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Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V01, 1877, Cotton
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THE LIFE OF MONTAIGNE
THE LETTERS OF MONTAIGNE
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V02, 1877, Cotton
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BOOK THE FIRST.—CHAP. I. to XII.
I. That Men by Various Ways Arrive at the Same End.
II. Of Sorrow.
III. That our affections carry themselves beyond us .
IV. That the soul discharges her passions upon false objects, where
the true are wanting.
V. Whether the governor of a place besieged ought himself to go
out to parley.
VI. That the hour of parley is dangerous.
VII. That the intention is judge of our actions.
VIII. Of idleness.
IX. Of liars.
X. Of quick or slow speech.
XI. Of prognostications.
XII. Of constancy.
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V03, 1877, Cotton
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BOOK THE FIRST.—CHAP. XIII. to XXI.
XIII. The ceremony of the interview of princes.
XIV. That men are justly punished for being obstinate in the defence
of a fort.
XV. Of the punishment of cowardice.
XVI. A proceeding of some ambassadors.
XVII. Of fear.
XVIII. That men are not to judge of our happiness till after death.
XIX. That to study philosophy is to learn to die.
XX. Of the force of imagination.
XXI. That the profit of one man is the damage of another.
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V04, 1877, Cotton
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BOOK THE FIRST.—CHAP. XXII. to XXIV.
XXII. Of custom, and that we should not easily change a law received
XXIII. Various events from the same counsel.
XXIV. Of pedantry.
Dec 2002 Th