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Strona 8
... present seven heads of the enemy to the king . Where women wear cop , per setters upon both legs . Where people maintain , that rare and singular opinion of the mortality of the soul . Where they send blood in token of friendship , and ...
... present seven heads of the enemy to the king . Where women wear cop , per setters upon both legs . Where people maintain , that rare and singular opinion of the mortality of the soul . Where they send blood in token of friendship , and ...
Strona 15
... would either abolish old laws or establish new , should present himself with a halter about his neck to the people ; to the end , that if the innovation should not not be generally approved , he might be instant- ly ON CUSTO M. 15 II III.
... would either abolish old laws or establish new , should present himself with a halter about his neck to the people ; to the end , that if the innovation should not not be generally approved , he might be instant- ly ON CUSTO M. 15 II III.
Strona 25
... , though it should at , tain all its desires , will never be content , so wif- dom will always acquiesce with the present , and , is never dissatisfied with its condition . C Amongst Amongst the laws that relate to the dead , I [ 25 ]
... , though it should at , tain all its desires , will never be content , so wif- dom will always acquiesce with the present , and , is never dissatisfied with its condition . C Amongst Amongst the laws that relate to the dead , I [ 25 ]
Strona 30
... observe ac- customed forms ; and I knew an instance of extreme covetousness , where all attendance was excluded except one servant with a lanthorn . If If advice was necessary in the present instance , I 30 ESSAY 4 . VIII IX.
... observe ac- customed forms ; and I knew an instance of extreme covetousness , where all attendance was excluded except one servant with a lanthorn . If If advice was necessary in the present instance , I 30 ESSAY 4 . VIII IX.
Strona 31
Michel de Montaigne. If advice was necessary in the present instance , I should be of opinion that all ceremonies and expences should be regulated according to the fortune of the person deceased ; and that they should neither be too ...
Michel de Montaigne. If advice was necessary in the present instance , I should be of opinion that all ceremonies and expences should be regulated according to the fortune of the person deceased ; and that they should neither be too ...
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Popularne fragmenty
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.