial usages. Sinister Street, vol. 2
Privately issued, Beardsley was able to give full rein to a Rabelaisian fantasy, which he sometimes cultivated with too great persistence. Aubrey Beardsley
He was servant to Marguerite de Navarre, and a writer of Rabelaisian humour. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second
Naught was set down in malice, but his anecdotes mostly had a Rabelaisian tang which sprang from a prodigality of nature. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z
But he took a less Rabelaisian licence of range than Aristophanes, and he never, like Congreve, allows his action to drift aimlessly while his characters shoot pleasantries at one another. A Short History of French Literature
The Gascon Cyrano de Bergerac, though not altogether insignificant as a dramatist,97 gained his chief literary reputation by a Rabelaisian fiction. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin"
Poggio, with truly Rabelaisian irony, adds: "No baths in the world are more apt for the fecundity of women." Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10)
There is a Rabelaisian element in the headlong fun and broad rough-and-tumble humour Ramsay introduces into his portion of the poem, but it is not discordant with the king's ideas. Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series
"I have an idea: if the Rabelaisian types outside are at their normal size, which seems logical, then this one may be uncomfortable, having to go around all compressed to eight feet." The Giants From Outer Space
The descriptions, too, have a Rabelaisian minuteness and richness about them; and in the burlesque parts the influence of that master is equally perceptible. A Short History of French Literature
Ordinarily so gay, so brilliant, so full of Gallic and Rabelaisian wit, power had made him melancholy. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty
These and many more are well known to English readers, but the 'Phantasien im Bremer Rathskeller' has never been translated, no doubt because of its dreadfully Rabelaisian morality in the matter of strong drink. The Wine-ghosts of Bremen
Surely when a Christian minister, who says the Bible is God's Word, knowing it contains the beastly story of Lot and his daughters, cries out against Shelley's Cenci as "monstrous," he invites inextinguishable Rabelaisian laughter. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series)
I have a yearning to converse with the host of the Black Boar, a fat Rabelaisian scoundrel who has piqued my imagination. The Belovéd Vagabond
Many a witty man will remember how in his school days a practical joke, more or less Rabelaisian, was for him the ne plus ultra of the ludicrous.  The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete
The bridegroom is fair game all the world over for the Rabelaisian jest and the clown's horseplay. The Dop Doctor
Plentiful claret set his tongue wagging in Rabelaisian reminiscence. The Rough Road
An 'Alarum' got there, of course; but it was Rabelaisian. Anthony Lyveden
Loud laughter and free jests replaced formal conversation; steps were performed of Southern fantasy; the dust rose in clouds; throats were choked though countenances streamed; the consumption of wine was Rabelaisian. The Belovéd Vagabond
In Harvey, more perhaps than anywhere else in prose, appears the abusive exaggeration, not humorous or Rabelaisian, but simply rancorous and dull, which mars so much Elizabethan work. A History of Elizabethan Literature
Thus much one can see quite clearly from reading de Maupassant, Flaubert's pupil, whose stark and savage strokes of clean-cut visualisation never attain the imaginative atmosphere or Rabelaisian aplomb of Balzac's rural scenes. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations
It is full of remarkable qualities: wit, humour, an ebullience of animal spirits that is Rabelaisian Old Familiar Faces
There are certain people, no doubt, who would prefer the grave enthusiasm of Whitman in regard to this matter to the freer Rabelaisian touch. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions
Paragot had recovered from the chastened mood and was gay, Rabelaisian, and with great gestures talked of all subjects under heaven. The Belovéd Vagabond
"I cude sing a song wi' anybody once," she said; and therewith she struck up a fine, very Rabelaisian old song in many verses. A Poor Man's House
I think the humour of Charles Lamb wears well; but that is probably because it has a most indisputable flavour of Rabelaisian roguery underlying its whimsical grace. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations
Cheerfulness requires something more than a well-balanced Rabelaisian nonchalance in adversity and a keen relish for all pleasure. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
In these little matters one can only say, "some are born Rabelaisian, and some require to have Rabelais thrust upon them!" Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions
A flood of Rabelaisian banter was poured upon the head of the unhappy nobleman. The Tribune of Nova Scotia A Chronicle of Joseph Howe
