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As Holbein illustrated the Moria, we should wish to possess the Colloquia with illustrations by Brueghel, so closely allied is Erasmus's witty clear vision of incidents to that of this great master.

From Erasmus and the Age of Reformation by Huizinga, Johan

The Colloquia gave rise to much more hatred and contest than the Moria, and not without reason, for in them Erasmus attacked persons.

From Erasmus and the Age of Reformation by Huizinga, Johan

Just imagine the Colloquia written in the racy Dutch of the sixteenth century!

From Erasmus and the Age of Reformation by Huizinga, Johan

For the same purpose his Colloquia may be consulted.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various

In the Colloquia he has commemorated with abhorrence Standonck's system of abstinence, privation and chastisement.

From Erasmus and the Age of Reformation by Huizinga, Johan