 | Michel de Montaigne - 1743 - 442 pagine
...lye idle. As fome one may + L«trtt. 1. 2. fay of me, That I have here only made a Nofcgay cF cull'd Flowers, and have brought nothing of my own but the Thread that ties them. In earneft, I have fo far yielded to the publick Opinion, that thofe borrow'd Ornaments do accompany... | |
 | Michel de Montaigne - 1759 - 512 pagine
...and let our own Ke idle. As fome one may fay of me, That I have here only made a Nofegay of foreign Flowers, and have brought nothing of my own but the Thread that ties them. Jn earneft, I fo far yield to the common with ivtat Opinion, that thofe borrowed Ornaments do A/VW... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 574 pagine
...I will then conclude my Preface with the ideas of Montaigne : — " I have here only made a nofegay of culled flowers, and have brought " nothing of my own but the thread that ties them." In every fucceeding Edition a great variety of long and valuable Poems have been added, and the volume... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pagine
...apologies. I will then conclude my preface with the ideas of Montaigne : — "I have here only made , Toil crush'd tics them." ADVERTISEMENT TO THE NEW EDITION. In this Edition, as in the numerous preceding one*, great... | |
 | Michel de Montaigne - 1811 - 556 pagine
...and let our own lie idle. As some one may say of me, that I have here only made a nosegay of foreign flowers, and have brought nothing of my own but the thread that ties them, with what jn earnest, I so far yield to the common opinion, view Mon- ,,. , * ri that those borrowed... | |
 | 1824 - 462 pagine
...places which they frequent, as the effect will probably be the same. JSouquet. 1 1 have here only made a nosegay of culled flowers, and have brought nothing of my own but the thread that tits them," MONTAIONR. ELECTION OF A POPE. The Conttitiitiotincl gives the following account of the... | |
 | 1825 - 458 pagine
...merit of the discovery does not belong to themselves.— Edit. Kal. ' / kavt here only made a notfgay of culled flowers, and have brought nothing of my own but the thread that titt them." MONTAIONR. ESKIMAUX MUSIC. (From Captain Li/on^t Private Journal) No. 2. . ,.- .- . . r-... | |
 | 1827 - 452 pagine
...of forcing a conclusion of this game. Bouquet. "/ have here only made a nosegay qf nllrd Jlmuc rt, and have brought nothing of my own but the thread that ties them." (From an American Paper.) THE DEATH WARRANT. " The last, the fatal hour has come." The mists of the... | |
 | 1850 - 698 pagine
...reach ; and may take as my motto the words of the French moralist — ' I have here made a collection of culled flowers, and have brought nothing of my own, but the string that unites them together. ' " A Mission to Mysore. By the Rev. William Arthur. Second Edition.... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 1845 - 854 pagine
...hand, His home is around him, though far be the land. From the German of Kvrner. " I have here made only a nosegay of culled flowers, and have brought nothing of my nv n, but the Btring that tics l linn." — Montaigne. AH ANECDOTE. A CORPORAL of the rifle brigade,/b)'... | |
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I have here only made a nosegay of culled flowers, and have brought nothing of my own but the thread that ties them. 
