"It didn’t matter that you could hear his sweat spitting into his grumbling cauldrons and snapping skillets, his stran…"

"Grangousier was a good fellow in his time, and notable jester; he loved to drink neat, as much as any man that then w…"

"The Chitterlings advanced so near that Pantagruel perceived that they stretched their arms and already began to charg…"

"War without fire is worth nothing—like sausages without mustard."

"There he got out the luncheon-basket and packed a simple meal, in which, remembering the stranger’s origin and prefer…"

"That moment when you first slice through the thin, crisp skin and watch the dark, meaty oatmeal erupt from the gleami…"

"And still she slept an azure-lidded sleep, In blanchèd linen, smooth, and lavender’d, While he from forth the closet …"

"Mahomet, chiefly prohibiteth in his Alcoran, the eating of Swines flesh, and drinking of Wine, which indeed the best …"

"The board was spread with fruits and wine, With grapes of gold, like those that shine On CASBIN hills;—pomegranates f…"

"The slave pour’d sherbet to the brink, Stirr’d in wild honey and pomegranate, With snow and rose-leaves cool’d the dr…"