Essays, tr. by C. Cotton, with some account of the life of Montaigne, notes and a tr. of all the letters, ed. by W.C. Hazlitt, Volume 3 |
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... amongst so many mutations and diversities ? For private man , as he was , it is more easy ; and in such kind of work , I think a man may justly not be ambitious to offer and insinuate himself . For a man , indeed , to be wavering and ...
... amongst so many mutations and diversities ? For private man , as he was , it is more easy ; and in such kind of work , I think a man may justly not be ambitious to offer and insinuate himself . For a man , indeed , to be wavering and ...
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... amongst those who behave themselves most bravely in the present war , some whose manners are so gentle , obliging , and just , that they will certainly stand firm , whatever event Heaven is preparing for us . I am of opinion that it ...
... amongst those who behave themselves most bravely in the present war , some whose manners are so gentle , obliging , and just , that they will certainly stand firm , whatever event Heaven is preparing for us . I am of opinion that it ...
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... amongst those of the adverse party ; carry your- self , if not with the same equal affection ( for that is capable of different measure ) , at least with an affection moderate , well tempered , and such as shall not so engage you to one ...
... amongst those of the adverse party ; carry your- self , if not with the same equal affection ( for that is capable of different measure ) , at least with an affection moderate , well tempered , and such as shall not so engage you to one ...
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... amongst his enemies in battle spared not his friend and his guest . This was a soul of a rich composition : he married goodness and humanity , nay , even the tenderest and most delicate in the whole school of philosophy , to the ...
... amongst his enemies in battle spared not his friend and his guest . This was a soul of a rich composition : he married goodness and humanity , nay , even the tenderest and most delicate in the whole school of philosophy , to the ...
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... amongst those who are nothing of the sort : ever to speak in print , " favellár in punta di forchetta . " 3 You must let yourself down to those 1 Laws , vi . " You tell us long stories about the race of Æacus , and the battles fought at ...
... amongst those who are nothing of the sort : ever to speak in print , " favellár in punta di forchetta . " 3 You must let yourself down to those 1 Laws , vi . " You tell us long stories about the race of Æacus , and the battles fought at ...
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Popular passages
Page 35 - ... huic versatile ingenium sic pariter ad omnia fuit, ut natum ad id unum diceres quodcumque ageret...
Page 136 - Dum nova canities, dum prima et recta senectus, Dum superest Lachesi, quod torqueat, et pedibus me Porto meis, nullo dextram subeunte bacillo.
Page 153 - Baltheus en gemmis, en illita portions auro : "* all the sides of this vast space filled and environed, from. the bottom to the top, with three or fourscore rows of seats, all of marble also, and covered with cushions, " Exeat, inquit, Si pudor est, et de pulvino surgat equestri, Cujus res legi non sufficit.
Page 104 - Audio, quid veteres olim moneatis amici: Pone seram, cohibe: sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes ? cauta est et ab illis incipit uxor.
Page 161 - ... love in biting and scratching : it is not vigorous and generous enough, if it be not quarrelsome, if...
Page 18 - I speak truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare: and I dare a little the more, as I grow older; for methinks custom allows to age more liberty of prating, and more indiscretion of talking of a man's self.
Page 327 - Quis deus hanc mundi temperet arte domum, Qua venit exoriens, qua deficit, unde coactis Cornibus in plenum menstrua luna redit, Unde salo superant venti, quid flamine captet Eurus, et in nubes unde perennis aqua, 30 Sit ventura dies, mundi quae subruat arces...
Page 274 - Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas, Atque metus omnes, et inexorabile fatum Subjecit pedibus, strepitumque Acherontis avari.
Page 277 - But there is a sort of ignorance, strong and generous, that yields nothing in honour and courage to knowledge ; an ignorance which to conceive requires no less knowledge than to conceive knowledge itself.
Page 269 - Etenim ipsae se impellunt, ubi semel a ratione discessum est, ipsaque sibi imbecillitas indulget in altumque provehitur imprudens nee reperit locum consistendi.