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 34
... spleen for the honour and interest of our vast flourishing body , as well as of myself , for whom I know by long experience , he has professed , and still conti- nues a peculiar malice . It is not unlikely , that when your Highness will ...
... spleen for the honour and interest of our vast flourishing body , as well as of myself , for whom I know by long experience , he has professed , and still conti- nues a peculiar malice . It is not unlikely , that when your Highness will ...
Page 44
... spleen ; the school of gaming ; and many others too tedious to re- * This I think the author should have omitted , it being of the very same nature with the school of hobby - horses , if one may venture to censure one , who is so severe ...
... spleen ; the school of gaming ; and many others too tedious to re- * This I think the author should have omitted , it being of the very same nature with the school of hobby - horses , if one may venture to censure one , who is so severe ...
Page 55
... bribed by Juno and Venus + , * Hor . Spleen . † Juno and Venus , are money and a mistress ; very powerful bribes to a judge , if scandal says true . I re- loth to offend either party , slept out the whole D 4 THE PREFACE . 55.
... bribed by Juno and Venus + , * Hor . Spleen . † Juno and Venus , are money and a mistress ; very powerful bribes to a judge , if scandal says true . I re- loth to offend either party , slept out the whole D 4 THE PREFACE . 55.
Page 117
... spleen . The patient was to eat nothing af- ter supper for three nightst . As soon as he went to bed , he was carefully to lie on one side ; and when he grew weary , to turn upon the other . He must also duly confine his two eyes to the ...
... spleen . The patient was to eat nothing af- ter supper for three nightst . As soon as he went to bed , he was carefully to lie on one side ; and when he grew weary , to turn upon the other . He must also duly confine his two eyes to the ...
Page 140
... spleen . Does he not also leave us wholly to seek in the art of political wagering ? What can be more defective and unsatisfactory , than his long dis- sertation upon tea ? And as to his method of salivation without mercury , so much ...
... spleen . Does he not also leave us wholly to seek in the art of political wagering ? What can be more defective and unsatisfactory , than his long dis- sertation upon tea ? And as to his method of salivation without mercury , so much ...
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