The Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne: Translated Into English, Volumen2J. Pote, E. Ballard, C. Bathurst [and 11 others], 1776 |
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... truth . ' Tis a hard matter , out of all antiquity , to pick a dozen men who have paffed their lives in one certain conftant course , which is the principal aim of wifdom . For , to com- prize all in one word , fays an ancient author ...
... truth . ' Tis a hard matter , out of all antiquity , to pick a dozen men who have paffed their lives in one certain conftant course , which is the principal aim of wifdom . For , to com- prize all in one word , fays an ancient author ...
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... truth ; which indeed is concealed . both by him who can bear it , and by him rack . who cannot . For why should pain fooner make me confess what is the real truth , than force me to fay what is not ? And , on the contrary , if he who is ...
... truth ; which indeed is concealed . both by him who can bear it , and by him rack . who cannot . For why should pain fooner make me confess what is the real truth , than force me to fay what is not ? And , on the contrary , if he who is ...
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... truth of the fact ; and it appeared that the woman was in the right . An inftructive fentence this ! I CHA P. VI . Habit makes Things familiar to us . Reason and in- Atruction , with- out practice , can- not make us vir- tuous . T is ...
... truth of the fact ; and it appeared that the woman was in the right . An inftructive fentence this ! I CHA P. VI . Habit makes Things familiar to us . Reason and in- Atruction , with- out practice , can- not make us vir- tuous . T is ...
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... truth . I hope the cafe will be the fame with me at my death , and that I fhall find the making fuch preparation , and calling in fo much affif , tance for enabling me to undergo the ftroke of it , were a needless trouble . But we ...
... truth . I hope the cafe will be the fame with me at my death , and that I fhall find the making fuch preparation , and calling in fo much affif , tance for enabling me to undergo the ftroke of it , were a needless trouble . But we ...
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... truth , it had been a very happy death , for the weaknefs of my reafon de- prived me of the power of difcerning , as did that of my body of the fenfe of feeling . I fuffered myself to glide away fo fweetly , and after a manner fo foft ...
... truth , it had been a very happy death , for the weaknefs of my reafon de- prived me of the power of difcerning , as did that of my body of the fenfe of feeling . I fuffered myself to glide away fo fweetly , and after a manner fo foft ...
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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...