Sunday, March 11, 2007
Portrait of Myself
Montaigne, Essais 1.25 (tr. E.J. Trechmann):
Backside: The buttocks; rump.
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I know one who, when I question him on what he knows, asks me for a book to show it me, and will not venture to tell me he has an itchy backside without straightway consulting his lexicon to find the meaning of 'itchy' and of 'backside'.Itchy: Having or causing an itching sensation.
J'en cognoy, à qui quand je demande ce qu'il sçait, il me demande un livre pour le monstrer: et n'oseroit me dire, qu'il a le derriere galeux, s'il ne va sur le champ estudier en son lexicon que c'est que galeux, et que c'est que derriere.
Backside: The buttocks; rump.
