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A gentle echo on woman, attributed to D. Swift.
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)
c.1710-1720
Comprises a witty English pastoral poem.
A satyr on the political state of Great Britain
1716?
Satirical Whig attack on the Tory conduct of political affairs from ca.1710, and then on their part in inciting rebellion against George I, particularly the Jacobite rebellion of 1715 (described).
The works of Jonathan Swift
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Purves, David Laing (1838-1873)
1869
Publisher's catalogue (23p) at end.
Poetical miscellany, containing poems by Jonathan Swift and others
1730s
Poetical miscellany written probably in Ireland and including poems by Swift and members of his circle
Æsop at the Bell-Tavern in Westminster, or, A present from the October-Club, in a few select fables from Sir Roger L'Estrange, done into English verse... [etc.]
Pittis, William (1674-1724); L'Estrange, Sir Roger (1616-1704); Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)
1711
The October Club was a cabal of extreme Tories. Anonymous imitations of Aesop's fables, attributed to William Pittis by Foxon; also attributed to J. Swift.
Proposals for printing a very curious discourse, in two volumes in quarto, intitled, Psuedologia Politikē, or, A treatise of the art of political lying : with an abstract of the first volume of the said treatise
Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735); Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)
1712
With half title. "Psuedololgia politikē" in the title is transliterated for the Greek. By Arbuthnot, but frequently attributed to Swift. The proposed treatise was apparently never published, al...
It cannot rain but it pours : or, London strow'd with rarities. Being, An account of the arrival of a white bear, at the house of Mr. Ratcliff... as also of the faustina, the celebrated Italian singing woman; and of the copper-farthing dean from Ireland. And lastly, of the wonderful wild man that was nursed ... by a wild beast, hunted and taken in toyls ... and is a Christian like one of us, being call'd Peter ... [etc.]
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735)
1726
Asserted by Maurice Johnson of Spalding (1688-1755) to have been given to him with The manifesto of Lord Peter by John Gay and to have been written by Gay, Swift, Arbuthnot, Pope and others. Attribu...
Poems on several occasions
Barber, Mary (1690?-1757); Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)
1735
First edition published in 1734. Commendatory letter "To the Right Honourable John, Earl of Orrery," to whom the book is dedicated, signed: Jonathan Swift. Dedication signed by the author: Mary Ba...
Poems on several occasions
Barber, Mary (1690?-1757); Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Grierson, Constantia (1733)
1734
First edition. Head and tail pieces, initials. Dedication signed: Mary Barber. With a letter from Jonathan Swift to Lord Orrery prefixed, and laudatory verses to the author by Constantia Grierso...
The Battel of Audenard : a poem, occasion'd by the glorious victory obtain'd over the French near that place, the 11th of July, 1708. N.S. by the Confederate army under the command of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough.... also a new copy of verses of Jack Frenchman's lamentation
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Prior, Matthew (1664-1721); Congreve, William (1670-1729)
1708
"Jack Frenchman's lamentation" is attributed to J. Swift, M. Prior or W. Congreve. It appeared in three separate editions in 1708, and in an edition of uncertain date supposed ot be printed in Edinbur...
The travels of Mr. John Gulliver : son of Capt. Lemuel Gulliver (v.1)
Desfontaines, Pierre-François Guyot (1685-1745); Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Lockman, John (1698-1771)
1731
Engraved frontispiece in v. 1. Title vignette (printer's device); initials.