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FROM THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EDITION OF THE ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

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CONTENTS:

Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V01, 1877, Cotton [MN#01][mn01v10.txt]3581 THE LIFE OF MONTAIGNE THE LETTERS OF MONTAIGNE

Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V02, 1877, Cotton [MN#02][mn02v10.txt]3582 BOOK THE FIRST.--CHAP. I. to XII. I. That Men by Various Ways Arrive at the Same End. II. Of Sorrow. III. That our affections carry themselves beyond us . IV. That the soul discharges her passions upon false objects, where the true are wanting. V. Whether the governor of a place besieged ought himself to go out to parley. VI. That the hour of parley is dangerous. VII. That the intention is judge of our actions. VIII. Of idleness. IX. Of liars. X. Of quick or slow speech. XI. Of prognostications. XII. Of constancy.

Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V03, 1877, Cotton [MN#03][mn03v10.txt]3583 BOOK THE FIRST.--CHAP. XIII. to XXI. XIII. The ceremony of the interview of princes. XIV. That men are justly punished for being obstinate in the defence of a fort. XV. Of the punishment of cowardice. XVI. A proceeding of some ambassadors. XVII. Of fear. XVIII. That men are not to judge of our happiness till after death. XIX. That to study philosophy is to learn to die. XX. Of the force of imagination. XXI. That the profit of one man is the damage of another.

Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V04, 1877, Cotton [MN#04][mn04v10.txt]3584 BOOK THE FIRST.--CHAP. XXII. to XXIV. XXII. Of custom, and that we should not easily change a law received XXIII. Various events from the same counsel. XXIV. Of pedantry.

Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V05, 1877, Cotton [MN#05][mn05v10.txt]3585 BOOK THE FIRST.--CHAP. XXV. to XXVI. XXV. Of the education of chil...

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