Essays Civil, Moral, Literary and Political (Classic Reprint): Written After the Manner of M. De Montagne; Interspersed With Character, Portraits, ... Portraits, Anecdotes, &c (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from Essays Civil, Moral, Literary and Political: Written After the Manner of M. De Montagne; Interspersed With Character, Portraits, Anecdotes, &C

I Love Montagne, I read him with pleafure; not thati think always like him, but becaufe he gives me room to refleét, and to adopt a like or a contrary Opinion to that of his Own. Madame de 561)n faid, when the read his Elfays, {he imagined {he was walk ing with him in her garden, and that they were converfing together. I think fo like wife; and I find that Montagne appears frequently to advance propofitions in order to bring on a little difpute which animates converfation, and renders it more lively and interefiing: this is afluredly a good method of engaging the attention of the.

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