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• Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
  -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book v, Chap. xv...
• How well I feathered my nest. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book ii, Chap. xvii
• This flea which I have in mine ear. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book iii, Chap.
  xxxi...
• I drink no more than a sponge. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book i, Chap. v
• To return to our wethers. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book i, Chap. i, n, 2
• Appetite comes with eating, says Angeston. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book i, Chap.
  v...
• By robbing Peter he paid Paul, -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book i, Chap. xi
• He always looked a given horse in the mouth. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book i, Chap.
  xi...
• He laid him squat as a flounder. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book i, Chap. xxvii