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In one of them Rabelais was born, and found Quintessence, and of that finding—more fortunate than the result of True Thomas finding the Elf Queen—was born Pantagruelism.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George

He was superb in vegetable Pantagruelism, with his cravat taken off, his shirt unbuttoned at the neck, his fruit-knife in hand, laughing, drinking water, carving into the pulp of a doyenne pear.

From Balzac by Lawton, Frederick

Yea, Gargantuan shall be the feast; and this night, and to-morrow, and all next week, and twelve days into the new year the hours shall reel and roar with Pantagruelism.

From Satires And Profanities by Foote, G. W. (George William)

They have not the note of true Pantagruelism.

From Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. by Morley, John