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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... Tour High- nefs , that our Age is almost wholly illi terate , and has hardly produc'd one Wri- ter upon any Subject . I know very well , that when Tour Highness fhall come to riper Years , and have gone through the Learning of Antiquity ...
... Tour High- nefs , that our Age is almost wholly illi terate , and has hardly produc'd one Wri- ter upon any Subject . I know very well , that when Tour Highness fhall come to riper Years , and have gone through the Learning of Antiquity ...
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... Tour Highness , that we do abound in Learning and Wit ; but to fix upon Particulars , is a Task too flippery for my flender Abilities . If I fhould venture in a windy Day , to af firm to Tour Highness , that there is a large Cloud near ...
... Tour Highness , that we do abound in Learning and Wit ; but to fix upon Particulars , is a Task too flippery for my flender Abilities . If I fhould venture in a windy Day , to af firm to Tour Highness , that there is a large Cloud near ...
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... Tour Highness with a faithful Abstract drawn from the Uni- verfal Body of all Arts and Sciences , intended wholly for your Service and Inftruction ? Nor do I doubt in the least , but Tour Highness will perufe it as care- fully , and ...
... Tour Highness with a faithful Abstract drawn from the Uni- verfal Body of all Arts and Sciences , intended wholly for your Service and Inftruction ? Nor do I doubt in the least , but Tour Highness will perufe it as care- fully , and ...
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