"In vain do we seek in deserts for a state of ease; temptations follow us every where; our passions, represented by the dæmons, never wholly quit us: these monsters of the heart, these illusions of the mind, these vain phantoms of error and falsehood, appear continually to us, to mislead us, and attack us even in our fasts and hair-cloths, that is, even in our greatest strength."
Persian Letters [Lettres persane]
12 entries in the ESTC for this title (1722, 1730, 1731, 1736, 1751, 1759, 1760, 1762, 1767, 1773, 1775).<br>
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The earliest English-language issue is <u>Persian Letters</u>, trans. John Ozell, 2 vols. (London: Printed for J. Tonson, 1722). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW3305275439&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br>
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Searching <u>The Complete Works of M. de Montesquieu</u>, 4 vols. (London: T. Evans, 1777) at Online Library of Liberty &lt;<a href="http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/1338/74623">Link to OLL</a>&gt;. French text from <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/30268/30268-h/30268-h.htm">Project Gutenberg</a>.