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Which when they saw that attended him, they bound him with great cable-ropes, like those that are made at Tain for the carriage of salt to Lyons, or such as those are whereby the great French ship rides at anchor in the road of Newhaven in
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Then said he to Epistemon, Go aboard the ship, and, when I give you a call, turn about the capstan upon the orlop diligently, drawing unto you the two cable-ropes; and said to
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Which when they saw that attended him, they bound him with great cable-ropes, like those that are made at Tain for the carriage of salt to Lyons, or such as those are whereby the great French ship rides at anchor in the road of Newhaven in
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Then said he to Epistemon, Go aboard the ship, and, when I give you a call, turn about the capstan upon the orlop diligently, drawing unto you the two cable-ropes; and said to
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Poor, pretty, foolish Mildred, whose gentle predilections were as threads of gossamer compared with the cable-ropes of stronger women's passions!
The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897
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Then said he to Epistemon, Go aboard the ship, and, when I give you a call, turn about the capstan upon the orlop diligently, drawing unto you the two cable-ropes; and said to Eusthenes and to Carpalin, My bullies, stay you here, and offer yourselves freely to your enemies.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 2 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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Which when they saw that attended him, they bound him with great cable-ropes, like those that are made at Tain for the carriage of salt to Lyons, or such as those are whereby the great French ship rides at anchor in the road of Newhaven in Normandy.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 2 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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