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Excerpt from Essays, Civil, Moral, Literary and Political, Written After the Manner of M. De Montagne: Interspersed With Characters, Portraits and Anecdotes
I love Montague, I read hint with Icafure; not that I think always like him, but becanfe e gives me room to reflefi, and to adopt a like or a contrary opinion to that of his own. Madame de Sevigfl) raid, when {he read his Efl'ays, the imagined the was walking with him in her garden, and that they were converfing together. I think Io likewife; vid I find that Montague appears frequently to advance propolitions in order to bring on a little difpnte which animates converfation, and ren ders it more lively and interefiing: This is alluredly a good method of engaging the attention of the reader. I will {hive to follow lt', in compofiog a book as irreguo' lar, as full of loofe propofitions, as problematical, and as full of paradoxes, as that of Montague. I will treat of every thing which falls under my pen, or comes 'into my mind 3 Spring from branch to branch, exhau'll: no fulfieek, and return at different times to the fame. I wifh my book mould be read, as it was compofed, in moments of leii'ure 3 that it ihould be taken up and laid'
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Excerpt from Essays, Civil, Moral, Literary and Political, Written After the Manner of M. De Montagne: Interspersed With Characters, Portraits and Anecdotes
Qkality, teaches Its-hays we Ought. To livemjth, men a what a number-of diieonrfes. Fqtmoasmnd banks there are, whichinflgufifis in thefts principles of in! But there are few,whiic,h,tcaph Mthow ta live with (in Elves, and forourfelvesalone Itis heeaufe the, miles. Apd the leii'ons, are i905: awaken, and dmnd upoq our charagflers. There are ple who have lived (my. Years without ever having. Noun themfelvea, becaufo, they have. Never at the otrcuble. Of. Fiudying their charaélers; for the, Inca trifling refgagchjmfuficimtiq give us that knowledge, to erfeétipn, Iaet it not hq imagined, that {elf 'loye hm ets us from Judgingtruly, of Our owon.chara&er on thepontrary, 1t informs uaof. Our defe&s, and engages us to correct them, becaufe our happinefs is interefied therein It only hinders. M, from confefling them before others. Let usbe, fiqmrc.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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