The Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne: Translated Into English, Volumen2J. Pote, E. Ballard, C. Bathurst [and 11 others], 1776 |
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... purpofe , when , behold , he was put out of his fenfes by one philtre or love- potion ! Is it to be imagined , that an apoplexy will not ftun a Socrates as much as a porter ? The violence of a diftem- per has made fome people forget ...
... purpofe , when , behold , he was put out of his fenfes by one philtre or love- potion ! Is it to be imagined , that an apoplexy will not ftun a Socrates as much as a porter ? The violence of a diftem- per has made fome people forget ...
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... purpofe , pro- duced a book from under his robe , wherein , he told them , was an exact account of his receipts and difburfe- ments ; but being required to deliver it to the regif ter , he refufed it , faying , he would not fo far ...
... purpofe , pro- duced a book from under his robe , wherein , he told them , was an exact account of his receipts and difburfe- ments ; but being required to deliver it to the regif ter , he refufed it , faying , he would not fo far ...
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... purpofe for me to repeat what he has faid of it . It is worthy of confideration , that our nation places valour in the highest class of the virtues , as its name fhews , which is derived from value ; and that , according to our way of ...
... purpofe for me to repeat what he has faid of it . It is worthy of confideration , that our nation places valour in the highest class of the virtues , as its name fhews , which is derived from value ; and that , according to our way of ...
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... purpofe ; for the great hopes that M. d'Eftiffac , the fon , gives of himself , are a fufficient warrant , that , when he comes of age , you will reap from him the obedience and gratitude of a very good fon . But as , by reafon of his ...
... purpofe ; for the great hopes that M. d'Eftiffac , the fon , gives of himself , are a fufficient warrant , that , when he comes of age , you will reap from him the obedience and gratitude of a very good fon . But as , by reafon of his ...
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... purpofe to fingle out one of this other kind . He- liodore , the good bishop of Tricca * , ra- ther chofe to lofe the dignity , profit , and devotion of so venerable a prelacy + than to lofe the daughter of his brain , a lady that , to ...
... purpofe to fingle out one of this other kind . He- liodore , the good bishop of Tricca * , ra- ther chofe to lofe the dignity , profit , and devotion of so venerable a prelacy + than to lofe the daughter of his brain , a lady that , to ...
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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...