The Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne: Translated Into English, Volumen2J. Pote, E. Ballard, C. Bathurst [and 11 others], 1776 |
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... judge of a man particularly , diftinctly , and take him to pieces , would oftener be fure of fpeaking truth . ' Tis a hard matter , out of all antiquity , to pick a dozen men who have paffed their lives in one certain conftant course ...
... judge of a man particularly , diftinctly , and take him to pieces , would oftener be fure of fpeaking truth . ' Tis a hard matter , out of all antiquity , to pick a dozen men who have paffed their lives in one certain conftant course ...
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... judge of us fimply by our external actions ; it must fathom the very foul , and find out the fprings that give it motion ; but , as this is a dangerous and fublime under- taking , I wish that fewer perfons would attempt it . TH CHA P ...
... judge of us fimply by our external actions ; it must fathom the very foul , and find out the fprings that give it motion ; but , as this is a dangerous and fublime under- taking , I wish that fewer perfons would attempt it . TH CHA P ...
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... judge § abstain from it when he is doing the business of ufe of wine . Diog . Laert . in the life of Anacharfis , lib . i . fect . 104 . + De Legibus , lib . ii . p . 581 . One of the names of Bacchus . This conftruction of uling it ...
... judge § abstain from it when he is doing the business of ufe of wine . Diog . Laert . in the life of Anacharfis , lib . i . fect . 104 . + De Legibus , lib . ii . p . 581 . One of the names of Bacchus . This conftruction of uling it ...
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... the applications which he makes of them at every turn . Terence's Heautontimoroumenos , act i . fc . 1. ver . 25 . Æneid . lib . vi . ver . 1 . Plutarch , Plutarch , fo perfect and excellent a judge of human 20 MONTAIGNE'S ESSAYS .
... the applications which he makes of them at every turn . Terence's Heautontimoroumenos , act i . fc . 1. ver . 25 . Æneid . lib . vi . ver . 1 . Plutarch , Plutarch , fo perfect and excellent a judge of human 20 MONTAIGNE'S ESSAYS .
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Translated Into English Michel de Montaigne. Plutarch , fo perfect and excellent a judge of human actions as he was , when he fees Brutus and Torquatus murder their own children , began to doubt whether virtue could extend fo far , and ...
Translated Into English Michel de Montaigne. Plutarch , fo perfect and excellent a judge of human actions as he was , when he fees Brutus and Torquatus murder their own children , began to doubt whether virtue could extend fo far , and ...
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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...