The Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne: Translated Into English, Volumen2J. Pote, E. Ballard, C. Bathurst [and 11 others], 1776 |
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... nature ; witness the famous verfe of Publius the mimic , The difficulty of determining the characters of Malum ... natural inftability of our manners and opinions , I have often men in general . thought even our beft authors wrong in ...
... nature ; witness the famous verfe of Publius the mimic , The difficulty of determining the characters of Malum ... natural inftability of our manners and opinions , I have often men in general . thought even our beft authors wrong in ...
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... 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 , amongst the Spanish , from the book intit- led ...
... 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 , amongst the Spanish , from the book intit- led ...
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... natural heat ( as the good fellows fay ) first takes place in the feet , and that is in the state of infancy ; from ... nature . My ftomach would not bear fo much , it having enough to do to digest what it takes in out of mere neceffity ...
... natural heat ( as the good fellows fay ) first takes place in the feet , and that is in the state of infancy ; from ... nature . My ftomach would not bear fo much , it having enough to do to digest what it takes in out of mere neceffity ...
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... nature , it can ever be : but to join conftancy to it is its utmost perfection ; I mean , though nothing fhould ... natural difpofitions . Except , fays Plato , it be by way of exercise , or in case of sickness . + This exception ...
... nature , it can ever be : but to join conftancy to it is its utmost perfection ; I mean , though nothing fhould ... natural difpofitions . Except , fays Plato , it be by way of exercise , or in case of sickness . + This exception ...
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... nature has made us , whereby we are deprived of any colour to complain of our prefent con- dition , is in having left us the key to flip away . She has ordered but one paffage into life , but a hundred thousand ways out . We may be ...
... nature has made us , whereby we are deprived of any colour to complain of our prefent con- dition , is in having left us the key to flip away . She has ordered but one paffage into life , but a hundred thousand ways out . We may be ...
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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...