A Tale of a Tub: To which is Added The Battle of the Books, and the Mechanical Operation of the SpiritClarendon Press, 1920 - 370 pages |
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Page xvi
... tell him gravely , that , if he be the author , he should set his name to the & c . and railly him a little upon it : and tell him , if he can explain some things , you will , if he pleases , set his name to the next edition . I should ...
... tell him gravely , that , if he be the author , he should set his name to the & c . and railly him a little upon it : and tell him , if he can explain some things , you will , if he pleases , set his name to the next edition . I should ...
Page xxxi
... Tell not us , that you were not at first , or that you were not always , opposed in your claim : But tell us by what right or justice you can pretend to be the sole lord of this inheritance . Let the will of our common parent be ...
... Tell not us , that you were not at first , or that you were not always , opposed in your claim : But tell us by what right or justice you can pretend to be the sole lord of this inheritance . Let the will of our common parent be ...
Page lii
... tell us that copious extracts from Cyprian , Irenaeus , Sleidan's Commentaries , and Sarpi's history of the Council of Trent were found among his papers , and that they appeared from memorandums in his own writing to have been made ...
... tell us that copious extracts from Cyprian , Irenaeus , Sleidan's Commentaries , and Sarpi's history of the Council of Trent were found among his papers , and that they appeared from memorandums in his own writing to have been made ...
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... tell us ought not to be ridiculed , and they tell us Truth , yet surely the Corruptions in it may ; for we are taught by the tritest Maxim in the World , that Religion being the best of Things , its Corruptions are likely to be the ...
... tell us ought not to be ridiculed , and they tell us Truth , yet surely the Corruptions in it may ; for we are taught by the tritest Maxim in the World , that Religion being the best of Things , its Corruptions are likely to be the ...
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... tell us of a Cow that prickt up Tail , and in his answer to this Discourse , he says it is all a Farce and a Ladle 3 With other Passages equally shining . One may say of these Impedimenta Literarum , that Wit ows them a Shame ; and they ...
... tell us of a Cow that prickt up Tail , and in his answer to this Discourse , he says it is all a Farce and a Ladle 3 With other Passages equally shining . One may say of these Impedimenta Literarum , that Wit ows them a Shame ; and they ...
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Page 169 - But when a man's fancy gets astride on his reason, when imagination is at cuffs with the senses, and common understanding, as well as common sense, is kickt out of doors...
Page 40 - ... seamen have a custom, when they meet a whale, to fling him out an empty tub by way of amusement, to divert him from laying violent hands upon the ship.
Page 224 - Beelzebub, with all his legions, was come to revenge the death of many thousands of his subjects whom his enemy had slain and devoured. However, he at length valiantly resolved to issue forth and meet his fate. Meanwhile the bee had acquitted himself of his toils, and, posted securely at some distance, was employed in cleansing his wings, and disengaging them from the ragged remnants of the cobweb. By this time the spider was adventured out, when, beholding the chasms, the ruins, and dilapidations...
Page 86 - ... and, according to the laudable custom, gave rise to that fashion. Upon which the brothers, consulting their father's will, to their great astonishment found these words ; item, I charge and command my said three sons to wear no sort of silver fringe upon or about their said coats, etc., with a penalty, in case of disobedience, too long here to insert.
Page 184 - I leave the world to taste a blessing which we mysterious writers can seldom reach till we have got into our graves, whether it is that fame being a fruit grafted on the body, can hardly grow and much less ripen till the stock is in the earth, or whether she be a bird of prey, and is lured among the rest to pursue after the scent of a...
Page 224 - ... end ; he stormed and swore like a madman, and swelled till he was ready to burst. At length, casting his eye upon the .bee, and wisely gathering causes from events, (for they knew each other by sight,) A plague split you...
Page 223 - The avenues to his castle were guarded with turnpikes and palisadoes, all after the modern way of fortification. After you had passed several courts you came to the centre, wherein you might behold the constable himself in his own lodgings, which had windows fronting to each avenue, and ports to sally out upon all occasions of prey or defence.
Page xvii - His Tale of a Tub has little resemblance to his other pieces. It exhibits a vehemence and rapidity of mind, a copiousness of images, and vivacity of diction, such as he afterwards never possessed or never exerted.
Page 163 - ... the very same principle that influences a bully to break the windows of a whore who has jilted him, naturally stirs up a great prince to raise mighty armies, and dream of nothing but sieges, battles, and victories.
Page 78 - Proceed to the particular works of the creation, you will find how curious journeyman Nature has been, to trim up the vegetable beaux; observe how sparkish a periwig adorns the head of a beech, and what a fine doublet of white satin is worn by the birch.