The Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne: Translated Into English, Volumen2J. Pote, E. Ballard, C. Bathurst [and 11 others], 1776 |
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... fubject . The mind of man is incon . ftant and changeable . The wind of every accident not only puffs me along with it , which way foever it blows ; but , moreover , I disturb and trouble myself by the unfettledness of my posture ; and ...
... fubject . The mind of man is incon . ftant and changeable . The wind of every accident not only puffs me along with it , which way foever it blows ; but , moreover , I disturb and trouble myself by the unfettledness of my posture ; and ...
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... fubject , that as muft or wort , fermenting in a veffel , drives up every thing that is at the bottom to the top , fo wine makes those who drink it intemperately blab out the greateft fecrets to another : Tu fapientium Curas , et ...
... fubject , that as muft or wort , fermenting in a veffel , drives up every thing that is at the bottom to the top , fo wine makes those who drink it intemperately blab out the greateft fecrets to another : Tu fapientium Curas , et ...
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... fubject , being formed , both by art and nature , for an acquaintance with the ladies . He spoke little , but well , ever mixing his language with fome or- nament borrowed from authors moft in ufe , efpecially the Spanish , and ...
... fubject , being formed , both by art and nature , for an acquaintance with the ladies . He spoke little , but well , ever mixing his language with fome or- nament borrowed from authors moft in ufe , efpecially the Spanish , and ...
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... fubject to our own choice . And Speufippus § the philofopher , who had been long afflicted with the dropfy , and therefore used to be carried in a litter , meeting Diogenes , bid him " Good Senec . Ep . 70 . Non opus elt vasto vulnere ...
... fubject to our own choice . And Speufippus § the philofopher , who had been long afflicted with the dropfy , and therefore used to be carried in a litter , meeting Diogenes , bid him " Good Senec . Ep . 70 . Non opus elt vasto vulnere ...
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... fubject , in the laft affemb- ly of their fenate , that the nobleft way to efcape their fate was to do it by their own hands , telling them , that the enemy would honour them for it , and Han- nibal would be fenfible what a number of ...
... fubject , in the laft affemb- ly of their fenate , that the nobleft way to efcape their fate was to do it by their own hands , telling them , that the enemy would honour them for it , and Han- nibal would be fenfible what a number of ...
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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...