The Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne: Translated Into English, Volumen2J. Pote, E. Ballard, C. Bathurst [and 11 others], 1776 |
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... subject of error . For a man to speak more of himself than is really true , is not only always presumption , but very often folly . To be pleafed beyond measure with what one is , and to fall indifcreetly in love with one's felf , is ...
... subject of error . For a man to speak more of himself than is really true , is not only always presumption , but very often folly . To be pleafed beyond measure with what one is , and to fall indifcreetly in love with one's felf , is ...
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... subject , that are better connected and more fubftantial . I am , unawares , al- ready half way engaged in the anfwer which I propofed to make , in the vindication of Sebonde , against the fe- cond objection . Answer to the charge ...
... subject , that are better connected and more fubftantial . I am , unawares , al- ready half way engaged in the anfwer which I propofed to make , in the vindication of Sebonde , against the fe- cond objection . Answer to the charge ...
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... subject to the fame obliga- tion with the other creatures of his rank , and his state is very mean , without any prerogative , or true and fub- ftantial pre - eminence . That which he afcribes to him- felf in his own fancy and opinion ...
... subject to the fame obliga- tion with the other creatures of his rank , and his state is very mean , without any prerogative , or true and fub- ftantial pre - eminence . That which he afcribes to him- felf in his own fancy and opinion ...
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... . 1061 , ibid . ver . 1059 . Montaigne has tranfpofed thefe two verfes of Lucretius to adapt them the more nicely to his subject . instructed it in the arts and sciences , and alfo Q3 in- An Apology for Raimond de Sebonde . 229.
... . 1061 , ibid . ver . 1059 . Montaigne has tranfpofed thefe two verfes of Lucretius to adapt them the more nicely to his subject . instructed it in the arts and sciences , and alfo Q3 in- An Apology for Raimond de Sebonde . 229.
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... subject , but not him ; he is not of thy bro- therhood , thy fellow - citizen , or companion ; if he has in fome fort communicated himself unto thee , it is not to debafe himself to thy littlenefs , nor to make thee comptroller of his ...
... subject , but not him ; he is not of thy bro- therhood , thy fellow - citizen , or companion ; if he has in fome fort communicated himself unto thee , it is not to debafe himself to thy littlenefs , nor to make thee comptroller of his ...
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Æneid againſt alfo alſo amongst ancient anfwer beafts becauſe befides beſt body Cæfar Carneades caufe cauſe Cicero Clitomachus death defign defire Democritus difcover divine Epicurus exercife faid falfe fame fcience fear fect feems feen felf felves fenfes ferve feveral fhall fhew fhould fince firft foldiers fome fomething fometimes foul fpeak ftate ftrength fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fure give greateſt himſelf honour human ibid Idem itſelf judge judgment juft juftice knowledge Laert laft leaſt lefs live Lucret manner meaſure moft Montaigne moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffity never obferve occafion opinion ourſelves Ovid paffage paffion pafs pain perfon philofophers phyfic phyficians Plato pleafed pleaſe pleaſure Plutarch prefent purpoſe Pyrrho Quæft reafon refolution reft ſay Seneca ſpeak thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thouſand tion truth underſtanding uſe virtue wherein whofe worfe
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Página 399 - He is often surprised between the hedge and the ditch ; he must run the hazard of his life against a henroost ; he must dislodge four rascally musketeers out of a barn ; he must prick out single from his party, as necessity arises, and meet adventures alone.
Página 403 - I care not so much what I am in the opinion of others, as what I am in my own ; I would be rich of myself, and not by borrowing.
Página 225 - For it is written, I will deftroy the wifdom of the wife^ " and will bring to nothing the underftanding of the prudent. " Where is the wife ? Where- is the fcribe ? Where is the difputer '* of this world ? Hath not God made foolifh the "wifdom of this
Página 518 - my sword and shield prepare !" He breathes defiance, blood, and mortal war. So when with crackling flames a cauldron fries, The bubbling waters from the bottom rise ; Above the brims they force their fiery way ; Black vapours climb aloft and cloud the day.
Página 398 - To what do Caesar and Alexander owe the infinite grandeur of their renown, but to fortune? How many men has she extinguished in the beginning of their progress, of whom we have no knowledge; who brought as much courage to the work as they, if their adverse hap had not cut them off in the first sally of their arms? Amongst so many and so great dangers, I do not remember...