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 50
... hath fo exhausted the Subject , that a penetrating Reader will cafily discover , whatever hath been written since upon that Dispute , to be little more than Repetition . An Abstract of this Trea- tife hath been lately published by a mor ...
... hath fo exhausted the Subject , that a penetrating Reader will cafily discover , whatever hath been written since upon that Dispute , to be little more than Repetition . An Abstract of this Trea- tife hath been lately published by a mor ...
Page 77
... hath not been exempt from the Obloquy of evil Tongues . For it hath been objected , that thofe Antient Heroes , famous for their Combating fo many Giants , and Dragons , and Robbers , were in their own Perlons a greater Nuifance to ...
... hath not been exempt from the Obloquy of evil Tongues . For it hath been objected , that thofe Antient Heroes , famous for their Combating fo many Giants , and Dragons , and Robbers , were in their own Perlons a greater Nuifance to ...
Page 302
... hath got clean- ly over a Kennel , fome Angel , unseen , de- fcended on purpose to help him by the Hand ; if he hath knockt his Head against a Poft , it was the Devil , for his Sins , let loose from Hell , on purpose to buffet him . Who ...
... hath got clean- ly over a Kennel , fome Angel , unseen , de- fcended on purpose to help him by the Hand ; if he hath knockt his Head against a Poft , it was the Devil , for his Sins , let loose from Hell , on purpose to buffet him . Who ...
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