THE PROSE WORKS OF JONATHAN SWIFT

VOL. VII

HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL TRACTS-IRISH

CONTENTS

A Letter to a Member of Parliament, in Ireland, upon the choosing a New Speaker there 1
 
A Proposal for the Universal Use of Irish Manufacture 11
 
An Essay on English Bubbles. By Thomas Hope, Esq. 31
 
The Swearer's Bank 37
 
A Letter to the King at Arms 47
 
The Last Speech and Dying Words of Ebenezer Elliston 55
 
The Truth of Some Maxims in State and Government, examined with Reference to Ireland 63
 
The Blunders, Deficiencies, Distresses, and Misfortunes Of Quilca 73
 
A Short View of the State of Ireland 79
 
The Story of the Injured Lady. Written by Herself 93
 
The Answer to the Injured Lady 104
 
An Answer to a Paper called "A Memorial of the Poor Inhabitants, Tradesmen, and Labourers of the Kingdom of Ireland" 107
 
Answer to Several Letters from Unknown Persons 117
 
An Answer to Several Letters sent me from Unknown Hands 127
 
A Letter to the Archbishop of Dublin concerning the Weavers 135
 
Observations occasioned by reading a Paper entitled "The Case of the Woollen Manufactures of Dublin," etc. 145
 
The Present Miserable State of Ireland 151
 
The Substance of what was said by the Dean of St. Patrick's
to the Lord Mayor and some of the Aldermen
when His Lordship came to Present the said Dean
with his Freedom in a Gold Box 167
 
Advertisement by Dr. Swift in his Defence Against Joshua, Lord Allen 173
 
A Letter on Mr. M'Culla's Project about Halfpence, and a new one Proposed 177
 
A Proposal that all the Ladies and Women of Ireland
should appear constantly in Irish Manufactures 191
 
A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of
Poor People from being a Burthen to their Parents
or the Country, and for making them beneficial to the Public 201
 
Answer to the Craftsman 217
 
A Vindication of his Excellency John, Lord Carteret 225
 
A Proposal for An Act of Parliament to Pay off the
Debt of the Nation without Taxing the Subject 251
 
A Case submitted by Dean Swift to Mr. Lindsay,
Counsellor at Law 259
 
An Examination of Certain Abuses, Corruptions, and
Enormities in the City of Dublin 261
 
A Serious and Useful Scheme to make an Hospital for Incurables 283
 
The Humble Petition of the Footmen in and about the
City of Dublin 305
 
Advice to the Freemen of the City of Dublin in the
Choice of a Member to represent them in Parliament 309
 
Some Considerations humbly offered to the Lord
Mayor, the Court of Aldermen and Common-Council
of the City of Dublin in the Choice of a Recorder 317
 
A Proposal for giving Badges to the Beggars in all the
Parishes of Dublin 321
 
Considerations about Maintaining the Poor 337
 
On Barbarous Denominations in Ireland 343
 
Speech delivered on the Lowering of the Coin 351
 
Irish Eloquence 361
 
A Dialogue in Hibernian Style 362
 
To the Provost and Senior Fellows of Trinity
College, Dublin 364
 
To the Right Worshipful the Mayor, Aldermen,
Sheriffs, and Common-Council of the City of Cork 366
 
To the Honourable the Society of the Governor and
Assistants in London, for the New Plantation in Ulster 368
 
Certificate to a Discarded Servant 369
 
An Exhortation addressed to the Sub-Dean and Chapter
of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin 370
 
 
Appendix:
 
A Letter to the Writer of the Occasional Paper 375
 
An Account of the Court and Empire of Japan 382
 
The Answer of the Right Hon. William Pulteney,
Esq., to the Right Hon. Sir Robert Walpole 392
 
Index 401





THE PROSE WORKS OF JONATHAN SWIFT

VOL. IX

By Jonathan Swift

> CONTRIBUTIONS TO "THE TATLER," "THE EXAMINER," "THE SPECTATOR," AND "THE INTELLIGENCER"

