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Project Gutenberg's The Essays of Montaigne, Volume 8, by Michel de Montaigne
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Title: The Essays of Montaigne, Volume 8
Author: Michel de Montaigne
Release Date: September 17, 2006 [EBook #3588]
Language: English
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ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE
Translated by Charles Cotton
Edited by William Carew Hazilitt
1877
CONTENTS OF VOLUME 8.
XLVIII. Of war-horses, or destriers.
XLIX. Of ancient customs.
L. Of Democritus and Heraclitus.
LI. Of the vanity of words.
LII. Of the parsimony of the Ancients.
LIII. Of a saying of Caesar.
LIV. Of vain subtleties.
LV. Of smells.
LVI. Of prayers.
LVII. Of age.
CHAPTER XLVIII
OF WAR HORSES, OR DESTRIERS
I here have become a grammarian, I who never learned any language but by rote, and who do not yet know adjective,
conjunction, or ablative. I think I have read that the Romans had a sort of horses by them called 'funales' or 'dextrarios',
which were either led horses, or horses laid on at several stages to be taken fresh upon occasion, and thence it is that
we call our horses of service 'destriers'; and our romances commonly use the phrase of 'adestrer' for 'accompagner', to
accompany. They also ...
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Title: The Essays of Montaigne, Volume 8
Author: Michel de Montaigne
Release Date: September 17, 2006 [EBook #3588]
Language: English
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ESSAYS OF MONTAIGNE, VOLUME 8 ***
Produced by David Widger
ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE
Translated by Charles Cotton
Edited by William Carew Hazilitt
1877
CONTENTS OF VOLUME 8.
XLVIII. Of war-horses, or destriers.
XLIX. Of ancient customs.
L. Of Democritus and Heraclitus.
LI. Of the vanity of words.
LII. Of the parsimony of the Ancients.
LIII. Of a saying of Caesar.
LIV. Of vain subtleties.
LV. Of smells.
LVI. Of prayers.
LVII. Of age.
CHAPTER XLVIII
OF WAR HORSES, OR DESTRIERS
I here have become a grammarian, I who never learned any language but by rote, and who do not yet know adjective,
conjunction, or ablative. I think I have read that the Romans had a sort of horses by them called 'funales' or 'dextrarios',
which were either led horses, or horses laid on at several stages to be taken fresh upon occasion, and thence it is that
we call our horses of service 'destriers'; and our romances commonly use the phrase of 'adestrer' for 'accompagner', to
accompany. They also ...
Produced by David Widger
etm
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ESSAYS OF MONTAIGNE, VOLUME 8 ***
Title: The Essays of Montaigne, Volume 8 Author: Michel de Montaigne Release Date: September 17, 2006 [EBook #3588] Language: English
ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE Translated by Charles Cotton Edited by William Carew Hazilitt 1877
CONTENTS OF VOLUME 8. XLVIII. Of war-horses, or destriers. XLIX. Of ancient customs. L. Of Democritus and Heraclitus. LI. Of the vanity of words. LII. Of the parsimony of the Ancients. LIII. Of a saying of Caesar. LIV. Of vain subtleties. LV. Of smells. LVI. Of prayers. LVII. Of age.
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