The Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne: Translated Into English, Volumen2J. Pote, E. Ballard, C. Bathurst [and 11 others], 1776 |
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... death . All hiftory is fo full of the like inftances , nay , every man is able to furnifh him- felf with fo many out of his own practice , that I fome- times wonder to fee men of understanding give them- felves the trouble of ...
... death . All hiftory is fo full of the like inftances , nay , every man is able to furnifh him- felf with fo many out of his own practice , that I fome- times wonder to fee men of understanding give them- felves the trouble of ...
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... death in his own house than in an attack , or ftorming of a caftle . The man who enters the breach with a gallant refolution , would not vex himself , at another time , like a woman , for the lofs of a law - fuit , or the death of a ...
... death in his own house than in an attack , or ftorming of a caftle . The man who enters the breach with a gallant refolution , would not vex himself , at another time , like a woman , for the lofs of a law - fuit , or the death of a ...
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... death , if I inconveniencies had not read in hiftory what follows , viz . That Attalus having , to put a flagrant affront upon him , invited to fupper the fame Paufanias who afterwards killed Philip of Macedon , ( a king whose excellent ...
... death , if I inconveniencies had not read in hiftory what follows , viz . That Attalus having , to put a flagrant affront upon him , invited to fupper the fame Paufanias who afterwards killed Philip of Macedon , ( a king whose excellent ...
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... death . a man might live free ? By defpifing death , faid he . " Thefe and a thousand other fayings , that are to be met with to the fame purpose , plainly hint fomething more than a patient waiting for death till it comes , for there ...
... death . a man might live free ? By defpifing death , faid he . " Thefe and a thousand other fayings , that are to be met with to the fame purpose , plainly hint fomething more than a patient waiting for death till it comes , for there ...
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... death an ever - open gate : There's not a perfon on the earth but may Take any fellow - creature's life away ; And any man that will , may yield his breath : There are a thousand ways that lead to death . Nor is this a recipe for one ...
... death an ever - open gate : There's not a perfon on the earth but may Take any fellow - creature's life away ; And any man that will , may yield his breath : There are a thousand ways that lead to death . Nor is this a recipe for one ...
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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...