The Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne: Translated Into English, Volumen2J. Pote, E. Ballard, C. Bathurst [and 11 others], 1776 |
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... matter , out of all antiquity , to pick a dozen men who have paffed their lives in one certain conftant course , which is the principal aim of wifdom . For , to com- prize all in one word , fays an ancient author , and to col- lect all ...
... matter , out of all antiquity , to pick a dozen men who have paffed their lives in one certain conftant course , which is the principal aim of wifdom . For , to com- prize all in one word , fays an ancient author , and to col- lect all ...
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... matter to act the part of one man only well . Since ambition can teach men valcur , temperance , and liberality , nay , and justice too : fince avarice can infpire the courage of a ' prentice- boy , the fondling of his mother , with the ...
... matter to act the part of one man only well . Since ambition can teach men valcur , temperance , and liberality , nay , and justice too : fince avarice can infpire the courage of a ' prentice- boy , the fondling of his mother , with the ...
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... matter , it is a wrong custom to condemn wine , because fome people get drunk with it . A man cannot abufe any thing , but what is good in itfelf ; and I believe , that this rule regards only to the popular fault . They are bitts which ...
... matter , it is a wrong custom to condemn wine , because fome people get drunk with it . A man cannot abufe any thing , but what is good in itfelf ; and I believe , that this rule regards only to the popular fault . They are bitts which ...
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... matter of too great length and confe- quence to be thus brought upon the carpet at every turn , and what wife men are fixed in once for all , hav- ing a regard , above all things , to reafon and the public obfervance . We are , in fhort ...
... matter of too great length and confe- quence to be thus brought upon the carpet at every turn , and what wife men are fixed in once for all , hav- ing a regard , above all things , to reafon and the public obfervance . We are , in fhort ...
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... matter § enough • Tricca , a town of Upper Theffaly , in Greek Tx . It is called Tri- cea in Cotton's tranflation , by the name being mispelt in all the editions of Montaigne before this . Than to have his romance condemned , which was ...
... matter § enough • Tricca , a town of Upper Theffaly , in Greek Tx . It is called Tri- cea in Cotton's tranflation , by the name being mispelt in all the editions of Montaigne before this . Than to have his romance condemned , which was ...
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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...