Jonathan Swift

     

 

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  • SOME PRESS OPINIONS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • A LETTER TO A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, IN IRELAND, UPON THE CHOOSING A NEW SPEAKER THERE. WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1708.
  • A LETTER TO A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, IN IRELAND, UPON THE CHOOSING A NEW SPEAKER THERE.
  • A PROPOSAL FOR THE UNIVERSAL USE OF IRISH MANUFACTURE.
  • A PROPOSAL FOR THE UNIVERSAL USE OF IRISH MANUFACTURE, IN CLOTHES AND FURNITURE OF HOUSES, &c. UTTERLY REJECTING AND RENOUNCING EVERY THING WEARABLE THAT COMES FROM ENGLAND.
  • AN ESSAY ON ENGLISH BUBBLES. BY THOMAS HOPE, ESQ.
  • THE SWEARER'S BANK.
  • A LETTER TO THE KING AT ARMS. [FROM A REPUTED ESQUIRE,[27] ONE OF THE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE BANK.]
  • THE LAST SPEECH AND DYING WORDS OF EBENEZER ELLISTON. WHO WAS EXECUTED THE SECOND DAY OF MAY, 1722.
  • THE LAST SPEECH AND DYING WORDS OF EBENEZER ELLISTON.
  • MAXIMS CONTROLLED[37] IN IRELAND.
  • THE BLUNDERS, DEFICIENCIES, DISTRESSES, AND MISFORTUNES OF QUILCA.[45]
  • A Short VIEW OF THE STATE OF IRELAND.
  • THE STORY OF THE INJURED LADY. WRITTEN BY HERSELF.
  • THE ANSWER TO THE INJURED LADY.
  • AN ANSWER TO A PAPER, CALLED “A MEMORIAL OF THE POOR INHABITANTS, TRADESMEN, AND LABOURERS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.” WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1728.
  • ANSWER TO SEVERAL LETTERS FROM UNKNOWN PERSONS.[86]
  • AN ANSWER TO SEVERAL LETTERS SENT ME FROM UNKNOWN HANDS.[94]
  • A LETTER TO THE ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN, CONCERNING THE WEAVERS.
  • THE PRESENT MISERABLE STATE OF IRELAND.
  • THE SUBSTANCE OF WHAT WAS SAID BY THE DEAN OF ST. PATRICK'S
  • ADVERTISEMENT BY DR. SWIFT, IN HIS DEFENCE AGAINST JOSHUA, LORD ALLEN,
  • A LETTER ON MR. M'CULLA'S PROJECT ABOUT HALFPENCE, AND A NEW ONE PROPOSED. WRITTEN IN 1729.
  • A PROPOSAL THAT ALL THE LADIES AND WOMEN OF IRELAND SHOULD APPEAR CONSTANTLY IN IRISH MANUFACTURES.
  • A MODEST PROPOSAL FOR PREVENTING THE CHILDREN OF POOR PEOPLE FROM BEING A BURTHEN TO THEIR PARENTS OR COUNTRY, AND FOR MAKING THEM BENEFICIAL TO THE PUBLIC.
  • ANSWER TO THE CRAFTSMAN.
  • A VINDICATION OF HIS EXCELLENCY JOHN, LORD CARTERET.
  • A PROPOSAL FOR AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT, TO PAY OFF THE DEBT OF THE NATION, WITHOUT TAXING THE SUBJECT.
  • A CASE SUBMITTED BY DEAN SWIFT TO MR. LINDSAY, COUNSELLOR AT LAW.[172]
  • AN EXAMINATION OF CERTAIN ABUSES, CORRUPTIONS, AND ENORMITIES IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
  • A SERIOUS AND USEFUL SCHEME TO MAKE AN HOSPITAL FOR INCURABLES.
  • TO THE HONOURABLE HOUSE OF COMMONS, &c.
  • TO THE HONOURABLE HOUSE OF COMMONS, &c.
  • ADVICE TO THE FREEMEN OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN, IN THE CHOICE OF A MEMBER TO REPRESENT THEM IN PARLIAMENT. WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1733.
  • SOME CONSIDERATIONS HUMBLY OFFERED TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD MAYOR, THE COURT OF ALDERMEN, AND COMMON-COUNCIL OF THE HONOURABLE CITY OF DUBLIN,
  • A PROPOSAL FOR GIVING BADGES TO THE BEGGARS IN ALL THE PARISHES OF DUBLIN.
  • CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT MAINTAINING THE POOR.
  • ON BARBAROUS DENOMINATIONS IN IRELAND.
  • SPEECH DELIVERED BY DEAN SWIFT TO AN ASSEMBLY OF MERCHANTS MET AT THE GUILDHALL, TO DRAW UP A PETITION TO THE LORD LIEUTENANT ON THE LOWERING OF COIN, APRIL 24TH, 1736.
  • MISCELLANEOUS PIECES.

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          BOHN'S STANDARD LIBRARY

     

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          THE PROSE WORKS OF JONATHAN SWIFT

     

          VOL. VII

     

                LONDON: GEORGE BELL AND SONS PORTUGAL ST. LINCOLN'S INN, W. C. CAMBRIDGE: DEIGHTON, BELL &CO. NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN CO. BOMBAY: A. H. WHEELER &CO.

     

                In 12 volumes, 5s. each.

     

          ~THE PROSE WORKS~

     

          OF

     

          ~JONATHAN SWIFT, D. D.~

     

          EDITED BY

     

          ~TEMPLE SCOTT~

     

                  VOL. I. A TALE OF A TUB AND OTHER EARLY WORKS.

     

      Edited by TEMPLE SCOTT. With a biographical introduction by

     

      W. E. H. LECKY, M. P. With Portrait and Facsimiles.

     

            VOL. II. THE JOURNAL TO STELLA. Edited by FREDERICK

     

      RYLAND, M. A. With two Portraits of Stella and a Facsimile of

     

      one of the Letters.

     

            VOLS. III. &IV. WRITINGS ON RELIGION AND THE

     

      CHURCH. Edited by TEMPLE SCOTT. With Portraits and Facsimiles

     

      of Title-pages.

     

            VOL. V. HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL TRACTS—ENGLISH.

     

      Edited by TEMPLE SCOTT. With Portrait and Facsimiles

     

      of Title-pages.

     

            VOL. VI. THE DRAPIER'S LETTERS. Edited by TEMPLE

     

      SCOTT. With Portrait, Reproductions of Wood's Coinage, and Facsimiles

     

      of Title-pages.

     

            VOL. VII. HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL TRACTS—IRISH.

     

      Edited by TEMPLE SCOTT. With Portrait and Facsimiles of Title-pages.

     

            VOL. VIII. GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. Edited by G. RAVENSCROFT

     

      DENNIS. With Portrait, Maps and Facsimiles.

     

            VOL. IX. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE “EXAMINER,”

     

      “TATLER,” “SPECTATOR,” &c. Edited by TEMPLE SCOTT.

     

      With Portrait.

     

            VOL. X. HISTORICAL WRITINGS. Edited by TEMPLE SCOTT.

     

      With Portrait.

     

            VOL. XI. LITERARY ESSAYS. Edited by TEMPLE SCOTT.

     

      With Portrait. [In the press.

     

            VOL. XII. FULL BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX TO COMPLETE

     

      WORKS. Together with an Essay on the Portraits of

     

      Swift, by the HON. SIR FREDERICK FALKINER, K. C. With two

     

      Portraits. [In the press.