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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... nature , not even inutility itself ; nothing has insinuated itself into this universe that has not therein some fit ... natural a posses- sion in us , that its image is discerned in beasts ; nay , and cruelty , so unnatural a vice ; for ...
... nature , not even inutility itself ; nothing has insinuated itself into this universe that has not therein some fit ... natural a posses- sion in us , that its image is discerned in beasts ; nay , and cruelty , so unnatural a vice ; for ...
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... I cannot permit my- self , for any consideration , to tell them a lie . What is intrusted to my secrecy , I religiously conceal ; but I take as few trusts of that nature upon me as I Chap . 1. ] 7 Of Profit and Honesty .
... I cannot permit my- self , for any consideration , to tell them a lie . What is intrusted to my secrecy , I religiously conceal ; but I take as few trusts of that nature upon me as I Chap . 1. ] 7 Of Profit and Honesty .
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... nature , good sense than good luck , do me more honour than disgrace : but , certainly , they make my subtlety too ... natural motion , and maintain an appearance of liberty and licence , so equal and inflexible , through so many various ...
... nature , good sense than good luck , do me more honour than disgrace : but , certainly , they make my subtlety too ... natural motion , and maintain an appearance of liberty and licence , so equal and inflexible , through so many various ...
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... nature , and of a weak nature to boot ? Is it not to build a wall with- out stone or brick , or some such thing , to write books without learning and without art ? The fancies of music . are carried on by art ; mine by chance . I have ...
... nature , and of a weak nature to boot ? Is it not to build a wall with- out stone or brick , or some such thing , to write books without learning and without art ? The fancies of music . are carried on by art ; mine by chance . I have ...
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... nature condemn , but those also which the opinion of men , though false and erroneous , have made such , if authorised by law and custom . There is likewise no virtue which does not rejoice a well- descended nature ; there is a kind of ...
... nature condemn , but those also which the opinion of men , though false and erroneous , have made such , if authorised by law and custom . There is likewise no virtue which does not rejoice a well- descended nature ; there is a kind of ...
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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.