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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Page 95
... these have always been , and must be for ever the fame . For , Brafs is an Em- blem of Duration , and when it is skilfully burnished , will caft Reflections from its own Superficies , without any Affistance of Mercury from behind . All ...
... these have always been , and must be for ever the fame . For , Brafs is an Em- blem of Duration , and when it is skilfully burnished , will caft Reflections from its own Superficies , without any Affistance of Mercury from behind . All ...
Page 145
... these , a Meddley of Rags , and Lace , and Rents , and Fringes , unfortunate Jack did now appear : He would have been extremely glad to fee his Coat in the Condition of Martin's , but infinitely gladder to find that of Martin's in the ...
... these , a Meddley of Rags , and Lace , and Rents , and Fringes , unfortunate Jack did now appear : He would have been extremely glad to fee his Coat in the Condition of Martin's , but infinitely gladder to find that of Martin's in the ...
Page 315
... These Heads , thus formed into a perfect Sphere in all Affemblies , were most exposed to the view of the Female Sort , which did in- fluence their Conceptions fo effectually , that Nature , at last , took the Hint , and did it of her ...
... These Heads , thus formed into a perfect Sphere in all Affemblies , were most exposed to the view of the Female Sort , which did in- fluence their Conceptions fo effectually , that Nature , at last , took the Hint , and did it of her ...
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