The Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne: Translated Into English, Volumen2J. Pote, E. Ballard, C. Bathurst [and 11 others], 1776 |
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... thofe of fo various a contexture , that every piece plays every moment its own game ; and we are as different from our own felves as we are from each other : Magnam rem puta , unum homi- ņem agere ; i . e . it is no little matter to act ...
... thofe of fo various a contexture , that every piece plays every moment its own game ; and we are as different from our own felves as we are from each other : Magnam rem puta , unum homi- ņem agere ; i . e . it is no little matter to act ...
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... thofe misfortunes fhall arrive . Security , indolence , impoffibility , a privation from the evils of this life , for the purchafing whereof we make an end of it , are of no manner of advantage to us to no purpose does that man avoid ...
... thofe misfortunes fhall arrive . Security , indolence , impoffibility , a privation from the evils of this life , for the purchafing whereof we make an end of it , are of no manner of advantage to us to no purpose does that man avoid ...
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... thofe difeafes only , which , for a long time , difturb the functions of the foul : and fome there have been , who , to avoid a worfe death , have chose one of their own liking . Democritus , general of the Etolians , being carried ...
... thofe difeafes only , which , for a long time , difturb the functions of the foul : and fome there have been , who , to avoid a worfe death , have chose one of their own liking . Democritus , general of the Etolians , being carried ...
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... thofe feel who sweetly drop into a flumber . It is my opinion , this is the very state which thofe Whether fwoon- people are in , whom we fee fainting a- way in the agonies of death ; and that we lament them without caufe , imagin- ings ...
... thofe feel who sweetly drop into a flumber . It is my opinion , this is the very state which thofe Whether fwoon- people are in , whom we fee fainting a- way in the agonies of death ; and that we lament them without caufe , imagin- ings ...
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... thofe wretched prifoners , who fall into the hands of the bafe bloody foldiers of this age , by whom they are tormented with all kinds of cruel treatment for compelling them to fome exceffive ranfom , which they are not able to pay ...
... thofe wretched prifoners , who fall into the hands of the bafe bloody foldiers of this age , by whom they are tormented with all kinds of cruel treatment for compelling them to fome exceffive ranfom , which they are not able to pay ...
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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...