The Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne: Translated Into English, Volumen2J. Pote, E. Ballard, C. Bathurst [and 11 others], 1776 |
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... tion fhould be powerful enough to lead us on to action , if we do not exer- cife and form our minds by experience to the course which we are defirous they should take ; or elfe , when the effects are in their power , they will ...
... tion fhould be powerful enough to lead us on to action , if we do not exer- cife and form our minds by experience to the course which we are defirous they should take ; or elfe , when the effects are in their power , they will ...
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... tion that only floated , as it were , on the furface of my mind , which was as tender and as weak as all the reft , though indeed not only exempt from uneafinefs , but partaking of that pleasure , which thofe feel who sweetly drop into ...
... tion that only floated , as it were , on the furface of my mind , which was as tender and as weak as all the reft , though indeed not only exempt from uneafinefs , but partaking of that pleasure , which thofe feel who sweetly drop into ...
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... was concealed from me for the fake of him who had been the caufe of it , and they had recourfe to fic • Ovid . Trift . lib . i . eleg . 3. ver . 14 tion for hiding the truth . But a long time tion ба MONTAIGNE'S ESSAYS .
... was concealed from me for the fake of him who had been the caufe of it , and they had recourfe to fic • Ovid . Trift . lib . i . eleg . 3. ver . 14 tion for hiding the truth . But a long time tion ба MONTAIGNE'S ESSAYS .
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Translated Into English Michel de Montaigne. tion for hiding the truth . But a long time after , and the very day that my memory began to return , and to reprefent to me the ftate in which I was at the very in- ftant when I perceived the ...
Translated Into English Michel de Montaigne. tion for hiding the truth . But a long time after , and the very day that my memory began to return , and to reprefent to me the ftate in which I was at the very in- ftant when I perceived the ...
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... he does ; and that he cannot , for the future , give a furer teftimony of his goodness and virtue , than by acknowledging you for fo excellent a mother . How it happens that the affec- tion of parents to If 7༠ MONTAIGNE'S ESSAYS .
... he does ; and that he cannot , for the future , give a furer teftimony of his goodness and virtue , than by acknowledging you for fo excellent a mother . How it happens that the affec- tion of parents to If 7༠ MONTAIGNE'S ESSAYS .
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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...