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Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1024

1730 (published)

Witty self-deprecatory apology to Lady Carteret, wife of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, for failing to fulfil a dinner engagement, telling how she in turn

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1080

1731 (published)

Witty satire defining hell as wherever the damned are found, these potentially comprising all types of men, from poets and critics to

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/2106

1725

Witty verses on being made to wait for admission to Dublin Castle, when Lord

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/2514

1710 (published)

Detailed description of the progress and effects of a heavy

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/2519

1709 (published)

Lightly satirical description of morning activities in the city

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/2809

1733

Parody of a conventional love song, invoking numerous classical Greek gods

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/2811

1731 (published)

Witty satire defining hell as wherever the damned are found, these potentially comprising all types of men, from poets and critics to priests and prelates

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/733

1728 ?

Lighthearted satire by Swift against himself, put into the mouth of Lady

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/734

173- ?

Witty flattering verses seemingly addressed to a Mrs Houghton, occasioned by

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/748

1729

Witty conversational piece occasioned by Sir Arthur Acheson's dilemma about an old house on his land, largely a monologue by Lady Acheson's maid imagaining it being a barracks; including lighthearted satire by Swift

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/812

1706

Lighthearted satire on Sir John Vanbrugh's architectural career before

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/987

1731 (published)

Witty satire defining hell as wherever the damned are found, these potentially comprising all types of men, from poets and critics to priests