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Total number of records: 27

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Books and printed items15
Indexes12

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Brotherton Collection27
English Literature14
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse12

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voyages, imaginary2
almanacs, english1
conduct of life1

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Swift, Jonathan27
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)15
Dean Swift3
Atterbury, Francis2
Lockman, John2
Lockman, John (1698-1771)2
Desfontaines, Pierre-Francois Guyot (1685-1745)2
Thomas, Elizabeth (1677-1731)2
Dawson, William Poet2
Atterbury, Francis (1662-1732)2

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Title: To Mrs Hau---n by the same

Author: Swift, Jonathan

Date(s): 173- ?

Manuscript: Lt 9

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

her love for her husband

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Title: The grand question debated whether Hamilton's bawn shall be turn'd into a

barrack or malt house

Author: Swift, Jonathan

Date(s): 1729

Manuscript: Lt 9

Contents: 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

against himself

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Title: The history of Vanbrough's House

Author: Swift, Jonathan

Date(s): 1706

Manuscript: Lt 11

Contents: Lighthearted satire on Sir John Vanbrugh's architectural career before

Blenheim, attributing his inspiration to watching children's building games

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Title: The place of the damn'd

Author: Swift, Jonathan

Date(s): 1731 (published)

Manuscript: Lt 12

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

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