The Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne: Translated Into English, Volumen2J. Pote, E. Ballard, C. Bathurst [and 11 others], 1776 |
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... condition , that we are often prompted , even by vice itself , to do well , if well - doing were not judged by the intention only . A man therefore ought not to be deemed valiant from one gallant action fingly , for the truly brave man ...
... condition , that we are often prompted , even by vice itself , to do well , if well - doing were not judged by the intention only . A man therefore ought not to be deemed valiant from one gallant action fingly , for the truly brave man ...
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... condition that to live is worfe than to die . It is a weakness , indeed , to fuccumb under infirmities , but it is madness to nourish them . As I do not offend the laws against robbers , when I embezzle my own money , and cut my own ...
... condition that to live is worfe than to die . It is a weakness , indeed , to fuccumb under infirmities , but it is madness to nourish them . As I do not offend the laws against robbers , when I embezzle my own money , and cut my own ...
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... condition of life . But this does not pass without being controverted : for it is the opinion of many , that we are not to quit the garrison of the world without the exprefs command of him who has plac- ed us in it : that it appertains ...
... condition of life . But this does not pass without being controverted : for it is the opinion of many , that we are not to quit the garrison of the world without the exprefs command of him who has plac- ed us in it : that it appertains ...
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... condition ; and demonftrating to the enemy , that , if fortune had fo pleafed , they had as well the courage to have robbed them of the victory , as they had to fruf- trate and render it dreadful , nay , and † mortal to those , who ...
... condition ; and demonftrating to the enemy , that , if fortune had fo pleafed , they had as well the courage to have robbed them of the victory , as they had to fruf- trate and render it dreadful , nay , and † mortal to those , who ...
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... condition , that , through his vizor , and the croffes on his caffock , one might have penetrated into his bofom , and read his fecret intentions . So wonderful is the force of conscience , that it makes ús betray , accufe , and fight ...
... condition , that , through his vizor , and the croffes on his caffock , one might have penetrated into his bofom , and read his fecret intentions . So wonderful is the force of conscience , that it makes ús betray , accufe , and fight ...
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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...