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
CONTRIBUTIONS TO "THE TATLER."
THE TATLER, NUMB. 32.
THE TATLER, NUMB. 35.
THE TATLER, NUMB. 59.
THE TATLER, NUMB. 63.
THE TATLER, NUMB. 66.
THE TATLER, NUMB. 67.
THE TATLER, NUMB. 68.
THE TATLER, NUMB. 70.
THE TATLER, NUMB. 71.
THE TATLER, NUMB. 230.
THE TATLER, NUMB. 258.
THE TATLER, NUMB. I.
THE TATLER, No. 2.
THE TATLER, No. 5.
THE TATLER, NUMB. 298.[1]
THE TATLER, NUMB. 302.[1]
THE TATLER, NUMB. 306.[1]
CONTRIBUTIONS TO "THE EXAMINER."
THE EXAMINER.
NUMB. 14.[1]
NUMB. 15.[1]
NUMB. 16.[1]
NUMB. 17.[1]
NUMB. 18.[1]
NUMB. 19.[1]
NUMB. 20.[1]
NUMB. 21.[1]
NUMB. 22.[1]
NUMB. 23.[1]
NUMB. 24.[1]
NUMB. 25.[1]
NUMB. 26.[1]
NUMB. 27.[1]
NUMB. 28.[1]
NUMB. 29.[1]
NUMB. 30.[1]
NUMB. 31.[1]
NUMB. 32.[1]
NUMB. 33.[1]
NUMB. 34.[1]
NUMB. 35.[1]
NUMB. 36.[1]
NUMB. 37.[1]
NUMB. 38.[1]
NUMB. 39.[1]
NUMB. 40.[1]
NUMB. 41.[1]
NUMB. 42.[1]
NUMB. 43.[1]
NUMB. 44.[1]
NUMB. 45.[1]
NUMB. 46.[1]
CONTRIBUTION TO "THE SPECTATOR."
THE SPECTATOR, NUMB. L.[1]
CONTRIBUTIONS TO "THE INTELLIGENCER."
THE INTELLIGENCER, NUMB. 1.[1]
THE INTELLIGENCER, NUMB. III.[1]
THE INTELLIGENCER, NUMB. XIX[1].
INDEX.





THE PROSE WORKS OF JONATHAN SWIFT

VOL. X of BOHN'S STANDARD LIBRARY

VOL. X

HISTORICAL WRITINGS

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
THE HISTORY OF THE FOUR LAST YEARS OF THE QUEEN. By the late JONATHAN SWIFT, D.D. D.S.P.D.
ADVERTISEMENT
THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE.[1]
THE HISTORY OF THE FOUR LAST YEARS OF THE QUEEN. I
THE HISTORY OF THE FOUR LAST YEARS OF THE QUEEN. II
THE HISTORY OF THE FOUR LAST YEARS OF THE QUEEN. III
THE HISTORY OF THE FOUR LAST YEARS OF THE QUEEN. IV
AN ABSTRACT OF THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND, FROM THE INVASION OF IT BY JULIUS CAESAR TO THE REIGN OF HENRY THE SECOND.
SWIFT'S REMARKS ON THE CHARACTERS OF THE COURT OF QUEEN ANNE. FROM "MEMOIRS OF THE SECRET SERVICES OF JOHN MACKY, ESQ."
REMARKS ON LORD CLARENDON'S HISTORY OF THE REBELLION OXFORD EDITION, 1707, 3 VOLS. FROM THE ORIGINAL, IN ST. PATRICK'S LIBRARY.
PREFACE.
REMARKS ON "BISHOP BURNET'S HISTORY OF ['SCOTLAND IN'-SWIFT] HIS OWN TIME," FOLIO EDITION, 1724-34.
PREFACE
NOTES ON THE FREE-HOLDER.
NOTES ON THE FREE-HOLDER.[1]
INDEX.





THE POEMS OF

JONATHAN SWIFT

VOLUME I (of II)

