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Strona xix
... follow him through all his wind- ing paths . My intention , in presuming to print this se- lection , is to offer to the public those parts of Montaigne's Essays which are most religious , moral , connected , and entertaining . If , by ...
... follow him through all his wind- ing paths . My intention , in presuming to print this se- lection , is to offer to the public those parts of Montaigne's Essays which are most religious , moral , connected , and entertaining . If , by ...
Strona 62
... follow me , I will kill you ; for it is better fhould lose your life , than , by being taken , lose your empire . ” you Fear more particularly manifests itself in its utmost power , when it assumes a valiant de- fpair . In the first ...
... follow me , I will kill you ; for it is better fhould lose your life , than , by being taken , lose your empire . ” you Fear more particularly manifests itself in its utmost power , when it assumes a valiant de- fpair . In the first ...
Strona 98
... follow one subject as my guide , I might not be able to keep pace with it ; and in the precipitancy of my career , deliver things which , on better reflec- 8 tion , tion , might in my own judgment be criminal in .98 ESSAY 15 . XXIV.
... follow one subject as my guide , I might not be able to keep pace with it ; and in the precipitancy of my career , deliver things which , on better reflec- 8 tion , tion , might in my own judgment be criminal in .98 ESSAY 15 . XXIV.
Strona 132
... - ner of instructon , follows the fame method with different dispositions and characters , ought not to be surprised , if only a sew out of a great number number derive some benefit from his instruc- tions . I 132 ESSAY 19 .
... - ner of instructon , follows the fame method with different dispositions and characters , ought not to be surprised , if only a sew out of a great number number derive some benefit from his instruc- tions . I 132 ESSAY 19 .
Strona 145
... follow . ' Tis pity that these well - informed men should thus deal in brevity ; without doubt their reputation is increased by it , but in the mean time we feel the ill effects . Yet Plutarch would rather we should applaud his judgment ...
... follow . ' Tis pity that these well - informed men should thus deal in brevity ; without doubt their reputation is increased by it , but in the mean time we feel the ill effects . Yet Plutarch would rather we should applaud his judgment ...
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Strona 69 - And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
Strona 116 - Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much ; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
Strona 117 - Where yet was ever found a mother, Who'd give her booby for another ? And should we change with human breed, Well might we pass for fools indeed.
Strona 134 - But, withal, let my governor remember to what end his instructions are principally directed, and that he do not so much imprint in his pupil's memory the date of the ruin of Carthage, as the manners of Hannibal and Scipio; nor so much where Marcellus died, as why it was unworthy of his duty that he died there.
Strona 76 - Proferpine for ever treads In paths unfeen, o'er our devoted heads ; And on the fpacious land, and liquid main, Spreads flow difeafe, or darts affliftive pain : Variety of deaths confirm her endlefs reign.
Strona 62 - Deeper to wound, fhe fhuns the fight ; She drops her arms, to gain the field ; Secures her conqueft by her flight ; And triumphs, when fhe feems to yield. VIII. So, when the Parthian turn'd his fteed, And from the hoftile camp withdrew, With cruel fkill the backward reed He fcnt ; and, as he fled, he flew. SEE»99 SEEING THE DUKE OF ORMOND'S PICTURE AT SIR GODFREY KNELLER'S.
Strona 68 - Till pitying Nature figns the laft releafe, And bids afflicted worth retire to peace. But few there are whom hours like thefe await, Who fet unclouded in the gulphs of Fate. From Lydia's...
Strona 76 - Too foon •Convinc'd, fhall yield that fleeting breath, Which play'd fo idly with the darts of death. Some from the ftranded veflel force their way ; Fearful of Fate, they meet it in the fea : Some who efcape the fury of the wave, Sicken on earth, and fink into a grave : In journies or at home, in war or peace, By hardfhips many, many fall by eafe. Each changing feafon does its poifon bring, Rheums chill the winter, agues blaft the fpring; Wet, dry, cold, hot, at the appointed hour, All aft fubfervient...
Strona 8 - ... that his father had beaten his grandfather, and his grandfather his great grandfather ; and pointing to his son he said, ' This little fellow will beat me when he has grown to be a man : — it is a constitutional weakness in our family.
Strona xviii - France who served under six kings, Francis I., Henry II., Francis II., Charles IX., Henry III., and Henry IV. He distinguished himself at the battles of Dreux, Saint-Denis, Montcontour, and in the famous siege of Rochelle in 1573.