The passage is curious, as it would seem to intimate that Lord Bacon was one of the personages introduced in that very extraordinary production of the Rabelaisian school. Notes and Queries, Number 69, February 22, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
He loved the incongruities and inconsistencies of such a world; its outrageous Rabelaisian jests, its monstrous changes and chances, its huge irrelevancy. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations
He was met with an instant storm of chaff, and allusions of a Rabelaisian sort were made to one Mary for whom he would seem to have had a kindness. Despair's Last Journey
Touches of far-off romance, terrible and wistful as "anonymous ballads," alternate with gestures of Rabelaisian humour, such as generous souls love. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions
Everybody knows the merits of that story, its inexhaustible fertility of comparison, its dialectic ingenuity, its jovialty, its drollery, its Rabelaisian laughter. Irish Books and Irish People
The Rabelaisian jokes of the shantyman were solos, the sound of which would not travel far beyond the little knot of workers who chuckled over them. The Shanty Book, Part I, Sailor Shanties
The King fell back in his chair, and went into a roar of Rabelaisian laughter. The Napoleon of Notting Hill
Lucas le Moigne represents the esprit gaulois, the spirit that is often called “Rabelaisian,” though it is only one side of the genius of Rabelais. Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan
I suspect that there are many generous Rabelaisian souls who could lift our mortal burden with oceanic merriment, only the New Movement frightens them. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions
Different too, is the laughter at the Rabelaisian touches and at the farcical situations in which the plays abound. Irish Plays and Playwrights
In him we find no blast and blaze of propaganda, no fulmination of bull and ban; nor any tide of earth-encircling Rabelaisian mirth. The Age of the Reformation
By a memory separate from the rest of his verse, Ronsard was moved to write this Rabelaisian thing. Avril Being Essays on the Poetry of the French Renaissance
He had other visitors than little birds, however, and their demands were also not Rabelaisian. Hawthorne (English Men of Letters Series)
He was able to give to the Simple Simons of this life that Rabelaisian touch of magnanimous understanding which makes even the leanest wits among us glow. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions
At noon next day Hollister left the mess-house table and went out to sit in the sun and smoke a pipe beyond the Rabelaisian gabble of his crew. The Hidden Places
But as the confraternity was anything but religious, this saint, or rather this eponymous hero, had to be a Rabelaisian character. Wine, Women, and Song Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse
While we were deciding to accept the offered advice, "Texas" whittled a stick and got off a few jokes of Rabelaisian directness. The River and I
It is good, clean Rabelaisian fun, such as was in "Washington, the Man Who Made Us." Love Conquers All
Their dinner finished, they rose, stretching and eructating in true Rabelaisian fashion. Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment
Her own people would have been shocked if you had told them that there was about this old maid aunt something rather splendidly Rabelaisian. Half Portions
Most of the songs had a Rabelaisian touch, some were nasty, but nearly all had wit. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People
It happened that our curé of Saint-Étienne was a jolly good fellow, somewhat given to wine-bibbing, and much given to Rabelaisian stories. Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885
The irony is factitious and forced; the sentiment unappealing; the coarseness quite destitute of Rabelaisian geniality; and the nomenclature may be sampled from "the Countess of Liberal" and "Lord Beef." The English Novel
Roquefort France King of cheeses, with its "tingling Rabelaisian pungency." The Complete Book of Cheese
Aunt Bessy, however, potentially Rabelaisian though she might be, was perfectly aware of the fact that there is a time to speak and a time to keep silence. Mount Music
Rabelaisian in fecundity, wit, and irrepressible sparkle, he is also of English blood and sinew, wedded to the sweet Sussex weald. Shandygaff
With 'Uncle MARK' in the chair, I knew there would be neither austere autocracy, nor fain�ant laxity, neither weakness of stroke nor foulness of blow, neither Rosa-Matilda-ish, mawkishness, nor Rabelaisian coarseness. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, Jubilee Issue, July 18, 1891
It can be Rabelaisian and it can be a record of simple animal life, as in the example with the above title. Promenades of an Impressionist
This person, with a Titanic and Rabelaisian humor, was accustomed to descend into the valley in the evening, seize a baby and carry it to his stronghold to serve him as a pillow. Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands
"Tristram Shandy" and "The Sentimental Journey" are books to be enjoyed slowly and lingeringly, with many humorous after-thoughts and a certain Rabelaisian unction. One Hundred Best Books
