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pubOne.info present you this wonderfully illustrated edition. The present publication is intended to supply a recognised deficiency in our literature- a library edition of the Essays of Montaigne. This great French writer deserves to be regarded as a classic, not only in the land of his birth, but in all countries and in all literatures. His Essays, which are at once the most celebrated and the most permanent of his productions, form a magazine out of which such minds as those of Bacon and Shakespeare did not disdain to help themselves; and, indeed, as Hallam observes, the Frenchman's literary importance largely results from the share which his mind had in influencing other minds, coeval and subsequent. But, at the same time, estimating the value and rank of the essayist, we are not to leave out of the account the drawbacks and the circumstances of the period: the imperfect state of education, the comparative scarcity of books, and the limited opportunities of intellectual intercourse. Montaigne freely borrowed of others, and he has found men willing to borrow of him as freely
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- ESSAYS OF
- PREFACE
- THE LIFE OF MONTAIGNE
- THE LETTERS OF MONTAIGNE.
- II.âTo Monseigneur, Monseigneur de MONTAIGNE.
- III.âTo Monsieur, Monsieur de LANSAC,
- IV.âTo Monsieur, Monsieur de MESMES, Lord of Roissy and Malassize, Privy
- V.âTo Monsieur, Monsieur de L'HOSPITAL, Chancellor of France
- VI.âTo Monsieur, Monsieur de Folx, Privy Councillor, and Ambassador of His Majesty to the Signory of Venice.
- VII.âTo Mademoiselle de MONTAIGNE, my Wife.
- VIII.âTo Monsieur DUPUY,
- IX.âTo the Jurats of Bordeaux.
- X.âTo the same.
- XI.âTo the same.
- XII.
- XIII.âTo Mademoiselle PAULMIER.
- XIV.âTo the KING, HENRY IV.
- XV.âTo the same.
- XVI.âTo the Governor of Guienne.
- ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE
- CHAPTER IIâOF SORROW
- CHAPTER IIIâTHAT OUR AFFECTIONS CARRY THEMSELVES BEYOND US.
- CHAPTER IVâTHAT THE SOUL EXPENDS ITS PASSIONS UPON FALSE OBJECTS, WHERE THE TRUE ARE WANTING
- CHAPTER VâWHETHER THE GOVERNOR OF A PLACE BESIEGED OUGHT HIMSELF TO GO OUT TO PARLEY
- CHAPTER VIâTHAT THE HOUR OF PARLEY DANGEROUS
- CHAPTER VIIâTHAT THE INTENTION IS JUDGE OF OUR ACTIONS
- CHAPTER VIIIâOF IDLENESS
- CHAPTER IXâOF LIARS
- CHAPTER XâOF QUICK OR SLOW SPEECH
- CHAPTER XIâOF PROGNOSTICATIONS
- CHAPTER XIIâOF CONSTANCY
- CHAPTER XIIIâTHE CEREMONY OF THE INTERVIEW OF PRINCES
- CHAPTER XIVâTHAT MEN ARE JUSTLY PUNISHED FOR BEING OBSTINATE IN THE DEFENCE OF A FORT THAT IS NOT IN REASON TO BE DEFENDED
- CHAPTER XVâOF THE PUNISHMENT OF COWARDICE
- CHAPTER XVIâA PROCEEDING OF SOME AMBASSADORS
- CHAPTER XVIIâOF FEAR
- CHAPTER XVIIIâTHAT MEN ARE NOT TO JUDGE OF OUR HAPPINESS TILL AFTER DEATH.
- CHAPTER XIXâTHAT TO STUDY PHILOSOPY IS TO LEARN TO DIE
- CHAPTER XXâOF THE FORCE OF IMAGINATION
- CHAPTER XXIâTHAT THE PROFIT OF ONE MAN IS THE DAMAGE OF ANOTHER
- CHAPTER XXIIâOF CUSTOM, AND THAT WE SHOULD NOT EASILY CHANGE A LAW RECEIVED
- CHAPTER XXIIIâVARIOUS EVENTS FROM THE SAME COUNSEL
- CHAPTER XXIVâOF PEDANTRY
- CHAPTER XXVâOF THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN
- CHAPTER XXVIâTHAT IT IS FOLLY TO MEASURE TRUTH AND ERROR BY OUR OWN CAPACITY
- CHAPTER XXVIIâOF FRIENDSHIP
- CHAPTER XXVIIIâNINE AND TWENTY SONNETS OF ESTIENNE DE LA BOITIE
- CHAPTER XXIXâOF MODERATION
- CHAPTER XXXâOF CANNIBALS
- CHAPTER XXXIâTHAT A MAN IS SOBERLY TO JUDGE OF THE DIVINE ORDINANCES
- CHAPTER XXXIIâTHAT WE ARE TO AVOID PLEASURES, EVEN AT THE EXPENSE OF LIFE
- CHAPTER XXXIIIâTHAT FORTUNE IS OFTEN-TIMES OBSERVED TO ACT BY THE RULE OF REASON
- CHAPTER XXXIVâOF ONE DEFECT IN OUR GOVERNMENT
- CHAPTER XXXVâOF THE CUSTOM OF WEARING CLOTHES
- CHAPTER XXXVIâOF CATO THE YOUNGER
- CHAPTER XXXVIIâTHAT WE LAUGH AND CRY FOR THE SAME THING
- CHAPTER XXXVIIIâOF SOLITUDE
- CHAPTER XXXIXâA CONSIDERATION UPON CICERO
- CHAPTER XLâTHAT THE RELISH FOR GOOD AND EVIL DEPENDS IN GREAT MEASURE UPON THE OPINION WE HAVE OF THEM
- CHAPTER XLIâNOT TO COMMUNICATE A MAN'S HONOUR
- CHAPTER XLIIâOF THE INEQUALITY AMOUNGST US.
