WHOEVER examines, with due circumspection, into the annual records of time, will find it remarked that War is the child of Pride, and Pride the daughter of Riches:- the former of which assertions may be soon granted, but one cannot so easily subscribe to the latter; for Pride is nearly related to Beggary and Want, either by father or mother, and sometimes by both: and, to speak naturally, it very seldom happens among men to fall out when all have enough; invasions usually travelling from north to south, that is to say, from poverty to plenty.
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The Battle of the Books
January 19, 2007, Wildside Press
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The Battle Of The Books
June 30, 2004, Kessinger Publishing
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The battle of the books: eine historisch-kritischeAusgabe mit literarhistorischer Einleitung und Kommentar
1978, Walter de Gruyter, Walter de Gruyter Inc., De Gruyter Mouton
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The battle of the books: with selections from the literature of the phalaris controversy
1908, Chatto and Windus
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"The present edition of The battle of the books is taken from Sir Henry Craik's Selections from Swift (Clarendon Press, 1892). The complete Life is included."
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