The Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne: Translated Into English, Volumen2J. Pote, E. Ballard, C. Bathurst [and 11 others], 1776 |
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... feveral accidents in life that are more intolerable than death ; witness the Lacedæmonian lad , that was taken by Antigonus , and fold for a flave , who being commanded by his mafter to do fomething that was very mean , " Thou fhalt fee ...
... feveral accidents in life that are more intolerable than death ; witness the Lacedæmonian lad , that was taken by Antigonus , and fold for a flave , who being commanded by his mafter to do fomething that was very mean , " Thou fhalt fee ...
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... feveral are then feen cutting off flices of their flefh to of- fer to it ; befides a number of others who proftrate them , † Phil . ch . i . ver . 23 . • Tacit . Annal . lib . vi . Cic . Tufc . Quæft . lib . i . cap 34 . felves as it ...
... feveral are then feen cutting off flices of their flefh to of- fer to it ; befides a number of others who proftrate them , † Phil . ch . i . ver . 23 . • Tacit . Annal . lib . vi . Cic . Tufc . Quæft . lib . i . cap 34 . felves as it ...
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... feveral times upon the road ; by fo doing I began to recover a little life , but it was very leifurely , and by fuch small degrees , that my first fentiments approached much nearer to death than life . Perche dubbiofa anchor del fuo ...
... feveral times upon the road ; by fo doing I began to recover a little life , but it was very leifurely , and by fuch small degrees , that my first fentiments approached much nearer to death than life . Perche dubbiofa anchor del fuo ...
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... feveral animals , and even men , in whom we perceive the muscles to ftir and tremble after they are dead . Every one knows , by experience , that there are certain mem- bers which often have a titillation , erection , and decli- nation ...
... feveral animals , and even men , in whom we perceive the muscles to ftir and tremble after they are dead . Every one knows , by experience , that there are certain mem- bers which often have a titillation , erection , and decli- nation ...
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... feveral reme- dies , but I would take none , for I verily believed I was mortally hurt in my head ; and , in truth , it had been a very happy death , for the weaknefs of my reafon de- prived me of the power of difcerning , as did that ...
... feveral reme- dies , but I would take none , for I verily believed I was mortally hurt in my head ; and , in truth , it had been a very happy death , for the weaknefs of my reafon de- prived me of the power of difcerning , as did that ...
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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...