The Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne: Translated Into English, Volumen2J. Pote, E. Ballard, C. Bathurst [and 11 others], 1776 |
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... feems impof- fible they fhould proceed from one and the fame per- fon . We find the younger Marius one while a son of Mars , and another the fon of Venus . Pope Boniface VIII is faid to have entered on the papacy like a fox , to have ...
... feems impof- fible they fhould proceed from one and the fame per- fon . We find the younger Marius one while a son of Mars , and another the fon of Venus . Pope Boniface VIII is faid to have entered on the papacy like a fox , to have ...
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Translated Into English Michel de Montaigne. confidering that irrefolution feems to me to be the most common and manifeft vice of our nature ; witness the famous verfe of Publius the mimic , The difficulty of determining the characters ...
Translated Into English Michel de Montaigne. confidering that irrefolution feems to me to be the most common and manifeft vice of our nature ; witness the famous verfe of Publius the mimic , The difficulty of determining the characters ...
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... feems fitter for us , as our pores are thereby laid open and cleansed ; at least I very feldom relifh the firft glafs well . Anachar- fis * was amazed that the Greeks fhould drink larger glaffes at the end of a meal than at the ...
... feems fitter for us , as our pores are thereby laid open and cleansed ; at least I very feldom relifh the firft glafs well . Anachar- fis * was amazed that the Greeks fhould drink larger glaffes at the end of a meal than at the ...
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... feems to be fome mixture of the will . The ecclefiaftical hiftory makes reverent mention of many inftances of devout women , who have embraced death to be fecure from the outrages ready to be committed by tyrants , against their ...
... feems to be fome mixture of the will . The ecclefiaftical hiftory makes reverent mention of many inftances of devout women , who have embraced death to be fecure from the outrages ready to be committed by tyrants , against their ...
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... feems to be rather a proof of a man's patience than of the truth ; which indeed is concealed . both by him who can bear it , and by him rack . who cannot . For why should pain fooner make me confess what is the real truth , than force ...
... feems to be rather a proof of a man's patience than of the truth ; which indeed is concealed . both by him who can bear it , and by him rack . who cannot . For why should pain fooner make me confess what is the real truth , than force ...
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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...