There was a good side to the outspoken Rabelaisian gaiety which was not deemed, in that day, incompatible with the priestly calling. Recollections of My Youth
He was generally looked on as one who made his bed aggressively among heretics, as a kind of Rabelaisian dissenter, as a settled interrupter, half-rude and half-jesting. Old and New Masters
At first the Rabelaisian side of the man appeals; presently his bitterness becomes too acrid. Promenades of an Impressionist
The farmhand, in particular, was one of the pleasantest fellows who ever breathed; and still fond, like a true good man of Touraine, of a Rabelaisian jest. A Volunteer Poilu
The great Rabelaisian motto, "bon espoir y gist au fond!" seems to emanate from the most wistful and poignant of his pages. One Hundred Best Books
Men, women and children alike worked hard, and if the language of the actors was more Rabelaisian than polite, they were good fellows and heart and soul devoted to their profession. The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections
I have some copies of the rude printing-press productions, inexpressibly quaint, grotesque, a kind of literary horse-play, yet with a certain squint-eyed, sprawling genius in it, and innocent childish Rabelaisian mirth of a sort.  Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial
Indeed the method of treatment here verges closely upon the Rabelaisian, as where the sisters want to make the sign of the cross upon Mrs. Ginx's breasts before allowing the baby to suck. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10
Her own people would have been shocked if you had told them that there was about this old-maid aunt something rather splendidly Rabelaisian. One Basket
It was not, if the Rabelaisian trend in so much of Jacobean writing be any indication, a particularly moral age. She Stands Accused
They were alone in the hotel but for a fat Frenchwoman of middle age, a Rabelaisian figure with a broad, obscene laugh. Of Human Bondage
Under Mr. Waddington's iron-grey moustache you could see the Rabelaisian smile answering the Rabelaisian twinkle. Mr. Waddington of Wyck
The interest is not in the plot, which is trivial, but in the constant play on words, and in the humor, often highly Rabelaisian, of the anything but venerable parent. Aboriginal American Authors
The Rabelaisian expressions, which give such a peculiar flavour to the conversation of the 'people' in Southern France, rolled off his tongue with a sonority that could hardly have been excelled at Nimes or Tarascon. Two Summers in Guyenne
No apology was needed; they are the most rich, ripe, and Rabelaisian comic verses he ever wrote, full-bodied and exultant in their exuberance of wayward and good-humoured satire. p. Poems of Coleridge
In reaction against their recent gloomy thoughts they had begun to collaborate in a Rabelaisian epic. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House
But there was something untouched by the sordidness of her calling about this ample Rabelaisian woman. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago
Ladies "in a coming on humour" abound, and Charles is involved with his Paladins in gauloiseries of a Rabelaisian cast. Homer and His Age
They might well have taken for their motto the device of the Rabelaisian abbey: "Do what thou wilt." Jean-Christophe Journey's End
The man had a certain Rabelaisian sense of humour and kept score of the new ladies met on his weekly flights by pencil marks upon his bedroom wall. Windy McPherson's Son
Frederick's verse is halting enough, but it has "a certain heartiness and epic greatness of cynicism"; and so his biographer continues justifying this royal outburst of racy profanity with Rabelaisian gusto. Prisoner for Blasphemy
Slanderous tongues, Voltairians—who is sheltered from the stings of that race of vipers?—slanderous tongues affirmed that beneath this Rabelaisian exterior, he was profoundly vicious, artful, and hypocritical. The Grip of Desire
We must stand on our feet in all our Rabelaisian nakedness, and watch the world fade. The Return
It was an opportunity for him to speak, and for me to hear, that old Rabelaisian dialect still used in some Canadian provinces. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Hale, hairy, vehement, not without a quality of Rabelaisian humour, he appeared the last of all men with whom one would associate the burden of a troubled conscience. The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields
Nevertheless, two months after the departure of the countess, Raoul had a certain Rabelaisian "quart d'heure" which caused him some anxiety in the midst of these triumphs. A Daughter of Eve
Unfortunately, some miscreant succeeded in introducing into it allusions of a decidedly Rabelaisian character. Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1
A good Rabelaisian tale, that must not have been wide-spread among the Danish topers, whose powers both Saxo and Shakespeare have celebrated, from actual experience no doubt. The Danish History, Books I-IX
Rastignac took them to Very's, sent away his carriage, and all three sat down to table to analyze society with Rabelaisian laughs. A Daughter of Eve
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