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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... Highness PRINCE POSTERITY . SIR , I HERE prefent Tour Highness with the Fruits of a very few leisure Hours , ftollen from the thort Intervals of a World of Bufinefs , and of an Em- ployment quite alien from such Amuse ments as this ...
... Highness PRINCE POSTERITY . SIR , I HERE prefent Tour Highness with the Fruits of a very few leisure Hours , ftollen from the thort Intervals of a World of Bufinefs , and of an Em- ployment quite alien from such Amuse ments as this ...
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... Highness is to be made believe , that our Age has never ar- rived at the Honor to produce one single l'oct . WE confcfs Immortality to be a great and powerful Goddels , but in vain we offer up to her our Devotions and our Sa- crifices ...
... Highness is to be made believe , that our Age has never ar- rived at the Honor to produce one single l'oct . WE confcfs Immortality to be a great and powerful Goddels , but in vain we offer up to her our Devotions and our Sa- crifices ...
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... Highness , that we do a- bound in Learning and Wit ; but to fix upon Particulars , is a Task too flippery for my fender Abilities . If I fhould ven- ture in a windy Day , to affirm to Tour Highness , that there is a huge Cloud near the ...
... Highness , that we do a- bound in Learning and Wit ; but to fix upon Particulars , is a Task too flippery for my fender Abilities . If I fhould ven- ture in a windy Day , to affirm to Tour Highness , that there is a huge Cloud near the ...
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