A Tale of a Tub: And An Account of a Battel Between the Ancient and Modern Books in St. James's Library, and A Discourse Concerning the Mechanical Operation of the SpiritGarland Pub., 1972 - 331 pages This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. |
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... Friend of Tour Governour ( from whom , alas ! he must therefore look for little Favour ) in a moft gentlemanly Stile , adorned with utmost Politeness and Civi- lity replete with Difcoveries cqually va- luable for their Novelty and Ufe ...
... Friend of Tour Governour ( from whom , alas ! he must therefore look for little Favour ) in a moft gentlemanly Stile , adorned with utmost Politeness and Civi- lity replete with Difcoveries cqually va- luable for their Novelty and Ufe ...
Page 47
... Friends , to travel in a compleat and laborious Differtation upon the prime Prost ductions of our Sociery , which befides their beautiful Externals for the Gratification of fuperficial Readers , have darkly and deep- ly couched under ...
... Friends , to travel in a compleat and laborious Differtation upon the prime Prost ductions of our Sociery , which befides their beautiful Externals for the Gratification of fuperficial Readers , have darkly and deep- ly couched under ...
Page 277
... Friend , fhared his Fate . As , when a skilful Cook has trufs'd a Brace of Woodcocks , He , with Iron Scewer , pierces the tender Sides of both , their Legs and Wings clofe pinion'd to their Ribs ; So was this pair of Friends transfix'd ...
... Friend , fhared his Fate . As , when a skilful Cook has trufs'd a Brace of Woodcocks , He , with Iron Scewer , pierces the tender Sides of both , their Legs and Wings clofe pinion'd to their Ribs ; So was this pair of Friends transfix'd ...
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