The Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne: Translated Into English, Volumen3J. Pote, E. Ballard, C. Bathurst [and 11 others], 1776 - 926 páginas |
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... pleafe , but if you " command us to do things that are fhameful and dif- honeft , you will only lofe your time + . " Every one , to be fure , had taken the fame oath to himself that the kings of Egypt made their judges fwear folemnly ...
... pleafe , but if you " command us to do things that are fhameful and dif- honeft , you will only lofe your time + . " Every one , to be fure , had taken the fame oath to himself that the kings of Egypt made their judges fwear folemnly ...
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... pleafe to bear a part in our conference , it will not be rejected ; not the magisterial , imperious , and impertinent kind , as is generally ufed , but that which is fubordinate and do- cile . All we intend by it is to pass away the ...
... pleafe to bear a part in our conference , it will not be rejected ; not the magisterial , imperious , and impertinent kind , as is generally ufed , but that which is fubordinate and do- cile . All we intend by it is to pass away the ...
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... pleafe . With this right of poffeffion my mind is fatisfied , and at reft . I never travel without my books , be it in time of war or of peace ; yet fometimes for feveral days or months , I do not look into them . I will read by and by ...
... pleafe . With this right of poffeffion my mind is fatisfied , and at reft . I never travel without my books , be it in time of war or of peace ; yet fometimes for feveral days or months , I do not look into them . I will read by and by ...
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... pleafe myfelf , I cannot fometimes force one poor fmile from this wretched body of mine . I am only merry in conceit , and , as in a dream , to divert by ftratagem thé chagrin of old age : but furely it would require another remedy than ...
... pleafe myfelf , I cannot fometimes force one poor fmile from this wretched body of mine . I am only merry in conceit , and , as in a dream , to divert by ftratagem thé chagrin of old age : but furely it would require another remedy than ...
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... pleafe me beft , are produced on a fudden , and when I look for them the leaft ; and that they as fuddenly vanifh , for want of fome- thing at that inftant to apply them to ; be it on horfeback , at table , or in bed ; though I am moft ...
... pleafe me beft , are produced on a fudden , and when I look for them the leaft ; and that they as fuddenly vanifh , for want of fome- thing at that inftant to apply them to ; be it on horfeback , at table , or in bed ; though I am moft ...
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Página 250 - Tis the supreme quality of a woman, which a man ought to seek before any other, as the only dowry that must ruin or preserve our houses. Let men say what they will, according to the experience I have learned, I require in married women the economical virtue above all other virtues...
Página 201 - ... reason. Those who have a lively imagination are a great deal more pleased with themselves than the wise can reasonably be. They look down upon men with haughtiness; they argue with boldness and confidence, others with fear and diffidence; and this gaiety of countenance often gives them the advantage in the opinion of the hearers, such favour have the imaginary wise in the eyes of judges of like nature.
Página 224 - The great and tedious debates," says a sensible French writer of the old political school, " about the best form of society, are only proper for the exercise of wit ; and have their being only in agitation and controversy. A new form of government might be of some value in a new world ; but ours is a world ready made to our hands, and in which each distinct form is blended by custom. We do not, like Pyrrho and Cadmus, make the world ; and by whatever authority it is we assert the privilege of setting...
Página 294 - is a friend to all men." The principal charge we have is, to every one to take care of himself: and it is for this that we here live.
Página 326 - How much more natural and likely do I find it that two men should lie than that one man in twelve hours' time should fly with the wind from east to west ? How much more natural that our understanding should be carried from its place by the volubility of our disordered minds, than that one of us should be carried by a strange spirit upon a...