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The Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne : Translated into English from the most accurate and elegant French edition of Peter Coste. 3 volumes complete. LONDON : 1776.

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The Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne : Translated into English from the most accurate and elegant French edition of Peter Coste. 3 volumes complete. LONDON : 1776.

de Montaigne, Michel de 1533-1592. [ Michael ]

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London: Published by Printed for J. Pote, E. Ballard, C. Bathurst, T. Davies, T. Payne, J. F. and G. Rivington, S. Crowder, T. Longman, B. Law, T. Caslon, J. Robson, W. Ginger, T. Evans, and E. Johnston, 1776. Eighth Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. LONDON : 1776. The eighth edition, with very considerable amendments and improvements. 3 volumes complete. Hardbacks. Contemporary calf leather; recent respines by professional biner. Raised bands; Gilt lettered and dark red and green leather labels to spines. Dated in gilt to foot of each spine. Original boards worn. Bright, tight and clean. Apart from Armorial bookplate of James Norris; no owner name or internal markings. Minor wear only. Minor paper repair to one corner. VERY GOOD. Over 500 pages and index each volume. Scarce early set. CONTENTS: Vol. 1. That men arrive at the same end by different means. Of sorrow. That our affections are extended beyond our existence. How the soul discharges its passions upon false objects, when the true are wanting. Whether the Governor of a place besieged, ought himself to go out to parley. The time of parleys dangerous. That our actions are to be judged by the intention. Of idleness. Of liars. Of readiness or slowness in speech. Of prognostications. Of constancy. Of the ceremony at the interview of Princes. That the obstinate defence of a place, not in reason to be defended, deserves to be punished. Of the punishment of cowardice. A passage of some ambassadors. Of fear. That we are to judge of man's happiness before his death. That he who studies philosophy, learns to die. Of the power of imagination. One man's profit another's loss. Of custom and the difficulty of changing a law once received. Different events from the same counsel. Of pedantry. Of the education of children. The folly of measuring truth and error, by the standard of our capacity. Of friendship. A letter to Madame de Grammont Countess of Guissen, with twenty-nine sonnets. Of moderation. Of cannibals. That men must not be too hasty in judging of the divine decrees. To avoid pleasures even at the expence of life. Fortune often met with in the train of reason. Of one defect in our government. Of the custom of wearing cloaths. Of Cato the younger. That we laugh and cry for the same thing. Of solitude. An observation concerning Cicero. That the relish of good and evil depends on the opinion we have of either. One man's honour not to be communicated to another. Of the inequality amongst us. Of sumptuary laws. Of sleep. Of the battle of Dreux. Of names. Of the uncertainty of our judgment. Of the war-horses, called destriers. Of ancient customs. Of Democritus and Heraclitus. Of the vanity of words. Of the parsimony of the ancients. Of a saying of Caesar. Of vain subtilties. Of smells. Of prayers. Of age -- VOL. 2. Of the inconstancy of our actions. Of drunkenness. Of the custom of the Isle of Cea. To-morrow is a new day. Of conscience. Exercise and habit makes things familiar. Of honorary rewards. Of parents affection to their children. Of the armour of the Parthians. Of books. Of cruelty. An apology for Raimond de Sebonde. Of judging the death of another. How the mind hampers itself. That our desires are augmented by the difficulty of obtaining them. Of glory. Of presumption. Of giving the lye. Of liberty of conscience. That we taste nothing pure. Against sloth. Of posts. Of ill means employed to a good end. Of the Roman grandeur. Not to counterfeit sickness. Of thumbs. Cowardise the mother of cruelty. All things have their season. Of virtue. Of a monstrous child. Of anger. Defence of Seneca and Plutarch. The story of Spurina. On Julius Caesar's Art of War. Of three good women. Of three most excellent men. Of the resemblance of children to their parents - VOL 3: Of profit and honesty. Of repentance. Of three commerces, i.e. familiarities with men, women, and books. Of diversion. On some verses of Virgil. Of coaches. Of the inconvenience of greatness. Of the art of discoursing. Of vanity. Of managing the will. Of cripples. Of physiognomy. Of experience. The appendix. MICHEL EYQUEM DE MONTAIGNE (1533-1592) was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance, known for popularizing the essay as a literary genr

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The Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne : Translated into English from the most accurate and elegant French edition of Peter Coste. 3 volumes complete. LONDON : 1776.
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Montaigne, Michel de 1533-1592. [ Michael ]
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Published by Printed for J. Pote, E. Ballard, C. Bathurst, T. Davies, T. Payne, J. F. and G. Rivington, S. Crowder, T. Longman,
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