The Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne: Translated Into English, Volumen2J. Pote, E. Ballard, C. Bathurst [and 11 others], 1776 |
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... fome- times wonder to fee men of understanding give them- felves the trouble of reconciling fuch inconfiftencies , • Vellem nefcire literas . Senec . de Clementia , lib . ii . cap . 1 . VOL . II . B confider confidering that ...
... fome- times wonder to fee men of understanding give them- felves the trouble of reconciling fuch inconfiftencies , • Vellem nefcire literas . Senec . de Clementia , lib . ii . cap . 1 . VOL . II . B confider confidering that ...
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... fometimes flowly , at other times fwiftly , according to the rapidity or gentleness of the stream : -nonne videmus Quid fibi quifque velit nefcire , et quærere femper , Commutare locum , quafi onus depofcere poffit + ? Day after day we ...
... fometimes flowly , at other times fwiftly , according to the rapidity or gentleness of the stream : -nonne videmus Quid fibi quifque velit nefcire , et quærere femper , Commutare locum , quafi onus depofcere poffit + ? Day after day we ...
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... fometimes one hue , fometimes another , according to the fide I lie on . If I fpeak variously of myself , it is because I confider myfelf in different lights , as having all contrarieties within me , in their turn and meafure ; bafhful ...
... fometimes one hue , fometimes another , according to the fide I lie on . If I fpeak variously of myself , it is because I confider myfelf in different lights , as having all contrarieties within me , in their turn and meafure ; bafhful ...
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... fometimes lends its mafk for another occafion , it prefently plucks it again from the borrower's face . It is a ftrong and lively dye , with which when the foul is once tinctured , it never goes off but with the piece . Therefore , in ...
... fometimes lends its mafk for another occafion , it prefently plucks it again from the borrower's face . It is a ftrong and lively dye , with which when the foul is once tinctured , it never goes off but with the piece . Therefore , in ...
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... fometimes to be fought , and § never to be fhunned . " It comes all to one , whether a man puts an end to him- felf , or fuffers death from the hand of another ; whe- Plutarch , in the notable sayings of the 1 Tacit . Annal lib . xiii ...
... fometimes to be fought , and § never to be fhunned . " It comes all to one , whether a man puts an end to him- felf , or fuffers death from the hand of another ; whe- Plutarch , in the notable sayings of the 1 Tacit . Annal lib . xiii ...
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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...