The Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne: Translated Into English, Volumen2J. Pote, E. Ballard, C. Bathurst [and 11 others], 1776 |
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... fall , and therefore , in order to pursue her 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 ...
... fall , and therefore , in order to pursue her 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 ...
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... fall out ; yet fuch is the ftrangeness of our 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 ...
... fall out ; yet fuch is the ftrangeness of our 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 ...
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... fall to nothing , whence they came . He can't help winking at the blow that threatens him , and trembling , when at the edge of a precipice , like a child ; nature having referved to herself these flight to- kens of her authority ...
... fall to nothing , whence they came . He can't help winking at the blow that threatens him , and trembling , when at the edge of a precipice , like a child ; nature having referved to herself these flight to- kens of her authority ...
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... fall to work with the other fide . " When we read in Jofephus , of that child , whofe flesh was pulled to pieces by pinchers , defying his raving perfecutor Antiochus to do his worst , and calling out with a manly intrepid voice ...
... fall to work with the other fide . " When we read in Jofephus , of that child , whofe flesh was pulled to pieces by pinchers , defying his raving perfecutor Antiochus to do his worst , and calling out with a manly intrepid voice ...
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... fall into the hands of his wicked adverfaries , and fuffer himself to be cruelly butchered , to the dishonour of his rank and quality , ftabbed himfelf with his own fword ; but , doing it in fuch hafte that he did not give a home thruft ...
... fall into the hands of his wicked adverfaries , and fuffer himself to be cruelly butchered , to the dishonour of his rank and quality , ftabbed himfelf with his own fword ; but , doing it in fuch hafte that he did not give a home thruft ...
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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...