Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 08
Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 08

Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 08

Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 08XLVIII. Of war-horses, or destriers. XLIX. Of ancient customs. L....
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Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 08

Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 08

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Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 08

Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 08

$105.26 $52.61
Author: Montaigne, Michel de,1533-1592
Format: eBook
Language: English
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Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 08

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. 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 called those that were trained in such sort, that running full speed, side by side, without bridle or saddle, the Roman gentlemen, armed at all pieces, would shift and throw themselves from one to the other, 'desultorios equos'. The Numidian men-at-arms had always a led horse in one hand, besides that they rode upon, to change in the heat of battle: ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 3588
Author: Montaigne, Michel de
Release Date: Nov 1, 2004
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Editor: Hazlitt, William Carew, 1834-1913

Translator: Cotton, Charles, 1630-1687

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