It is a nation, would I answer Plato, that hath no kinde of traffike, no knowledge of Letters, no intelligence of numbers, no name of magistrate, nor of politike superioritie ; no use of service, of riches or of povertie ; no contracts, no successions,... The Works of William Shakespeare: Glossary - Page 91by William Shakespeare - 1876 - 1124 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - Digital images - 1909 - 208 pages
...Caniballes1 in John Florio's English translation of Essais de Montaigne : (1) It is a nation . . . that hath no kinde of traffike, no knowledge of Letters,...name of magistrate, nor of politike superioritie ; no vse of service, of riches, or of povertie ; no contracts, no successions, no partitions, no occupation... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1909 - 184 pages
...conception and desire of philosophy. —It is a nation, would I answer Plato, that hath no kind of traffic, no knowledge of letters, no intelligence of numbers, no name of magistrate, nor of politic superiority; no use of service, of riches, or of poverty; no contracts, no successions, no... | |
| Michel de Montaigne - French literature - 1910 - 464 pages
...societie might be maintained with so little art and humane combination. It is a nation, would I answer Plato, that hath no kinde of traffike, no knowledge...superioritie ; no use of service, of riches or of povertie ; no contracts, no successions, no partitions, no occupation but idle ; no respect of kindred,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1910 - 254 pages
...than a paraphrase of this passage in it : " It is a nation, would I answere Plato, that hath no kindle of traffike, no knowledge of Letters, no intelligence...superioritie ; no use of service, of riches, or of povertie ; no contracts, no successions, no partitions, no occupation, but idle ; no respect of kindred... | |
| William Shakespeare - Fiction - 1910 - 168 pages
...which Shakespeare had read in Florio's translation: "It is a nation...that hath no kinde of tralliku, no knowledge of Letters, no intelligence of numbers, no name of magistrate, nor of politike superiorities no use of service, of riches or of poverties' no contracts, no successions, no partitions,... | |
| Sir Sidney Lee - Literary Criticism - 1910 - 522 pages
...this Utopian people thus (I quote Florio's version) : It is a nation that hath no kind of traffic, no knowledge of letters, no intelligence of numbers, no name of magistrate nor of politic superiority ; no use of service, of riches or of poverty ; no contracts, no successions, no... | |
| William Carew Hazlitt - 1912 - 548 pages
...with so little arte and humane combination. It is a nation, would I answere Plato, that hath no kind of traffike, no knowledge of letters, no intelligence...name of magistrate, nor of politike superioritie ; no vse of service, of riches, or of poverty ; no contracts, no successions, no dividences, no occupation... | |
| 1900 - 874 pages
...the "Cainballes" of Michael, Lord of Montaigne. It is a nation . . . that hath no kinde of trafficke, no knowledge of letters, no intelligence of numbers, no name of magistrate, nor of polltike superioritie; no use of service, of riches, or of povertie; no contracts, no successions,... | |
| Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu, Melvyn Richter - History - 1977 - 372 pages
...government. Montaigne, for example, wrote of the Brazilians that they were "a nation, - that hathe no kinde of traffike, no knowledge of Letters, no...of numbers, no name of magistrate, nor of politike superiorite; no use of service, or riches, or of poverty; no contracts, no successions, no dividences,... | |
| Bernard Sheehan - History - 1980 - 276 pages
...vision, he formulated in negative terms the classic characterization of savage life. Native society "hath no kinde of traffike, no knowledge of Letters,...intelligence of numbers, no name of magistrate, nor of povertie; no contracts, no successions, no partitions, no occupations but idle; no respect of kindred,... | |
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