The Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne: Translated Into English, Volumen2J. Pote, E. Ballard, C. Bathurst [and 11 others], 1776 |
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... last neglected , now would have : He fluctuates , and flies from that to this , And his whole life a contradiction is . Our ordinary practice is to follow the our appetites , be it to the right or to the left , upwards or downwards ...
... last neglected , now would have : He fluctuates , and flies from that to this , And his whole life a contradiction is . Our ordinary practice is to follow the our appetites , be it to the right or to the left , upwards or downwards ...
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... last he would have proceeded to violence ; and this the delivered with fuch an accent and afpect , as , together with her effufion of Senec . Epift . 52 . + Diog . Laert . on the Life of Empedocles , lib . viii . fect . 63. Elian ...
... last he would have proceeded to violence ; and this the delivered with fuch an accent and afpect , as , together with her effufion of Senec . Epift . 52 . + Diog . Laert . on the Life of Empedocles , lib . viii . fect . 63. Elian ...
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... last stage . Nevertheless , I cannot understand where is the pleasure of drinking beyond quenching thirst , and how a man can forge , in his imagination , an appetite that is artificial and againft nature . My ftomach would not bear fo ...
... last stage . Nevertheless , I cannot understand where is the pleasure of drinking beyond quenching thirst , and how a man can forge , in his imagination , an appetite that is artificial and againft nature . My ftomach would not bear fo ...
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... last also killed herself , to avoid being ravished by Maxentius the emperor . A certain author diffuades the la dies from put- ting themselves to death for fear of a ravifhment . It may , perhaps , be reckoned an honour to us , in ...
... last also killed herself , to avoid being ravished by Maxentius the emperor . A certain author diffuades the la dies from put- ting themselves to death for fear of a ravifhment . It may , perhaps , be reckoned an honour to us , in ...
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... last thing which I could recover was the remembrance of this accident ; and they were fain to repeat to me , over and over , whi- ther I was going , from whence I was come , and at what time of day this mifchance happened to me , before ...
... last thing which I could recover was the remembrance of this accident ; and they were fain to repeat to me , over and over , whi- ther I was going , from whence I was come , and at what time of day this mifchance happened to me , before ...
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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...