Chapter 37 No.37

"When with much pains this boasted learning's got,

'Tis an affront to those who have it not."

CHURCHILL: The Author.

THERE was something in De Montaigne's conversation, which, without actual flattery, reconciled Maltravers to himself and his career. It served less, perhaps, to excite than to sober and brace his mind. De Montaigne could hav

            
            

COPYRIGHT(©) 2022