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Cannot they see that by substituting morbid sentiment for honest Rabelaisianism they are obsessing the minds of every one with a matter which after all is only one aspect of life?

From Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations by Powys, John Cowper

The old Rabelaisianism was toned down to something like decency and at least the grosser vulgarities of the music-hall stage were banned by common consent.

From The Soul of the War by Gibbs, Philip

Mark Twain's verbal Rabelaisianism was obviously the expression of that vital sap which, not having been permitted to inform his work, had been driven inward and left thereto ferment.

From 1601 Conversation as it was by the Social Fireside in the Time of the Tudors by Twain, Mark