The Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne: Translated Into English, Volumen2J. Pote, E. Ballard, C. Bathurst [and 11 others], 1776 |
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... ourselves , we immediately alter , and presently recur to it ; which is nothing but wavering and inconftancy : Ducimur ut nervis alienis mobile lignum † . The inconftan- duct , on what founded : Like tops , with leather - thongs , we're ...
... ourselves , we immediately alter , and presently recur to it ; which is nothing but wavering and inconftancy : Ducimur ut nervis alienis mobile lignum † . The inconftan- duct , on what founded : Like tops , with leather - thongs , we're ...
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... ourselves ! The most regular and perfect foul in the world has but too much ado to keep its footing , left it be overthrown by its own weak- nefs : there is not one of a thoufand that is right and set- tled a moment in a whole life ...
... ourselves ! The most regular and perfect foul in the world has but too much ado to keep its footing , left it be overthrown by its own weak- nefs : there is not one of a thoufand that is right and set- tled a moment in a whole life ...
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... ourselves only , but for our country alfo , to the laws of which we are accountable , and by which there lies an action against us for murder : or , if these fail to lay hold of us , we are to be punished in the other world , as de ...
... ourselves only , but for our country alfo , to the laws of which we are accountable , and by which there lies an action against us for murder : or , if these fail to lay hold of us , we are to be punished in the other world , as de ...
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... ourselves : this is a dif eafe peculiar to man , for we do not perceive that any other creature hates and defpifes itfelf : it is froma vanity of the like kind that we defire to be fomething elfe than what we are : the effect of fuch a ...
... ourselves : this is a dif eafe peculiar to man , for we do not perceive that any other creature hates and defpifes itfelf : it is froma vanity of the like kind that we defire to be fomething elfe than what we are : the effect of fuch a ...
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... ourselves , to which the eagerness of hope often excites us , and as often a fedate and fettled inclination of the judgment . The voluntary death of James Chaftel , bishop of Soiffons . James Chaftel bishop of Soiffons , in St. Lewis's ...
... ourselves , to which the eagerness of hope often excites us , and as often a fedate and fettled inclination of the judgment . The voluntary death of James Chaftel , bishop of Soiffons . James Chaftel bishop of Soiffons , in St. Lewis's ...
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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...