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Niobe

In the Essays of Michel de Montaigne

There is one instance of Niobe in one chapter.

Book 1 · Chapter 2 · ¶ 4.
On Sorrow
the extent of his sorrow. This is the reason why poets evoke Niobe,∗ this poor mother who lost seven sons and then as many daughters, …

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