The Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne: Translated Into English, Volumen2J. Pote, E. Ballard, C. Bathurst [and 11 others], 1776 |
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... qualities , fo contrary to each other , could affociate in one fubject . The mind of man is incon . ftant and changeable . The wind of every accident not only puffs me along with it , which way foever it blows ; but , moreover , I ...
... qualities , fo contrary to each other , could affociate in one fubject . The mind of man is incon . ftant and changeable . The wind of every accident not only puffs me along with it , which way foever it blows ; but , moreover , I ...
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... qualities bore teftimony to the education which he had received in the house and company of Epaminon- das ) , he made him drink to such a pitch , that he was fo void of fenfe as to proftitute his perfon , like a common hedge - whore ...
... qualities bore teftimony to the education which he had received in the house and company of Epaminon- das ) , he made him drink to such a pitch , that he was fo void of fenfe as to proftitute his perfon , like a common hedge - whore ...
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... qualities for which he claimed a preference before his brother Artaxerxes , urged this excellency , that he could drink a great deal more than his brother . And in na tions the best regulated , and the most civilifed , this trial of ...
... qualities for which he claimed a preference before his brother Artaxerxes , urged this excellency , that he could drink a great deal more than his brother . And in na tions the best regulated , and the most civilifed , this trial of ...
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... qualities , why does not Cicero prefer the eloquence of Hortenfius , and Hortenfius that of Cicero Perhaps they mean , that I fhould give tef- timony of myself by works and effects , not barely by words . I chiefly paint my thoughts ...
... qualities , why does not Cicero prefer the eloquence of Hortenfius , and Hortenfius that of Cicero Perhaps they mean , that I fhould give tef- timony of myself by works and effects , not barely by words . I chiefly paint my thoughts ...
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... qualities of a military man ; ( neque enim eadem militares et imperatorie artes funt , i . e . for the arts of the com- mon foldier and of the general are not the fame ) who was , likewife , of a condition to which fuch a dignity was ...
... qualities of a military man ; ( neque enim eadem militares et imperatorie artes funt , i . e . for the arts of the com- mon foldier and of the general are not the fame ) who was , likewife , of a condition to which fuch a dignity was ...
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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...