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The Essays of Michael de Montaigne, Volume 2

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Michel de Montaigne

C. Baldwin, 1811 - French essays

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Contents

Chap Page I OF Books	1

Of Cruelty	20

An Apology for Raimond de Sebonde	41

Of judging of the death of another	287

How the Mind hampers itself	295

That our Desires are augmented by the Difficulty of obtaining them	297

Of Glory	305

Of Presumption	322

Not to counterfeit Sickness	395

Of Thumbs	398

Cowardice the Mother of Cruelty	400

All Things have their Season	412

Of Virtue	415

Of a monstrous Child	425

Of Anger	427

Defence of Seneca and Plutarch	437

Of giving the Lie	365

Of Liberty of Conscience	371

That we taste nothing Pure	376

Against Sloth	381

Of Posts	386

Of ill Means employed to a good End	388

Of the Roman Grandeur	393

The Story of Spurina	446

Observations on Julius Cæsars Methods of making War	455

Of three good Women	466

Of three most excellent Men	477

Of the Resemblance of Children to their Fathers	486

Of Profit and Honesty	524

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Bibliographic information

Title	The Essays of Michael de Montaigne, Volume 2 The Essays of Michael de Montaigne, Michel de Montaigne Volume 2 of The Essays of Michael de Montaigne, Translated Into English, with Very Considerable Amendments and Improvements from the Most Accurate French Ed. of Peter Coste, Michel de Montaigne
Author	Michel de Montaigne
Edition	9
Publisher	C. Baldwin, 1811
Original from	the University of Michigan
Digitized	6 Dec 2008

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