The Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne: Translated Into English, Volumen2J. Pote, E. Ballard, C. Bathurst [and 11 others], 1776 |
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... ; i . e . Nothing can be uniform which does not proceed from folid reafon . " τε • Tufc . Quæst . lib . ii . cap . 27 . B 4 There The valour of Alexander , tho extraordinary in its kind Of the Inconftancy of our Allions : 7.
... ; i . e . Nothing can be uniform which does not proceed from folid reafon . " τε • Tufc . Quæst . lib . ii . cap . 27 . B 4 There The valour of Alexander , tho extraordinary in its kind Of the Inconftancy of our Allions : 7.
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... reafon . The fuper- ftition alfo , with which he was fo much tainted , favours a little of pufillanimity ; and his exceffive penitence , for the murder of Clytus , is likewife a teftimony that his courage was not always the fame . All ...
... reafon . The fuper- ftition alfo , with which he was fo much tainted , favours a little of pufillanimity ; and his exceffive penitence , for the murder of Clytus , is likewife a teftimony that his courage was not always the fame . All ...
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... reafon ; for , befides that I eafily fubmit my belief to the opinions of the ancients , I think it , indeed , an unman- ly and a stupid vice , but not fo wicked and mischievous as the other vices , which do almoft directly tend to the ...
... reafon ; for , befides that I eafily fubmit my belief to the opinions of the ancients , I think it , indeed , an unman- ly and a stupid vice , but not fo wicked and mischievous as the other vices , which do almoft directly tend to the ...
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... reafon my laft draught is always the largeft : and because in old age our palates are furred with phlegm , or vitiated by fome other badness of conftitution , wine feems fitter for us , as our pores are thereby laid open and cleansed ...
... reafon my laft draught is always the largeft : and because in old age our palates are furred with phlegm , or vitiated by fome other badness of conftitution , wine feems fitter for us , as our pores are thereby laid open and cleansed ...
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... reafon of the ill state of his affairs ; and as he had escaped the most honourable death in the bat- tle which he had juft loft , to chufe this other , the fe- cond to it in honour , and not to give the conquerors an opportunity to make ...
... reafon of the ill state of his affairs ; and as he had escaped the most honourable death in the bat- tle which he had juft loft , to chufe this other , the fe- cond to it in honour , and not to give the conquerors an opportunity to make ...
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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...