The Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne: Translated Into English, Volumen2J. Pote, E. Ballard, C. Bathurst [and 11 others], 1776 |
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... please any one . " I have , indeed , formerly learned , that vice is nothing but the want of rule and meafure , and by confequence it is impof- fible to fix conftancy to it . ' Tis reported to be a faying of Demosthenes , that the ...
... please any one . " I have , indeed , formerly learned , that vice is nothing but the want of rule and meafure , and by confequence it is impof- fible to fix conftancy to it . ' Tis reported to be a faying of Demosthenes , that the ...
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... please † Horat . lib . iii . Od . 21. ver . 11 , 12 . • Corn . Gall . Eleg . i . ver . 47 . Plutarch , in the life of Artaxerxes , cap . 2 . ourfelves ourfelves with the thought that it is of no expence $ 4 MONTAIGNE'S ESSAYS .
... please † Horat . lib . iii . Od . 21. ver . 11 , 12 . • Corn . Gall . Eleg . i . ver . 47 . Plutarch , in the life of Artaxerxes , cap . 2 . ourfelves ourfelves with the thought that it is of no expence $ 4 MONTAIGNE'S ESSAYS .
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... please you but drink- ing of the richest wine , you oblige yourself to the mor- tification of drinking that which is not fo ; your taste must be more indifferent and free , fo nice a palate will never qualify you for a good toper . The ...
... please you but drink- ing of the richest wine , you oblige yourself to the mor- tification of drinking that which is not fo ; your taste must be more indifferent and free , fo nice a palate will never qualify you for a good toper . The ...
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... please our own humours as in that . Reputation is not at all affected by fuch an un- dertaking , and it is a folly to have regard to it . To live would be bondage , were it not for the liberty of dying . The ordinary methods of cure are ...
... please our own humours as in that . Reputation is not at all affected by fuch an un- dertaking , and it is a folly to have regard to it . To live would be bondage , were it not for the liberty of dying . The ordinary methods of cure are ...
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... please him , and that we are not to difmifs ourselyes ; that we are not born for 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 ...
... please him , and that we are not to difmifs ourselyes ; that we are not born for 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 ...
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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...