CONTENTS

PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
POEMS OF JONATHAN SWIFT
ODE TO DOCTOR WILLIAM SANCROFT[1] LATE LORD BISHOP OF CANTERBURY
ODE TO THE HON. SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE WRITTEN AT MOOR-PARK IN JUNE 1689
ODE TO KING WILLIAM ON HIS SUCCESSES IN IRELAND
ODE TO THE ATHENIAN SOCIETY[1]
TO MR. CONGREVE, WRITTEN IN NOVEMBER, 1693
OCCASIONED BY SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE'S LATE ILLNESS AND RECOVERY
WRITTEN IN A LADY'S IVORY TABLE-BOOK, 1698
MRS. FRANCES HARRIS'S PETITION, 1699
A BALLAD ON THE GAME OF TRAFFIC
A BALLAD TO THE TUNE OF THE CUT-PURSE[1]
THE DISCOVERY
THE PROBLEM, "THAT MY LORD BERKELEY STINKS WHEN HE IS IN LOVE"
THE DESCRIPTION OF A SALAMANDER, 1705
TO CHARLES MORDAUNT, EARL OF PETERBOROUGH[1]
ON THE UNION
ON MRS. BIDDY FLOYD; OR, THE RECEIPT TO FORM A BEAUTY. 1707
THE REVERSE (TO SWIFT'S VERSES ON BIDDY FLOYD); OR, MRS. CLUDD
APOLLO OUTWITTED
ANSWER TO LINES FROM MAY FAIR[1]
VANBRUGH'S HOUSE[1], BUILT FROM THE RUINS OF WHITEHALL THAT WAS BURNT, 1703
VANBRUGH'S HOUSE,[1], BUILT FROM THE RUINS OF WHITEHALL THAT WAS BURNT, 1703
BAUCIS AND PHILEMON[1]
BAUCIS AND PHILEMON[1]
THE HISTORY OF VANBRUGH'S HOUSE, 1708
A GRUB-STREET ELEGY ON THE SUPPOSED DEATH OF PARTRIDGE THE ALMANACK MAKER.[1] 1708
THE EPITAPH
A DESCRIPTION OF THE MORNING
A DESCRIPTION OF A CITY SHOWER[1]
ON THE LITTLE HOUSE BY THE CHURCHYARD OF CASTLENOCK, 1710
A TOWN ECLOGUE. 1710[1]
A CONFERENCE BETWEEN SIR HARRY PIERCE'S CHARIOT, AND MRS. D. STOPFORD'S CHAIR [1]
TO LORD HARLEY, ON HIS MARRIAGE[1] OCTOBER 31, 1713
PHYLLIS; OR, THE PROGRESS OF LOVE, 1716
HORACE, BOOK IV, ODE IX., ADDRESSED TO ARCHBISHOP KING,[1] 1718
TO MR. DELANY,[1], OCT. 10, 1718
AN ELEGY[1] ON THE DEATH OF DEMAR, THE USURER; WHO DIED ON THE 6TH OF JULY, 1720
EPITAPH ON THE SAME
TO MRS. HOUGHTON OF BOURMONT, ON PRAISING HER HUSBAND TO DR. SWIFT
VERSES WRITTEN ON A WINDOW, AT THE DEANERY HOUSE, ST. PATRICK'S
ON ANOTHER WINDOW[1]
APOLLO TO THE DEAN.[1] 1720
NEWS FROM PARNASSUS, BY DR. DELANY OCCASIONED BY "APOLLO TO THE DEAN" 1720
APOLLO'S EDICT OCCASIONED BY "NEWS FROM PARNASSUS"
THE DESCRIPTION OF AN IRISH FEAST
THE PROGRESS OF BEAUTY. 1719[1]
THE PROGRESS OF MARRIAGE[1]
THE PROGRESS OF POETRY
THE SOUTH-SEA PROJECT. 1721
FABULA CANIS ET UMBRAE
A PROLOGUE BILLET TO A COMPANY OF PLAYERS SENT WITH THE PROLOGUE
EPILOGUE[1] TO MR. HOPPY'S BENEFIT-NIGHT, AT SMOCK-ALLEY
PROLOGUE[1] TO A PLAY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE DISTRESSED WEAVERS. BY DR. SHERIDAN. SPOKEN BY MR. ELRINGTON. 1721
