A Tale of a Tub: With, The Battle of the Books; And, The Mechanical Operation of the Spirit, 1710Scolar Press, 1971 - 344 pages |
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... book , Observations on Tale of a Tub , 1705 ; this was a revengeful joke on Swift's part , turning Wotton into a ' learned commentator ' on the book instead of being its chief disparager . Also new in this edition were the plates . The ...
... book , Observations on Tale of a Tub , 1705 ; this was a revengeful joke on Swift's part , turning Wotton into a ' learned commentator ' on the book instead of being its chief disparager . Also new in this edition were the plates . The ...
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... Book , which the Men of Taft will obferve and diftinguish , and which will render fome Objections that have been made , very weak and infignificant . This Apology being chiefly intended for the Satisfastion of future Readers , it may be ...
... Book , which the Men of Taft will obferve and diftinguish , and which will render fome Objections that have been made , very weak and infignificant . This Apology being chiefly intended for the Satisfastion of future Readers , it may be ...
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... Book of Fate to be laid before Him . Immediately were brought by Mercury , three large Volumes in Folio , containing Memoirs of all Things past , present , and to come . The Clafps were of Silver , double Gilt ; the Covers , of ...
... Book of Fate to be laid before Him . Immediately were brought by Mercury , three large Volumes in Folio , containing Memoirs of all Things past , present , and to come . The Clafps were of Silver , double Gilt ; the Covers , of ...
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