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A Scheme for abolishing all Words is one of the wittiest and smartest comments on semantics. (Illustration: extreme close-up from the movie "The Big Swallow" (1901), produced and directed by James Williamson (1855-1933)
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A Scheme for abolishing all Words is one of the wittiest and smartest comments on semantics. (Illustration: extreme close-up from the movie "The Big Swallow" (1901), produced and directed by James Williamson (1855-1933)
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Friar John is a fictional character in Rabelais's Gargantua and Pantagruel. He is a friar of Seville, notorious for his irreverence in the discharge of his religious duties and for his lewd, lusty ways.


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