A Tale of a Tub: Written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind : to which is Added, An Account of a Battle Between the Ancient and Modern Books in St. James's LibraryThomas Tegg, 1811 - 322 pages |
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Page 12
... or three at most there produced , to have been delivered unwarily , for which he desires to plead * Bentley , concerning Phalaris and Æsop . Hawkes . the excuse offered already , of his youth , and 12 THE AUTHOR'S APOLOGY .
... or three at most there produced , to have been delivered unwarily , for which he desires to plead * Bentley , concerning Phalaris and Æsop . Hawkes . the excuse offered already , of his youth , and 12 THE AUTHOR'S APOLOGY .
Page 72
... Æsop , Socrates , and other of our predecessors . However , that neither the world , nor ourselves , may any longer suffer by such misunderstandings , I have been prevailed on , after much importunity from 72 A TALE OF A TUB .
... Æsop , Socrates , and other of our predecessors . However , that neither the world , nor ourselves , may any longer suffer by such misunderstandings , I have been prevailed on , after much importunity from 72 A TALE OF A TUB .
Page 250
... keeper , pro solita , humanitate sua . Ibid . Dr. Bentley was then library - keeper . The two ancients were Phalaris and Æsop . Hawkes , to face the title of the Battle 151724 Others affirmed 250 THE BATTLE OF THE BOOKS .
... keeper , pro solita , humanitate sua . Ibid . Dr. Bentley was then library - keeper . The two ancients were Phalaris and Æsop . Hawkes , to face the title of the Battle 151724 Others affirmed 250 THE BATTLE OF THE BOOKS .
Page 258
... away to a bed of roses without looking for a reply ; and left the spider , like an orator collected in himself , and just prepared to burst out . It happened , upon this emergency , that Æsop broke 258 THE BATTLE OF THE BOOKS .
... away to a bed of roses without looking for a reply ; and left the spider , like an orator collected in himself , and just prepared to burst out . It happened , upon this emergency , that Æsop broke 258 THE BATTLE OF THE BOOKS .
Page 259
... Æsop broke silence first . He had been of late most barbarously treated by a strange effect of the regent's humanity , who had tore off his title - page , sorely defaced one half of his leaves , and chain- ed him fast among a shelf of ...
... Æsop broke silence first . He had been of late most barbarously treated by a strange effect of the regent's humanity , who had tore off his title - page , sorely defaced one half of his leaves , and chain- ed him fast among a shelf of ...
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