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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... late Duke of Buckingham . Whatever Wit is contained in those three Names , the Author is content to give it up , and defires his Readers will sub- ftract as much as they placed upon that Ac- count ; at the fame time protesting folemnly ...
... late Duke of Buckingham . Whatever Wit is contained in those three Names , the Author is content to give it up , and defires his Readers will sub- ftract as much as they placed upon that Ac- count ; at the fame time protesting folemnly ...
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... late Satyrifts feem to lye un- der a fort of Mistake , that because Net- tles have the Prerogative to Sting , there- fore all other Weeds must do fo too . I make not this Comparison out of the least Design to detract from thefe worthy ...
... late Satyrifts feem to lye un- der a fort of Mistake , that because Net- tles have the Prerogative to Sting , there- fore all other Weeds must do fo too . I make not this Comparison out of the least Design to detract from thefe worthy ...
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... late Years , in- ftinct with a most malignant Spirit , from the War above - mentioned , between the Learned , about the higher Summity of Parnaffus . WHEN thefe Books were first ad- mitted into the Publick Libraries , I re- member to ...
... late Years , in- ftinct with a most malignant Spirit , from the War above - mentioned , between the Learned , about the higher Summity of Parnaffus . WHEN thefe Books were first ad- mitted into the Publick Libraries , I re- member to ...
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