- CHAPTER XLIIIâOF SUMPTUARY LAWS
- CHAPTER XLIVâOF SLEEP
- CHAPTER XLVâOF THE BATTLE OF DREUX
- CHAPTER XLVIâOF NAMES
- CHAPTER XLVIIâOF THE UNCERTAINTY OF OUR JUDGMENT
- CHAPTER XLVIIIâOF WAR HORSES, OR DESTRIERS
- CHAPTER XLIXâOF ANCIENT CUSTOMS
- CHAPTER LâOF DEMOCRITUS AND HERACLITUS
- CHAPTER LIâOF THE VANITY OF WORDS
- CHAPTER LIIâOF THE PARSIMONY OF THE ANCIENTS
- CHAPTER LIIIâOF A SAYING OF CAESAR
- CHAPTER LIVâOF VAIN SUBTLETIES
- CHAPTER LVâOF SMELLS
- CHAPTER LVIâOF PRAYERS
- CHAPTER LVIIâOF AGE
- BOOK THE SECOND
- CHAPTER IIâOF DRUNKENNESS
- CHAPTER IIIâA CUSTOM OF THE ISLE OF CEA
- CHAPTER IVâTO-MORROW'S A NEW DAY
- CHAPTER VâOF CONSCIENCE
- CHAPTER VIâUSE MAKES PERFECT
- CHAPTER VIIâOF RECOMPENSES OF HONOUR
- CHAPTER VIIIâOF THE AFFECTION OF FATHERS TO THEIR CHILDREN
- CHAPTER IXâOF THE ARMS OF THE PARTHIANS
- CHAPTER XâOF BOOKS
- CHAPTER XIâOF CRUELTY
- CHAPTER XIIIâOF JUDGING OF THE DEATH OF ANOTHER
- CHAPTER XIVâTHAT OUR MIND HINDERS ITSELF
- CHAPTER XVâTHAT OUR DESIRES ARE AUGMENTED BY DIFFICULTY
- CHAPTER XVIâOF GLORY
- CHAPTER XVIIâOF PRESUMPTION
- CHAPTER XVIIIâOF GIVING THE LIE
- CHAPTER XIXâOF LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE
- CHAPTER XXâTHAT WE TASTE NOTHING PURE
- CHAPTER XXIâAGAINST IDLENESS
- CHAPTER XXIIâOF POSTING
- CHAPTER XXIIIâOF ILL MEANS EMPLOYED TO A GOOD END
- CHAPTER XXIVâOF THE ROMAN GRANDEUR
- CHAPTER XXVâNOT TO COUNTERFEIT BEING SICK
- CHAPTER XXVIâOF THUMBS
- CHAPTER XXVIIâCOWARDICE THE MOTHER OF CRUELTY
- CHAPTER XXVIIIâALL THINGS HAVE THEIR SEASON
- CHAPTER XXIXâOF VIRTUE
- CHAPTER XXXâOF A MONSTROUS CHILD
- CHAPTER XXXIâOF ANGER
- CHAPTER XXXIIâDEFENCE OF SENECA AND PLUTARCH
- CHAPTER XXXIIIâTHE STORY OF SPURINA
- CHAPTER XXXIVâOBSERVATION ON THE MEANS TO CARRY ON A WAR ACCORDING TO JULIUS CAESAR
- CHAPTER XXXVâOF THREE GOOD WOMEN
- CHAPTER XXXVIâOF THE MOST EXCELLENT MEN
- CHAPTER XXXVIIâOF THE RESEMBLANCE OF CHILDREN TO THEIR FATHERS
- BOOK THE THIRD
- CHAPTER IIâOF REPENTANCE
- CHAPTER IIIâOF THREE COMMERCES
- CHAPTER IVâOF DIVERSION
- CHAPTER VâUPON SOME VERSES OF VIRGIL
- CHAPTER VIâOF COACHES
- CHAPTER VIIâOF THE INCONVENIENCE OF GREATNESS
- CHAPTER VIIIâOF THE ART OF CONFERENCE
- CHAPTER IXâOF VANITY
- CHAPTER XâOF MANAGING THE WILL
- CHAPTER XIâOF CRIPPLES
- CHAPTER XIIâOF PHYSIOGNOMY
- CHAPTER XIIIâOF EXPERIENCE
- APOLOGY:
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