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- ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE
- Translated by Charles Cotton Edited by William Carew Hazlitt
- 1877
- PREFACE
- THE LIFE OF MONTAIGNE
- I.——To Monsieur de MONTAIGNE
- II.——To Monseigneur, Monseigneur de MONTAIGNE.
- III.——To Monsieur, Monsieur de LANSAC,
- IV.——To Monsieur, Monsieur de MESMES, Lord of Roissy and Malassize, Privy
- V.——To Monsieur, Monsieur de L'HOSPITAL, Chancellor of France
- 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.]
- VII.——To Mademoiselle de MONTAIGNE, my Wife.
- VIII.——To Monsieur DUPUY,
- IX.——To the Jurats of Bordeaux.
- X.——To the same.
- —[The original is among the archives of Toulouse.]
- XI.——To the same.
- XII.
- XIII.——To Mademoiselle PAULMIER.
- XIV.——To the KING, HENRY IV.
- XV.——To the same.
- XVI.——To the Governor of Guienne.
- Translated by Charles Cotton Edited by William Carew Hazlitt
- ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE
- Translated by Charles Cotton
- Edited by William Carew Hazlitt
- 1877
- CHAPTER I——THAT MEN BY VARIOUS WAYS ARRIVE AT THE SAME END.
- CHAPTER II——OF SORROW
- CHAPTER III——THAT OUR AFFECTIONS CARRY THEMSELVES BEYOND US.
- CHAPTER IV——THAT THE SOUL EXPENDS ITS PASSIONS UPON FALSE OBJECTS, WHERE THE TRUE ARE WANTING
- CHAPTER V——WHETHER THE GOVERNOR OF A PLACE BESIEGED OUGHT HIMSELF TO GO OUT TO PARLEY
- CHAPTER VI——THAT THE HOUR OF PARLEY DANGEROUS
- CHAPTER VII——THAT THE INTENTION IS JUDGE OF OUR ACTIONS
- CHAPTER VIII——OF IDLENESS
- CHAPTER IX——OF LIARS
- CHAPTER X——OF QUICK OR SLOW SPEECH
- CHAPTER XI——OF PROGNOSTICATIONS
- CHAPTER XII——OF CONSTANCY
- CHAPTER XIII——THE CEREMONY OF THE INTERVIEW OF PRINCES
- CHAPTER XIV——THAT MEN ARE JUSTLY PUNISHED FOR BEING OBSTINATE IN THE DEFENCE OF A FORT THAT IS NOT IN REASON TO BE DEFENDED
- CHAPTER XV——OF THE PUNISHMENT OF COWARDICE
- CHAPTER XVI——A PROCEEDING OF SOME AMBASSADORS
- CHAPTER XVII——OF FEAR
- CHAPTER XVIII——THAT MEN ARE NOT TO JUDGE OF OUR HAPPINESS TILL AFTER DEATH.
- CHAPTER XIX——THAT TO STUDY PHILOSOPY IS TO LEARN TO DIE
- CHAPTER XX——OF THE FORCE OF IMAGINATION
- CHAPTER XXI——THAT THE PROFIT OF ONE MAN IS THE DAMAGE OF ANOTHER
- CHAPTER XXII——OF CUSTOM, AND THAT WE SHOULD NOT EASILY CHANGE A LAW RECEIVED
- CHAPTER XXIII——VARIOUS EVENTS FROM THE SAME COUNSEL
- CHAPTER XXIV——OF PEDANTRY
- CHAPTER XXV——OF THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN
- TO MADAME DIANE DE FOIX, Comtesse de Gurson
- CHAPTER XXVI——THAT IT IS FOLLY TO MEASURE TRUTH AND ERROR BY OUR OWN CAPACITY
- CHAPTER XXVII——OF FRIENDSHIP
- CHAPTER XXVIII——NINE AND TWENTY SONNETS OF ESTIENNE DE LA BOITIE
- TO MADAME DE GRAMMONT, COMTESSE DE GUISSEN.
- CHAPTER XXIX——OF MODERATION
- CHAPTER XXX——OF CANNIBALS
- CHAPTER XXXI——THAT A MAN IS SOBERLY TO JUDGE OF THE DIVINE ORDINANCES
- CHAPTER XXXII——THAT WE ARE TO AVOID PLEASURES, EVEN AT THE EXPENSE OF LIFE
- CHAPTER XXXIII——THAT FORTUNE IS OFTEN-TIMES OBSERVED TO ACT BY THE RULE OF REASON
- The inconstancy and various motions of Fortune
- CHAPTER XXXIV——OF ONE DEFECT IN OUR GOVERNMENT
- CHAPTER XXXV——OF THE CUSTOM OF WEARING CLOTHES
- CHAPTER XXXVI——OF CATO THE YOUNGER
- CHAPTER XXXVII——THAT WE LAUGH AND CRY FOR THE SAME THING
- CHAPTER XXXVIII——OF SOLITUDE
- CHAPTER XXXIX——A CONSIDERATION UPON CICERO
- CHAPTER XL——THAT THE RELISH FOR GOOD AND EVIL DEPENDS IN GREAT MEASURE UPON THE OPINION WE HAVE OF THEM
- CHAPTER XLI——NOT TO COMMUNICATE A MAN'S HONOUR
- CHAPTER XLII——OF THE INEQUALITY AMOUNGST US.
