... fortuitous, and introduced for want of heed. Tis the indiligent reader who loses my subject, and not I; there will always be found some words or other in a corner, that is to the purpose, though it lie very close. The Essays of Michael de Montaigne - Page 268by Michel de Montaigne - 1811Full view - About this book
| England - 1862 - 818 pages
...most beautiful when they seem to be fortuitous and introduced for want of heed. It is the inattentive reader that loses my subject, and not I : there will...that is to the purpose, though it lie very close." s It is clear from all this that Montaigne wrote as great artists do write — viz., from an unerring... | |
| Robert Davidson - Kentucky - 1840 - 160 pages
...most of all, when they seem to be fortuitous and introduced for want of heed. 'Tis the inattentive reader that loses my subject and not I; there will...that is to the purpose, though it lie very close."* The following Essays were originally read before two literary associations connected with the University... | |
| Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1864 - 456 pages
...most beautiful when they seem to be fortuitous and introduced for want of heed. It is the inattentive reader that loses my subject, and not I: there will...that is to the purpose, though it lie very close."* It is clear from all this that Montaigne wrote as great artists do write, viz., from an unerring perception... | |
| Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1864 - 704 pages
...most beautiful when they seem to be fortuitous and introduced for want of heed. It is the inattentive reader that loses my subject, and not I: there will...that is to the purpose, though it lie very close." * It is clear from all this that Montaigne wrote as great artists do write — viz., from an unerring... | |
| Edward George E.L. Bulwer- Lytton (1st baron.) - 1868 - 512 pages
...most beautiful when they seem to be fortuitous and introduced for want of heed. It is the inattentive reader that loses my subject, and not I : there will...that is to the purpose, though it lie very close."* It ie clear from all this that Montaigne wrote as great artists do write — viz., from an unerring... | |
| Michel de Montaigne - 1870 - 700 pages
...most of all, when they seem to be fortuitous, and introduced for want of heed. 'Tis the intelligent reader that loses my subject, and not I; there will always be found some words or other in a corner that are to the purpose, though it lie very close. I ramble indiscreetly... | |
| Michel de Montaigne - French essays - 1877 - 496 pages
...all, when they seem most fortuitous, and introduced for want of heed. 'Tis the indiligent reader who loses my subject, and not I ; there will always be found some words or other in a corner, that is to the purpose, though it lie very close. I ramble indiscreetly... | |
| Michel Eyquem de Montaigne - 1877 - 622 pages
...all, when they seem most fortuitous, and introduced for want of heed. 'Tis the indiligent reader who loses my subject, and not I ; there will always be found some words or other in a corner, that is to the purpose, though it lie very close. I ramble indiscreetly... | |
| Edward Dowden - Authors, French - 1905 - 400 pages
...skips; it is an art, as Plato says, light, fleeting, and demonic. . . . It is the indiligent reader who loses my subject, and not I ; there will always be found some word or other in a corner, that will prove sufficient, though closely couched." He does not care to... | |
| Michel de Montaigne - 1908 - 426 pages
...all, when they seem most fortuitous, and introduced for want of heed. 'Tis the indiligent reader who loses my subject, and not I ; there will always be found some words or other in a corner, that J is to the purpose, though it lie very close. I ramble indis- \/... | |
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