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Le nouveau Gulliver, ou voyage de Jean Gulliver, fils du capitaine Gulliver : Traduit d'un manuscrit anglois
Desfontaines, Pierre-François Guyot (1685-1745); Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)
1730
An imitation of Gulliver's travels by the abbé Desfontaines.
Title: A poem of Dean Swift's copied from a lady's transcript
Author: Swift, Jonathan
Attribution: Dean Swift
Date(s): 1730 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: 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
found his lifesyle difficult to bear on visiting him
Title: The place of the damned
Author: Swift, Jonathan
Attribution: Dr S---t
Date(s): 1731 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 13
Contents: 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.
Oeuvres diverses de Mr. Richard Steele : sur les affaires de la Grande Bretagne. Traduit de l'anglois
Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729); Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)
1715
Each section, except the "Recueil..." has its own title-page, pagination and signatures. There is a general title-page and list of contents at the front of the volume.
Les trois justaucorps, conte bleu, tiré de l'anglois du Révérend Mr. Jonathan Swif [sic]... : Avec Les trois anneaux, nouvelle tirée de Bocace
Macé, René (1752); Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Macé, René (1752)
1721
"Les trois justaucorps", by René Macé, is an adaptation of Jonathan Swift's "Tale of a tub" Cf. BMC, BN Cat. Publication in Dublin is doubtful. Possibly published in the Hague by T. Johnson. Cf. T...
Title: Verses writ on window at Lord Cartarets
Author: Swift, Jonathan
Attribution: Dean Swift
Date(s): 1725
Manuscript: Lt q 20
Contents: Witty verses on being made to wait for admission to Dublin Castle, when Lord
Carteret was Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. Followed by an answer.
Recueil de pieces curieuses sur les matieres les plus interessantes
Radicati, Alberto conte di Passerano (1698-1737); Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)
1736
"Projet facile, equitable et modeste..." (p. [369]-384) is a translation into French of Jonathan Swift's Modest proposal. Includes bibliographical references.
Title: The city showr
Author: Swift, Jonathan
Attribution: Swift ap. Tatler 238, vol.4, p.215, vid Pref. vol.4, p.1 ap
Date(s): 1710 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 61
Contents: Detailed description of the progress and effects of a heavy
shower of rain in the city of London. Lightly satirical.
Title: Morning
Author: Swift, Jonathan
Attribution: Swift, April 1709 ap. Miscell.
Date(s): 1709 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 61
Contents: Lightly satirical description of morning activities in the city
of London
Title: A song
Author: Swift, Jonathan
Attribution: Dean Swift
Date(s): 1733
Manuscript: Lt 72
Contents: Parody of a conventional love song, invoking numerous classical Greek gods
Title: The place of the damn'd
Author: Swift, Jonathan
Attribution: Dr Swift
Date(s): 1731 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 72
Contents: 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
Title: Lady Acheson weary of Dean Sw--t
Author: Swift, Jonathan
Date(s): 1728 ?
Manuscript: Lt 9
Contents: Lighthearted satire by Swift against himself, put into the mouth of Lady
Acheson, making out she is tired of his visit to her house, Market Hill