Great Authors of All Ages: Being Selections from the Prose Works of Eminent Writers from the Time of Pericles to the Present DayLippincott, 1894 - 555 pages |
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... live together in of possible misfortunes , and when we hazard the mutual endearments of private life with- the danger , are found no less courageous out suspicions ; not angry with a neighbour than those who are continually inured to it ...
... live together in of possible misfortunes , and when we hazard the mutual endearments of private life with- the danger , are found no less courageous out suspicions ; not angry with a neighbour than those who are continually inured to it ...
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... lives and com- pleted by their deaths : for it is a debt of justice to pay superior honours to men who have devoted their ... live . From the reproach of cowardice , indeed , they fled , but presented their bodies to the shock of battle ...
... lives and com- pleted by their deaths : for it is a debt of justice to pay superior honours to men who have devoted their ... live . From the reproach of cowardice , indeed , they fled , but presented their bodies to the shock of battle ...
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... live with us by their works , discourse with us , are our masters and guides , and serve us as pilots in the naviga- without ceasing by the storms of our pas- tion of life , where our vessel is agitated sions ! It is here that true ...
... live with us by their works , discourse with us , are our masters and guides , and serve us as pilots in the naviga- without ceasing by the storms of our pas- tion of life , where our vessel is agitated sions ! It is here that true ...
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... right of being promoted to it , either by election or by lot , provided that he and his might live in the empire out of all authority and subjection , those of 30 MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE . "Montaigne's Essays' are among the most re- ...
... right of being promoted to it , either by election or by lot , provided that he and his might live in the empire out of all authority and subjection , those of 30 MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE . "Montaigne's Essays' are among the most re- ...
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... live . Con- ceive man accompanied with omnipotency , you throw him into an abyss : he must beg disturbance and opposition as an alms . His being and his good is indigence . Their good qualities are dead and lost ; for they are not to be ...
... live . Con- ceive man accompanied with omnipotency , you throw him into an abyss : he must beg disturbance and opposition as an alms . His being and his good is indigence . Their good qualities are dead and lost ; for they are not to be ...
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