The Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne: Translated Into English, Volumen2J. Pote, E. Ballard, C. Bathurst [and 11 others], 1776 |
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... obferve how often men chufe to die without reafon , rather than pafs through this inquifition more painful than execution , and fo acute that it often difpatches them before it . I know not where I had this ftory + , but it is an exact ...
... obferve how often men chufe to die without reafon , rather than pafs through this inquifition more painful than execution , and fo acute that it often difpatches them before it . I know not where I had this ftory + , but it is an exact ...
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... obferve , in the fwift moment of death , whether I " could perceive the departure of the foul . " And he promifed that , if he made any difcovery , he would go the rounds amongft his friends , and fhew them what was the ftate of the ...
... obferve , in the fwift moment of death , whether I " could perceive the departure of the foul . " And he promifed that , if he made any difcovery , he would go the rounds amongft his friends , and fhew them what was the ftate of the ...
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... ob- ferve , that in his military difcipline derfully liberal of his gifts to men of me- rit , but that he was altogether as fpar- ing of rewards merely honorary , though he had himself been gratified by his uncle with all the military ...
... ob- ferve , that in his military difcipline derfully liberal of his gifts to men of me- rit , but that he was altogether as fpar- ing of rewards merely honorary , though he had himself been gratified by his uncle with all the military ...
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... Obferve if it be not by our own hands that we train it , like foft wax , to represent so many con- trary figures from a rule fo ftraight and firm . When was this more manifeft than now - a - days in France ? The he- terodox , and the ...
... Obferve if it be not by our own hands that we train it , like foft wax , to represent so many con- trary figures from a rule fo ftraight and firm . When was this more manifeft than now - a - days in France ? The he- terodox , and the ...
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... obferve amongst them , that they have fome other way of communication : their very motions ferve the fame purpofe as language , Non alià longè ratione atque ipfa videtur Protrabere ad geftum pueros infantia lingua * . As infants who ...
... obferve amongst them , that they have fome other way of communication : their very motions ferve the fame purpofe as language , Non alià longè ratione atque ipfa videtur Protrabere ad geftum pueros infantia lingua * . As infants who ...
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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...