Montaigne's Essays, Volume 3Dent, 1965 |
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Page 55
... Xenophon sacrificed with a crowne on his head , when one came to tell him the death of his sonne Gryllus in the battell of Mantinea . At the first hearing whereof he cast his crowne to the ground , but finding upon better relation how ...
... Xenophon sacrificed with a crowne on his head , when one came to tell him the death of his sonne Gryllus in the battell of Mantinea . At the first hearing whereof he cast his crowne to the ground , but finding upon better relation how ...
Page 125
... Xenophon useth for an objection and accusation against Menon , that in his love he dealt with fading objects . I take more sensuall pleasure by onely viewing the mutuall , even proporcioned and delicate commixture of two yong beauties ...
... Xenophon useth for an objection and accusation against Menon , that in his love he dealt with fading objects . I take more sensuall pleasure by onely viewing the mutuall , even proporcioned and delicate commixture of two yong beauties ...
Page 218
... Xenophon reporteth ) to fanne themselves , and at their pleasures to make cold shades . I love rainy and durty weather , as duckes doe . The change either of aire or climate doth nothing distemper mee . All heavens are alike to me , I ...
... Xenophon reporteth ) to fanne themselves , and at their pleasures to make cold shades . I love rainy and durty weather , as duckes doe . The change either of aire or climate doth nothing distemper mee . All heavens are alike to me , I ...
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