Essays of Michel de Montaigne

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Author

Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592

Title

Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete

Credits

David Widger

Language

English

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PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

Subject

French essays -- Translations into English

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3600

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3600

Release Date

October 26, 2004

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE — Translated by Charles Cotton Edited by William Carew Hazlitt — 1877
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.THE LIFE OF MONTAIGNE
4. 4.I.——To Monsieur de MONTAIGNE
5. 5.II.——To Monseigneur, Monseigneur de MONTAIGNE.
6. 6.III.——To Monsieur, Monsieur de LANSAC,
7. 7.IV.——To Monsieur, Monsieur de MESMES, Lord of Roissy and Malassize, Privy
8. 8.V.——To Monsieur, Monsieur de L’HOSPITAL, Chancellor of France
9. 9.VI.——To Monsieur, Monsieur de Folx, Privy Councillor, and Ambassador of His Majesty to the Signory of Venice. — —[ Printed before the ‘Vers Francois’ of Etienne de la Boetie, 8vo, Paris, 1572.]
10. 10.VII.——To Mademoiselle de MONTAIGNE, my Wife.
11. 11.VIII.——To Monsieur DUPUY,
12. 12.IX.——To the Jurats of Bordeaux.
13. 13.X.——To the same. — —[The original is among the archives of Toulouse.]
14. 14.XI.——To the same.
15. 15.XII.
16. 16.XIII.——To Mademoiselle PAULMIER.
17. 17.XIV.——To the KING, HENRY IV.
18. 18.XV.——To the same.
19. 19.XVI.——To the Governor of Guienne.
20. 20.ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE — Translated by Charles Cotton — Edited by William Carew Hazlitt — 1877
21. 21.CHAPTER I——THAT MEN BY VARIOUS WAYS ARRIVE AT THE SAME END.
22. 22.CHAPTER II——OF SORROW
23. 23.CHAPTER III——THAT OUR AFFECTIONS CARRY THEMSELVES BEYOND US.
24. 24.CHAPTER IV——THAT THE SOUL EXPENDS ITS PASSIONS UPON FALSE OBJECTS, WHERE THE TRUE ARE WANTING
25. 25.CHAPTER V——WHETHER THE GOVERNOR OF A PLACE BESIEGED OUGHT HIMSELF TO GO OUT TO PARLEY
26. 26.CHAPTER VI——THAT THE HOUR OF PARLEY DANGEROUS
27. 27.CHAPTER VII——THAT THE INTENTION IS JUDGE OF OUR ACTIONS
28. 28.CHAPTER VIII——OF IDLENESS
29. 29.CHAPTER IX——OF LIARS
30. 30.CHAPTER X——OF QUICK OR SLOW SPEECH
31. 31.CHAPTER XI——OF PROGNOSTICATIONS
32. 32.CHAPTER XII——OF CONSTANCY
33. 33.CHAPTER XIII——THE CEREMONY OF THE INTERVIEW OF PRINCES
34. 34.CHAPTER XIV——THAT MEN ARE JUSTLY PUNISHED FOR BEING OBSTINATE IN THE DEFENCE OF A FORT THAT IS NOT IN REASON TO BE DEFENDED
35. 35.CHAPTER XV——OF THE PUNISHMENT OF COWARDICE
36. 36.CHAPTER XVI——A PROCEEDING OF SOME AMBASSADORS
37. 37.CHAPTER XVII——OF FEAR
38. 38.CHAPTER XVIII——THAT MEN ARE NOT TO JUDGE OF OUR HAPPINESS TILL AFTER DEATH.
39. 39.CHAPTER XIX——THAT TO STUDY PHILOSOPY IS TO LEARN TO DIE
40. 40.CHAPTER XX——OF THE FORCE OF IMAGINATION
41. 41.CHAPTER XXI——THAT THE PROFIT OF ONE MAN IS THE DAMAGE OF ANOTHER
42. 42.CHAPTER XXII——OF CUSTOM, AND THAT WE SHOULD NOT EASILY CHANGE A LAW RECEIVED
43. 43.CHAPTER XXIII——VARIOUS EVENTS FROM THE SAME COUNSEL
44. 44.CHAPTER XXIV——OF PEDANTRY
45. 45.CHAPTER XXV——OF THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN — TO MADAME DIANE DE FOIX, Comtesse de Gurson
46. 46.CHAPTER XXVI——THAT IT IS FOLLY TO MEASURE TRUTH AND ERROR BY OUR OWN CAPACITY
47. 47.CHAPTER XXVII——OF FRIENDSHIP
48. 48.CHAPTER XXVIII——NINE AND TWENTY SONNETS OF ESTIENNE DE LA BOITIE — TO MADAME DE GRAMMONT, COMTESSE DE GUISSEN.
49. 49.CHAPTER XXIX——OF MODERATION
50. 50.CHAPTER XXX——OF CANNIBALS
51. 51.CHAPTER XXXI——THAT A MAN IS SOBERLY TO JUDGE OF THE DIVINE ORDINANCES
52. 52.CHAPTER XXXII——THAT WE ARE TO AVOID PLEASURES, EVEN AT THE EXPENSE OF LIFE
