The Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne: Translated Into English, Volumen2J. Pote, E. Ballard, C. Bathurst [and 11 others], 1776 |
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... defign , fhe attempted to cut her throat , but was hinder- ed in it ; nevertheless fhe was fo dangeroufly wounded , that the confeffed the foldier had not as yet importuned her , otherwife than by courtship , follicitations , and ...
... defign , fhe attempted to cut her throat , but was hinder- ed in it ; nevertheless fhe was fo dangeroufly wounded , that the confeffed the foldier had not as yet importuned her , otherwife than by courtship , follicitations , and ...
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... defigns , though we know they were fo much given to wine , that both were often forced to be carried drunk out of the ... defign to affaffinate Cæfar was as fafely communi- cated to Cimber , though he was often drunk , as it was to ...
... defigns , though we know they were fo much given to wine , that both were often forced to be carried drunk out of the ... defign to affaffinate Cæfar was as fafely communi- cated to Cimber , though he was often drunk , as it was to ...
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... defign , dif- patched alfo the philofopher || Arcefilaus , whofe ftrength was alfo much decayed by age . Pure wine an enemy to old The moft regu- lar fouls liable by various acci- to be difordered dents . But it is an old and a pleafant ...
... defign , dif- patched alfo the philofopher || Arcefilaus , whofe ftrength was alfo much decayed by age . Pure wine an enemy to old The moft regu- lar fouls liable by various acci- to be difordered dents . But it is an old and a pleafant ...
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... defign in execution , they made a fally , in which , according to their wifh , for want of the power to defeat the befiegers , they caufed themselves to be every man flain : then the fifty young men , after having maffacred every living ...
... defign in execution , they made a fally , in which , according to their wifh , for want of the power to defeat the befiegers , they caufed themselves to be every man flain : then the fifty young men , after having maffacred every living ...
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... defign to the fix hundred who compofed their fenate ; nor was it lawful for any perfon to lay hands upon himself , otherwife than by leave of the magistracy , and upon juft occafions . As Sextus Pom- Courageous death of a wo- ed herself ...
... defign to the fix hundred who compofed their fenate ; nor was it lawful for any perfon to lay hands upon himself , otherwife than by leave of the magistracy , and upon juft occafions . As Sextus Pom- Courageous death of a wo- ed herself ...
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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...