Now seeing I have in effect tried it, I have no doubt but I have hithe… — Essays

Essays — Michel de Montaigne

Now seeing I have in effect tried it, I have no doubt but I have hitherto made a right judgment; for first, being in a swoon, I laboured to rip open the buttons of my doublet with my nails, for my sword was gone; and yet I felt nothing in my imagination that hurt me; for we have many motions in us that do not proceed from our direction;

Place: CHAPTER VI · ¶1988
License: Public domain · Source
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