Jonathan Swift, The battle of the books: e. histor.-krit. Ausg. mit literarhistor. Einl. u. Kommentar, Volume 71de Gruyter, 1978 - 144 pages |
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... Head , to the great Perturbation of both . And lastly , others maintained , that by walking much in the dark about the Library , he had quite lost the Situation of it out of his Head ; And therefore , in replacing his Books , he was apt ...
... Head , to the great Perturbation of both . And lastly , others maintained , that by walking much in the dark about the Library , he had quite lost the Situation of it out of his Head ; And therefore , in replacing his Books , he was apt ...
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... Head , squeez'd out his Eye- balls , gave him a distorted Look , and half overturned his Brain . Then she privately ordered two of her beloved Children , Dullness and Ill- Manners , closely to attend his Person in all Encounters ...
... Head , squeez'd out his Eye- balls , gave him a distorted Look , and half overturned his Brain . Then she privately ordered two of her beloved Children , Dullness and Ill- Manners , closely to attend his Person in all Encounters ...
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... Head , / Such frigid Fustian could contain ; / I mean the Head without the Brain./ . . In Haste , with Imprecations dire . I threw the Volume in the Fire : / When , who could think , tho ' cold as Ice , / It burnt to Ashes in a Trice ...
... Head , / Such frigid Fustian could contain ; / I mean the Head without the Brain./ . . In Haste , with Imprecations dire . I threw the Volume in the Fire : / When , who could think , tho ' cold as Ice , / It burnt to Ashes in a Trice ...
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