EPILOGUE TO A BENEFIT PLAY, GIVEN IN BEHALF OF THE DISTRESSED WEAVERS. BY THE DEAN. SPOKEN BY MR. GRIFFITH
ANSWER TO DR. SHERIDAN'S PROLOGUE, AND TO DR. SWIFT'S EPILOGUE. IN BEHALF OF THE DISTRESSED WEAVERS. BY DR. DELANY.
ON GAULSTOWN HOUSE THE SEAT OF GEORGE ROCHFORT, ESQ. BY DR. DELANY
THE COUNTRY LIFE; PART OF A SUMMER SPENT AT GAULSTOWN HOUSE, THE SEAT OF GEORGE ROCHFORT, ESQ.
DR. DELANY'S VILLA[1]
ON ONE OF THE WINDOWS AT DELVILLE
CARBERIAE RUPES IN COMITATU CORGAGENSI. SCRIPSIT JUN. ANN. DOM. 1723
CARBERY ROCKS TRANSLATED BY DR. DUNKIN
COPY OF THE BIRTH-DAY VERSES ON MR. FORD[1]
ON DREAMS AN IMITATION OF PETRONIUS
SENT BY DR. DELANY TO DR. SWIFT, IN ORDER TO BE ADMITTED TO SPEAK TO HIM WHEN HE WAS DEAF. 1724
THE ANSWER
A QUIET LIFE AND A GOOD NAME TO A FRIEND WHO MARRIED A SHREW. 1724
ADVICE TO THE GRUB-STREET VERSE-WRITERS, 1726
A PASTORAL DIALOGUE, WRITTEN JUNE, 1727, JUST AFTER THE NEWS OF THE DEATH OF GEORGE I, WHO DIED THE 12TH OF THAT MONTH IN GERMANY [1]
DESIRE AND POSSESSION 1727
ON CENSURE, 1727
THE FURNITURE OF A WOMAN'S MIND, 1727
CLEVER TOM CLINCH GOING TO BE HANGED. 1727
DR. SWIFT TO MR. POPE, WHILE HE WAS WRITING THE "DUNCIAD". 1727
A LOVE POEM FROM A PHYSICIAN TO HIS MISTRESS, WRITTEN AT LONDON
BOUTS RIMEZ[1], ON SIGNORA DOMITILLA
HELTER SKELTER; OR, THE HUE AND CRY AFTER THE ATTORNEYS UPON THEIR RIDING THE CIRCUIT
THE PUPPET-SHOW
THE JOURNAL OF A MODERN LADY IN A LETTER TO A PERSON OF QUALITY. 1728
THE LOGICIANS REFUTED
THE ELEPHANT; OR, THE PARLIAMENT MAN
PAULUS: AN EPIGRAM BY MR. LINDSAY[1]
THE ANSWER. BY DR. SWIFT
A DIALOGUE BETWEEN AN EMINENT LAWYER[1] AND DR. JONATHAN SWIFT, D.S.P.D. IN ALLUSION TO HORACE, BOOK II, SATIRE I
ON BURNING A DULL POEM. 1729
AN EXCELLENT NEW BALLAD, OR, THE TRUE ENGLISH DEAN[1] TO BE HANGED FOR A RAPE. 1730
ON STEPHEN DUCK THE THRESHER, AND FAVOURITE POET A QUIBBLING EPIGRAM. 1730
THE LADY'S DRESSING-ROOM. 1730
THE POWER OF TIME. 1730
CASSINUS AND PETER, A TRAGICAL ELEGY. 1731
A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG NYMPH GOING TO BED. WRITTEN FOR THE HONOUR OF THE FAIR SEX. 1731
STREPHON AND CHLOE. 1731
APOLLO; OR, A PROBLEM SOLVED. 1731
THE PLACE OF THE DAMNED. 1731
THE DAY OF JUDGMENT[1]
JUDAS. 1731
AN EPISTLE TO MR. GAY[1]. 1731
TO A LADY WHO DESIRED THE AUTHOR TO WRITE SOME VERSES UPON HER IN THE HEROIC STYLE
EPIGRAM ON THE BUSTS[1] IN RICHMOND HERMITAGE. 1732
ANOTHER
A CONCLUSION DRAWN FROM THE ABOVE EPIGRAMS, AND SENT TO THE DRAPIER
DR. SWIFT'S ANSWER
TO THE REVEREND DR. SWIFT WITH A PRESENT OF A PAPER-BOOK, FINELY BOUND, ON HIS BIRTH-DAY, NOV. 30, 1732.[1] BY JOHN, EARL OF ORRERY
