A Tale of a Tub: Written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind. To which is Added, an Account of a Battle Between the Ancient and Modern Books in St. Jame's Library. With the Author's Apology; and Explanatory NotesDurrell, 1812 - 234 pages |
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... present writings . Of a paltry scribbler , our Author is afraid of ; and therefore desires Dr. Bentley's protection . He gives here his whole store at one meal . Usefulness of this treatise to different sorts of Readers ; the ...
... present writings . Of a paltry scribbler , our Author is afraid of ; and therefore desires Dr. Bentley's protection . He gives here his whole store at one meal . Usefulness of this treatise to different sorts of Readers ; the ...
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... present dis- pute . The order of battle of the Moderns , and names of their leaders . The leaders of the Ancients . Jupiter calls a Council of the Gods , and consults the books of Fate ; and then sends his orders below . Momus brings ...
... present dis- pute . The order of battle of the Moderns , and names of their leaders . The leaders of the Ancients . Jupiter calls a Council of the Gods , and consults the books of Fate ; and then sends his orders below . Momus brings ...
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... men- tioned in the following discourses : which will be speedi- ly published . A character of the present set of wits in this island . A panegyrical essay upon the number Three . A dissertation THE AUTHOR'S APOLOGY . 35.
... men- tioned in the following discourses : which will be speedi- ly published . A character of the present set of wits in this island . A panegyrical essay upon the number Three . A dissertation THE AUTHOR'S APOLOGY . 35.
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... present writers ; and being wholly free from that slavery , which booksellers usually lie under , to the caprices of authors ; I think it a wise piece of presumption to inscribe these papers to your lordship , and to implore your ...
... present writers ; and being wholly free from that slavery , which booksellers usually lie under , to the caprices of authors ; I think it a wise piece of presumption to inscribe these papers to your lordship , and to implore your ...
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... present writers express themselves , fitted to the hú- mour of the age ; as they have already done , with great felicity , to Don Quixote , Boccalini , la Bruyere , and other authors . However , I thought it fairer dealing to offer the ...
... present writers express themselves , fitted to the hú- mour of the age ; as they have already done , with great felicity , to Don Quixote , Boccalini , la Bruyere , and other authors . However , I thought it fairer dealing to offer the ...
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Page 213 - Your inherent portion of dirt does not fail of acquisitions, by sweepings exhaled from below; and one insect furnishes you with a share of poison to destroy another. So that, in short, the question comes all to this — Whether is the nobler being of the two, that which, by a lazy contemplation of four inches round, by an overweening pride, feeding and engendering on itself, turns all into excrement and venom, producing nothing at all, but flybane and a cobweb; or that which, by an universal range,...
Page 100 - Lastly, a true critic, in the perusal of a book, is like a dog at a feast, whose thoughts and stomach are wholly set upon what the guests fling away, and consequently is apt to snarl most when there are the fewest bones.
Page 211 - ... 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 210 - For upon the highest corner of a large window there dwelt a certain spider, swollen up to the first magnitude by the destruction of infinite numbers of flies, whose spoils lay scattered before the gates of his palace, like human bones before the cave of some giant.
Page 152 - 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 212 - Not to disparage myself," said he, " by the comparison with such a rascal, what art thou but a vagabond without house or home, without stock or inheritance, born to no possession of your own but a pair of wings and a drone-pipe ? Your livelihood is...
Page 60 - Tis but a ball bandied to and fro, and every man carries a racket about him to strike it from himself among the rest of the company.
Page 115 - To this end I have some time since, with a world of pains and art, dissected the carcass of human nature, and read many useful lectures upon the several parts, both containing and contained, till at last it smelt so strong I could preserve it no longer.
Page 135 - By these methods, in a few weeks, there starts up many a writer, capable of managing the profoundest and most universal subjects. For, what though his head be empty, provided his commonplace book be full...