Tale of a Tub: Written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind. To which are Added, An Account of a Battle Between the Ancient and Modern Books. In St. James's Library. And A Discourse, Concerning the Mechanical Operations of the Spirit. With the Author's Apology, and Explanatory Notes, by W. Wotton, B.D. and Others. Cooke's Edition. Embellished with Superb EngravingsC. Cooke, and sold, 1798 - 260 psl. |
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... fide , he declined all con- cern in their affairs . The reafon affigned by Mr. Sheri- dan in his life , was their encouragement of Fanatics , and Sectaries of all kinds , under an open profeflion of Low - church principles , and indeed ...
... fide , he declined all con- cern in their affairs . The reafon affigned by Mr. Sheri- dan in his life , was their encouragement of Fanatics , and Sectaries of all kinds , under an open profeflion of Low - church principles , and indeed ...
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... fide were Mr. Addison , Bishop Burnet , Sir Richard Steele , Mr. Congreve , Mr. Rowe , and others of less note . On the part of the tories were Lord Bolingbroke , Bishop Atterbury , Mr. Prior , and their new associate , Doctor Swift ...
... fide were Mr. Addison , Bishop Burnet , Sir Richard Steele , Mr. Congreve , Mr. Rowe , and others of less note . On the part of the tories were Lord Bolingbroke , Bishop Atterbury , Mr. Prior , and their new associate , Doctor Swift ...
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... fide of the Liffey . To amufe himfelf in a country where he confi : lered himself in a state of exile , he kept a public table , two days a week , and though the circle of his visitors at firft were small , they were highly refpectable ...
... fide of the Liffey . To amufe himfelf in a country where he confi : lered himself in a state of exile , he kept a public table , two days a week , and though the circle of his visitors at firft were small , they were highly refpectable ...
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... fide the queftion . The Battle of the Books , which abounds with humour , is drawn up in an heroic comis ftyle . The heroes ancient and modern are mar- fhalled . The chief generals of the latter are Wootton and Bentley . Their figures ...
... fide the queftion . The Battle of the Books , which abounds with humour , is drawn up in an heroic comis ftyle . The heroes ancient and modern are mar- fhalled . The chief generals of the latter are Wootton and Bentley . Their figures ...
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... fide , enough to give him the vanity of telling his name ; wherein the world , with all its wife conjectures , is yet very much in the dark which circumftance is no difagreeable amusement , either to the public or himself . The author ...
... fide , enough to give him the vanity of telling his name ; wherein the world , with all its wife conjectures , is yet very much in the dark which circumftance is no difagreeable amusement , either to the public or himself . The author ...
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Tale of a Tub– Written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind. To which ... Jonathan Swift Visos knygos peržiūra - 1798 |
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affigned againſt alfo ancient anfwerer appeared becauſe befides beſt brothers called caufe church clofe confequence confiderable converfation courfe Dean Swift defcription defign defire difcourfe difcovered difpute expofe faid fame farther faſhion fatire fecond feems fenfes fent ferve fervice feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince firft firſt fociety fome fometimes fons foon fpirit friends ftate ftill ftyle fubject fuch fufficient fuppofe fure guife hath himſelf honour houfe houſe humour Irenæus Jack laft leaft learned Lord mankind modern moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary neceffity never obferved occafion Orrery paffage paffed perfon Peter philofophers pleaſe prefent pretend publiſhed purpoſe racter reader reafon refolved reft ſchool ſeems ſhall Sir William Sir William Temple ſtate Swift thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe tion treatife true critic ufual underſtand univerfal uſeful wherein whereof whigs whofe word worfe Wotton writers
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