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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... invention at the height , and his reading fresh in his head . By the affistance of fome thinking , and much conversation , he had endeavoured to ftrip himself of as many real pre- judices as he could : I fay , real ones ; because ...
... invention at the height , and his reading fresh in his head . By the affistance of fome thinking , and much conversation , he had endeavoured to ftrip himself of as many real pre- judices as he could : I fay , real ones ; because ...
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... invention of feve- ral years ; that he often blotted out much more than he left ; and if his papers had not been a long time out of his poffeffion , they must have ftill undergone more fevere corrections . And do they think such a ...
... invention of feve- ral years ; that he often blotted out much more than he left ; and if his papers had not been a long time out of his poffeffion , they must have ftill undergone more fevere corrections . And do they think such a ...
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... , your Lordship is to understand , that this proceeding was not of my own invention ; for , I have somewhere heard , it is a maxim , That those , to whom every is xxiv DEDICATION . I mean myself. And I was just going on ...
... , your Lordship is to understand , that this proceeding was not of my own invention ; for , I have somewhere heard , it is a maxim , That those , to whom every is xxiv DEDICATION . I mean myself. And I was just going on ...
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... invention , and thrice it has re- turned empty ; the latter having been wholly drained by the following treatise . Not fo my more fuccessful bre- thren the moderns , who will by no means let flip a pre- face or dedication , without some ...
... invention , and thrice it has re- turned empty ; the latter having been wholly drained by the following treatise . Not fo my more fuccessful bre- thren the moderns , who will by no means let flip a pre- face or dedication , without some ...
xliii psl.
... invention with hun- ger ; and , in general , the whole work was begun , con- tinued , and ended , under a long course of phyfic , and a great want of money . Now I do affirm , it will be ab- folutely impoffible for the candid peruser to ...
... invention with hun- ger ; and , in general , the whole work was begun , con- tinued , and ended , under a long course of phyfic , and a great want of money . Now I do affirm , it will be ab- folutely impoffible for the candid peruser to ...
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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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