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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Page 114
... Modern , Dr. Btly . I fay , when I confider all this , I cannot but bewail , that no famous Modern hath cver yet attempted an univerfal Syftem in a mall portable Volume , of all Things that are to be Known , or Believed , or Imagined ...
... Modern , Dr. Btly . I fay , when I confider all this , I cannot but bewail , that no famous Modern hath cver yet attempted an univerfal Syftem in a mall portable Volume , of all Things that are to be Known , or Believed , or Imagined ...
Page 117
... Modern Wits , I could never yet difcover the leaft Direction about the Structure of that ufeful Inftrument , a Save - all . For want of which , if the Moderns had not lent their Affift.nce , we might yet have wandred in the Dark But I ...
... Modern Wits , I could never yet difcover the leaft Direction about the Structure of that ufeful Inftrument , a Save - all . For want of which , if the Moderns had not lent their Affift.nce , we might yet have wandred in the Dark But I ...
Page 264
... Modern yet worse than his Own . Then , they agreed to exchange Horses , but when it came to the Tryal , Dryden was afraid , and utterly unable to Alter hiatus * in MS . mount . * Lucan appeared upon a fiery Hoife , of admirable Shape ...
... Modern yet worse than his Own . Then , they agreed to exchange Horses , but when it came to the Tryal , Dryden was afraid , and utterly unable to Alter hiatus * in MS . mount . * Lucan appeared upon a fiery Hoife , of admirable Shape ...
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