- CHAPTER XLIII——OF SUMPTUARY LAWS
- CHAPTER XLIV——OF SLEEP
- CHAPTER XLV——OF THE BATTLE OF DREUX
- CHAPTER XLVI——OF NAMES
- CHAPTER XLVII——OF THE UNCERTAINTY OF OUR JUDGMENT
- Well says this verse:
- CHAPTER XLVIII——OF WAR HORSES, OR DESTRIERS
- CHAPTER XLIX——OF ANCIENT CUSTOMS
- CHAPTER L——OF DEMOCRITUS AND HERACLITUS
- CHAPTER LI——OF THE VANITY OF WORDS
- CHAPTER LII——OF THE PARSIMONY OF THE ANCIENTS
- CHAPTER LIII——OF A SAYING OF CAESAR
- CHAPTER LIV——OF VAIN SUBTLETIES
- CHAPTER LV——OF SMELLS
- CHAPTER LVI——OF PRAYERS
- CHAPTER LVII——OF AGE
- BOOK THE SECOND
- CHAPTER I——OF THE INCONSTANCY OF OUR ACTIONS
- CHAPTER II——OF DRUNKENNESS
- CHAPTER III——A CUSTOM OF THE ISLE OF CEA
- CHAPTER IV——TO-MORROW'S A NEW DAY
- CHAPTER V——OF CONSCIENCE
- CHAPTER VI——USE MAKES PERFECT
- CHAPTER VII——OF RECOMPENSES OF HONOUR
- CHAPTER VIII——OF THE AFFECTION OF FATHERS TO THEIR CHILDREN
- To Madame D'Estissac.
- CHAPTER IX——OF THE ARMS OF THE PARTHIANS
- CHAPTER X——OF BOOKS
- CHAPTER XI——OF CRUELTY
- Translated by Charles Cotton
- CHAPTER XII. — APOLOGY FOR RAIMOND SEBOND.
- CHAPTER XIII——OF JUDGING OF THE DEATH OF ANOTHER
- CHAPTER XIV——THAT OUR MIND HINDERS ITSELF
- CHAPTER XV——THAT OUR DESIRES ARE AUGMENTED BY DIFFICULTY
- CHAPTER XVI——OF GLORY
- CHAPTER XVII——OF PRESUMPTION
- CHAPTER XVIII——OF GIVING THE LIE
- CHAPTER XIX——OF LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE
- CHAPTER XX——THAT WE TASTE NOTHING PURE
- CHAPTER XXI——AGAINST IDLENESS
- CHAPTER XXII——OF POSTING
- CHAPTER XXIII——OF ILL MEANS EMPLOYED TO A GOOD END
- CHAPTER XXIV——OF THE ROMAN GRANDEUR
- CHAPTER XXV——NOT TO COUNTERFEIT BEING SICK
- CHAPTER XXVI——OF THUMBS
- CHAPTER XXVII——COWARDICE THE MOTHER OF CRUELTY
- CHAPTER XXVIII——ALL THINGS HAVE THEIR SEASON
- CHAPTER XXIX——OF VIRTUE
- CHAPTER XXX——OF A MONSTROUS CHILD
- CHAPTER XXXI——OF ANGER
- CHAPTER XXXII——DEFENCE OF SENECA AND PLUTARCH
- CHAPTER XXXIII——THE STORY OF SPURINA
- CHAPTER XXXIV——OBSERVATION ON THE MEANS TO CARRY ON A WAR ACCORDING TO JULIUS CAESAR
- CHAPTER XXXV——OF THREE GOOD WOMEN
- CHAPTER XXXVI——OF THE MOST EXCELLENT MEN
- CHAPTER XXXVII——OF THE RESEMBLANCE OF CHILDREN TO THEIR FATHERS
- BOOK THE THIRD
- CHAPTER I——OF PROFIT AND HONESTY
- CHAPTER II——OF REPENTANCE
- CHAPTER III——OF THREE COMMERCES
- CHAPTER IV——OF DIVERSION
- CHAPTER V——UPON SOME VERSES OF VIRGIL
- CHAPTER VI——OF COACHES
- CHAPTER VII——OF THE INCONVENIENCE OF GREATNESS
- CHAPTER VIII——OF THE ART OF CONFERENCE
- CHAPTER IX——OF VANITY
- CHAPTER X——OF MANAGING THE WILL
- CHAPTER XI——OF CRIPPLES
- CHAPTER XII——OF PHYSIOGNOMY
- CHAPTER XIII——OF EXPERIENCE
- APOLOGY:
- PROJECT GUTENBERG EDITOR'S BOOKMARKS:
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