53. 53.CHAPTER XXXIII——THAT FORTUNE IS OFTEN-TIMES OBSERVED TO ACT BY THE RULE OF REASON — The inconstancy and various motions of Fortune
54. 54.CHAPTER XXXIV——OF ONE DEFECT IN OUR GOVERNMENT
55. 55.CHAPTER XXXV——OF THE CUSTOM OF WEARING CLOTHES
56. 56.CHAPTER XXXVI——OF CATO THE YOUNGER
57. 57.CHAPTER XXXVII——THAT WE LAUGH AND CRY FOR THE SAME THING
58. 58.CHAPTER XXXVIII——OF SOLITUDE
59. 59.CHAPTER XXXIX——A CONSIDERATION UPON CICERO
60. 60.CHAPTER XL——THAT THE RELISH FOR GOOD AND EVIL DEPENDS IN GREAT MEASURE UPON THE OPINION WE HAVE OF THEM
61. 61.CHAPTER XLI——NOT TO COMMUNICATE A MAN’S HONOUR
62. 62.CHAPTER XLII——OF THE INEQUALITY AMOUNGST US.
63. 63.CHAPTER XLIII——OF SUMPTUARY LAWS
64. 64.CHAPTER XLIV——OF SLEEP
65. 65.CHAPTER XLV——OF THE BATTLE OF DREUX
66. 66.CHAPTER XLVI——OF NAMES
67. 67.CHAPTER XLVII——OF THE UNCERTAINTY OF OUR JUDGMENT — Well says this verse:
68. 68.CHAPTER XLVIII——OF WAR HORSES, OR DESTRIERS
69. 69.CHAPTER XLIX——OF ANCIENT CUSTOMS
70. 70.CHAPTER L——OF DEMOCRITUS AND HERACLITUS
71. 71.CHAPTER LI——OF THE VANITY OF WORDS
72. 72.CHAPTER LII——OF THE PARSIMONY OF THE ANCIENTS
73. 73.CHAPTER LIII——OF A SAYING OF CAESAR
74. 74.CHAPTER LIV——OF VAIN SUBTLETIES
75. 75.CHAPTER LV——OF SMELLS
76. 76.CHAPTER LVI——OF PRAYERS
77. 77.CHAPTER LVII——OF AGE
78. 78.BOOK THE SECOND
79. 79.CHAPTER I——OF THE INCONSTANCY OF OUR ACTIONS
80. 80.CHAPTER II——OF DRUNKENNESS
81. 81.CHAPTER III——A CUSTOM OF THE ISLE OF CEA
82. 82.CHAPTER IV——TO-MORROW’S A NEW DAY
83. 83.CHAPTER V——OF CONSCIENCE
84. 84.CHAPTER VI——USE MAKES PERFECT
85. 85.CHAPTER VII——OF RECOMPENSES OF HONOUR
86. 86.CHAPTER VIII——OF THE AFFECTION OF FATHERS TO THEIR CHILDREN — To Madame D’Estissac.
87. 87.CHAPTER IX——OF THE ARMS OF THE PARTHIANS
88. 88.CHAPTER X——OF BOOKS
89. 89.CHAPTER XI——OF CRUELTY
90. 90.CHAPTER XII. — APOLOGY FOR RAIMOND SEBOND.
91. 91.CHAPTER XIII——OF JUDGING OF THE DEATH OF ANOTHER
92. 92.CHAPTER XIV——THAT OUR MIND HINDERS ITSELF
93. 93.CHAPTER XV——THAT OUR DESIRES ARE AUGMENTED BY DIFFICULTY
94. 94.CHAPTER XVI——OF GLORY
95. 95.CHAPTER XVII——OF PRESUMPTION
96. 96.CHAPTER XVIII——OF GIVING THE LIE
97. 97.CHAPTER XIX——OF LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE
98. 98.CHAPTER XX——THAT WE TASTE NOTHING PURE
99. 99.CHAPTER XXI——AGAINST IDLENESS
100. 100.CHAPTER XXII——OF POSTING
101. 101.CHAPTER XXIII——OF ILL MEANS EMPLOYED TO A GOOD END
102. 102.CHAPTER XXIV——OF THE ROMAN GRANDEUR
103. 103.CHAPTER XXV——NOT TO COUNTERFEIT BEING SICK
104. 104.CHAPTER XXVI——OF THUMBS
105. 105.CHAPTER XXVII——COWARDICE THE MOTHER OF CRUELTY
106. 106.CHAPTER XXVIII——ALL THINGS HAVE THEIR SEASON
107. 107.CHAPTER XXIX——OF VIRTUE
108. 108.CHAPTER XXX——OF A MONSTROUS CHILD
109. 109.CHAPTER XXXI——OF ANGER
110. 110.CHAPTER XXXII——DEFENCE OF SENECA AND PLUTARCH
111. 111.CHAPTER XXXIII——THE STORY OF SPURINA
112. 112.CHAPTER XXXIV——OBSERVATION ON THE MEANS TO CARRY ON A WAR ACCORDING TO JULIUS CAESAR
113. 113.CHAPTER XXXV——OF THREE GOOD WOMEN
114. 114.CHAPTER XXXVI——OF THE MOST EXCELLENT MEN
115. 115.CHAPTER XXXVII——OF THE RESEMBLANCE OF CHILDREN TO THEIR FATHERS
116. 116.BOOK THE THIRD
117. 117.CHAPTER I——OF PROFIT AND HONESTY
118. 118.CHAPTER II——OF REPENTANCE
119. 119.CHAPTER III——OF THREE COMMERCES
120. 120.CHAPTER IV——OF DIVERSION
121. 121.CHAPTER V——UPON SOME VERSES OF VIRGIL
122. 122.CHAPTER VI——OF COACHES
123. 123.CHAPTER VII——OF THE INCONVENIENCE OF GREATNESS
124. 124.CHAPTER VIII——OF THE ART OF CONFERENCE
125. 125.CHAPTER IX——OF VANITY
126. 126.CHAPTER X——OF MANAGING THE WILL
127. 127.CHAPTER XI——OF CRIPPLES
128. 128.CHAPTER XII——OF PHYSIOGNOMY
129. 129.CHAPTER XIII——OF EXPERIENCE
130. 130.APOLOGY:
131. 131.PROJECT GUTENBERG EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:

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