["Take away certain rhythms and measures, and make the word which was … — Essays

Essays — Michel de Montaigne

["Take away certain rhythms and measures, and make the word which was first in order come later, putting that which should be last first, you will still find the scattered remains of the poet." --Horace, Sat., i. 4, 58.]

Place: CHAPTER XXV · ¶898
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