Montaigne's Essays: John Florio's Translation ; Edited by J. I. M. Stewart, Volume 2Nonesuch Press, 1928 - Ethics |
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... him word out of Germany , that if he thought it good , Ariminius should be made away by poison . He was the mightiest enemy the Romans had , who had so vilely used them under Varus , and ... himselfe he will put it on OF PROFIT AND HONESTY.
... him word out of Germany , that if he thought it good , Ariminius should be made away by poison . He was the mightiest enemy the Romans had , who had so vilely used them under Varus , and ... himselfe he will put it on OF PROFIT AND HONESTY.
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... himselfe by his moderation , in that generall Shipwracke of the world , amidst so many changes and divers alterations ? To private men , such as he was , it is more easie . And in such kinde of businesse , I thinke one dealeth justly ...
... himselfe by his moderation , in that generall Shipwracke of the world , amidst so many changes and divers alterations ? To private men , such as he was , it is more easie . And in such kinde of businesse , I thinke one dealeth justly ...
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... himselfe , but you will do the like for him , when his turne shall come ? He takes you for a villaine : whilst that hee heares you , and gathers out of you , and makes his best use of your disloyalty . For , double fellowes are onely ...
... himselfe , but you will do the like for him , when his turne shall come ? He takes you for a villaine : whilst that hee heares you , and gathers out of you , and makes his best use of your disloyalty . For , double fellowes are onely ...
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... him , what of his wealth or state hee should empart unto him : Which and what you please ( quoth hee ) so it be not your ... himselfe , may be excused if hee be faithlesse to his Master . But Princes entertaine not men by halfes , and ...
... him , what of his wealth or state hee should empart unto him : Which and what you please ( quoth hee ) so it be not your ... himselfe , may be excused if hee be faithlesse to his Master . But Princes entertaine not men by halfes , and ...
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... him , sent him bound hand and foote to Rome . One traytor over- reached another , against common custome : For , they ... himselfe the oath , which the Egyptian Kings , solemnly and usually presented to their judges ; Not to swarve from ...
... him , sent him bound hand and foote to Rome . One traytor over- reached another , against common custome : For , they ... himselfe the oath , which the Egyptian Kings , solemnly and usually presented to their judges ; Not to swarve from ...
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Page 402 - The largest slice of this huge provision is, as a matter of course, given to the tyrannous demands of fiction. But in carrying out the scheme, publishers and editors contrived to keep in mind that books, like men and women, have their elective affinities. The present volume, for instance, will be found to have its companion books, both in the same section and just as significantly in other sections.
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