VERSES LEFT WITH A SILVER STANDISH ON THE DEAN OF ST. PATRICK'S DESK, ON HIS BIRTH-DAY. BY DR. DELANY
VERSES OCCASIONED BY THE FOREGOING PRESENTS
VERSES SENT TO THE DEAN WITH AN EAGLE QUILL, ON HEARING OF THE PRESENTS BY THE EARL OF ORRERY AND DR. DELANY. BY MRS. PILKINGTON
AN INVITATION, BY DR. DELANY, IN THE NAME OF DR. SWIFT
THE BEASTS' CONFESSION TO THE PRIEST, OBSERVING HOW MOST MEN MISTAKE THEIR OWN TALENTS. 1732
THE PARSON'S CASE
THE HARDSHIP UPON THE LADIES. 1733
A LOVE SONG IN THE MODERN TASTE. 1733
THE STORM, MINERVA'S PETITION
ODE ON SCIENCE
A YOUNG LADY'S COMPLAINT[1], FOR THE STAY OF THE DEAN IN ENGLAND
ON THE DEATH OF DR. SWIFT, WRITTEN IN NOVEMBER, 1731 [1]
ON POETRY, A RHAPSODY. 1733
VERSES SENT TO THE DEAN ON HIS BIRTH-DAY, WITH PINE'S HORACE, FINELY BOUND. BY DR. J. SICAN[1]
EPIGRAM BY MR. BOWYER INTENDED TO BE PLACED UNDER THE HEAD OF GULLIVER. 1733
ON PSYCHE[1]
THE DEAN AND DUKE. 1734
WRITTEN BY DR. SWIFT ON HIS OWN DEAFNESS, IN SEPTEMBER, 1734
THE DEAN'S MANNER OF LIVING
EPIGRAM BY MR. BOWYER
VERSES MADE FOR FRUIT-WOMEN
ON ROVER, A LADY'S SPANIEL
EPIGRAMS ON WINDOWS SEVERAL OF THEM WRITTEN IN 1726
TO JANUS, ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, 1726
A MOTTO FOR MR. JASON HASARD WOOLLEN-DRAPER IN DUBLIN, WHOSE SIGN WAS THE GOLDEN FLEECE
TO A FRIEND WHO HAD BEEN MUCH ABUSED IN MANY INVETERATE LIBELS
CATULLUS DE LESBIA[1]
ON A CURATE'S COMPLAINT OF HARD DUTY
TO BETTY, THE GRISETTE
EPIGRAM FROM THE FRENCH[1]
EPIGRAM[1]
EPIGRAM ADDED BY STELLA[1]
JOAN CUDGELS NED
VERSES ON TWO CELEBRATED MODERN POETS
EPITAPH ON GENERAL GORGES,[1] AND LADY MEATH[2]
VERSES ON I KNOW NOT WHAT
DR. SWIFT TO HIMSELF ON ST. CECILIA'S DAY
AN ANSWER TO A FRIEND'S QUESTION
EPITAPH INSCRIBED ON A MARBLE TABLET, IN BERKELEY CHURCH, GLOUCESTERSHIRE
EPITAPH ON FREDERICK, DUKE OF SCHOMBERG[1]
VERSES WRITTEN DURING LORD CARTERET'S ADMINISTRATION OF IRELAND
AN APOLOGY TO LADY CARTERET
THE BIRTH OF MANLY VIRTUE
ON PADDY'S CHARACTER OF THE "INTELLIGENCER."[1] 1729
AN EPISTLE TO HIS EXCELLENCY JOHN, LORD CARTERET BY DR. DELANY. 1729[1]
AN EPISTLE UPON AN EPISTLE FROM A CERTAIN DOCTOR TO A CERTAIN GREAT LORD. BEING A CHRISTMAS-BOX FOR DR. DELANY
A LIBEL ON THE REVEREND DR. DELANY, AND HIS EXCELLENCY JOHN, LORD CARTERET. 1729
TO DR. DELANY ON THE LIBELS WRITTEN AGAINST HIM. 1729
DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING A BIRTH-DAY SONG. 1729
THE PHEASANT AND THE LARK, A FABLE BY DR. DELANY. 1730
ANSWER TO DR. DELANY'S FABLE OF THE PHEASANT AND LARK. 1730
DEAN SMEDLEY'S PETITION TO THE DUKE OF GRAFTON[1]
THE DUKE'S ANSWER, BY DR. SWIFT
PARODY ON A CHARACTER OF DEAN SMEDLEY, WRITTEN IN LATIN BY HIMSELF[1]