A Tale of a Tub
143
The Conclusion
155
The History of Martin
The History of Martin
159
A Digression on the Nature . . .
163
The History of Martin—Continued
164
A Project for the Universal Benefit of Mankind
165
THE POEMS OF JONATHAN SWIFT, D.D., VOLUME I
Edited By William Ernst Browning
CONTENTS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
POEMS OF JONATHAN SWIFT
ODE TO DOCTOR WILLIAM SANCROFT[1]
ODE TO THE HON. SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE
ODE TO KING WILLIAM
ODE TO THE ATHENIAN SOCIETY[1]
TO MR. CONGREVE
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,
THE DESCRIPTION OF A SALAMANDER, 1705
TO CHARLES MORDAUNT, EARL OF PETERBOROUGH[1]
ON THE UNION
ON MRS. BIDDY FLOYD;
THE REVERSE
APOLLO OUTWITTED
ANSWER TO LINES FROM MAY FAIR[1]
VANBRUGH'S HOUSE[1]
VANBRUGH'S HOUSE,[1]
BAUCIS AND PHILEMON[1]
BAUCIS AND PHILEMON[1]
A GRUB-STREET ELEGY
THE EPITAPH
A DESCRIPTION OF THE MORNING
A DESCRIPTION OF A CITY SHOWER[1]
ON THE LITTLE HOUSE BY THE CHURCHYARD OF CASTLENOCK
A TOWN ECLOGUE. 1710[1]
A CONFERENCE
TO LORD HARLEY, ON HIS MARRIAGE[1]
PHYLLIS; OR, THE PROGRESS OF LOVE, 1716
HORACE, BOOK IV, ODE IX
TO MR. DELANY,[1]
AN ELEGY[1]
EPITAPH ON THE SAME
TO MRS. HOUGHTON OF BOURMONT,
VERSES
ON ANOTHER WINDOW[1]
APOLLO TO THE DEAN.[1] 1720
NEWS FROM PARNASSUS
APOLLO'S EDICT
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
EPILOGUE[1]
PROLOGUE[1]
EPILOGUE
ANSWER
ON GAULSTOWN HOUSE
THE COUNTRY LIFE
PART OF A SUMMER SPENT AT GAULSTOWN HOUSE,
DR. DELANY'S VILLA[1]
ON ONE OF THE WINDOWS AT DELVILLE
CARBERIAE RUPES
CARBERY ROCKS
COPY OF THE BIRTH-DAY VERSES
ON DREAMS
SENT BY DR. DELANY TO DR. SWIFT,
THE ANSWER
A QUIET LIFE AND A GOOD NAME
A PASTORAL DIALOGUE
DESIRE AND POSSESSION 1727
CLEVER TOM CLINCH GOING TO BE HANGED. 1727
DR. SWIFT TO MR. POPE, WHILE HE WAS WRITING THE "DUNCIAD"
HELTER SKELTER; OR, THE HUE AND CRY AFTER THE ATTORNEYS
THE PUPPET-SHOW
THE JOURNAL OF A MODERN LADY
THE LOGICIANS REFUTED
THE ELEPHANT; OR, THE PARLIAMENT MAN
PAULUS: AN EPIGRAM
THE ANSWER. BY DR. SWIFT
A DIALOGUE
ON BURNING A DULL POEM
AN EXCELLENT NEW BALLAD
ON STEPHEN DUCK
THE LADY'S DRESSING-ROOM. 1730
THE POWER OF TIME. 1730
CASSINUS AND PETER
A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG NYMPH GOING TO BED.
STREPHON AND CHLOE
APOLLO; OR, A PROBLEM SOLVED
THE PLACE OF THE DAMNED
THE DAY OF JUDGMENT[1]
JUDAS. 1731
AN EPISTLE TO MR. GAY[1]
TO A LADY
EPIGRAM ON THE BUSTS[1] IN RICHMOND HERMITAGE. 1732
ANOTHER
A CONCLUSION
DR. SWIFT'S ANSWER
TO THE REVEREND DR. SWIFT
VERSES LEFT WITH A SILVER STANDISH ON THE DEAN OF ST. PATRICK'S DESK,
VERSES OCCASIONED BY THE FOREGOING PRESENTS
AN INVITATION, BY DR. DELANY, IN THE NAME OF DR. SWIFT
THE BEASTS' CONFESSION TO THE PRIEST,
PREFACE
THE PARSON'S CASE
THE HARDSHIP UPON THE LADIES
A LOVE SONG IN THE MODERN TASTE. 1733
THE STORM
ODE ON SCIENCE
A YOUNG LADY'S COMPLAINT[1]
ON THE DEATH OF DR. SWIFT
ON POETRY, A RHAPSODY. 1733
VERSES SENT TO THE DEAN
EPIGRAM BY MR. BOWYER
ON PSYCHE[1]
THE DEAN AND DUKE
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
ASPARAGUS
ONIONS
OYSTERS
HERRINGS
ORANGES
ON ROVER, A LADY'S SPANIEL
EPIGRAMS ON WINDOWS
TO JANUS, ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, 1726
A MOTTO FOR MR. JASON HASARD
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
EPITAPH
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
AN EPISTLE UPON AN EPISTLE
A LIBEL ON THE REVEREND DR. DELANY, AND HIS EXCELLENCY JOHN, LORD CARTERET
TO DR. DELANY
DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING A BIRTH-DAY SONG. 1729
THE PHEASANT AND THE LARK, A FABLE BY DR. DELANY
ANSWER TO DR. DELANY'S FABLE OF THE PHEASANT AND LARK.
DEAN SMEDLEY'S PETITION TO THE DUKE OF GRAFTON[1]
THE DUKE'S ANSWER
PARODY ON A CHARACTER OF DEAN SMEDLEY,
THE POEMS OF JONATHAN SWIFT, D.D.
VOLUME. II
Edited By William Ernst Browning
CONTENTS
POEMS OF JONATHAN SWIFT
POEMS ADDRESSED TO VANESSA AND STELLA
TO LOVE[1]
THE DEAN'S ANSWER
STELLA'S BIRTH-DAY MARCH 13, 1718-19
STELLA'S BIRTH-DAY.[1] 1719-20
TO STELLA, WHO COLLECTED AND TRANSCRIBED HIS POEMS
TO STELLA VISITING ME IN MY SICKNESS
STELLA TO DR. SWIFT ON HIS BIRTH-DAY, NOV. 30, 1721
TO STELLA ON HER BIRTH-DAY, 1721-2
ON THE GREAT BURIED BOTTLE
EPITAPH BY THE SAME
STELLA AT WOOD PARK,
DINGLEY AND BRENT[1]
TO STELLA
VERSES BY STELLA
STELLA'S BIRTH-DAY. 1724-5
BEC'S[1] BIRTH-DAY
ON THE COLLAR OF TIGER,
STELLA'S BIRTH-DAY
DEATH AND DAPHNE
DAPHNE
RIDDLES BY DR. SWIFT AND HIS FRIENDS.
PETHOX THE GREAT. 1723
ON A PEN. 1724
ON GOLD
ON THE POSTERIORS
ON A HORN
ON A CORKSCREW
THE GULF OF ALL HUMAN POSSESSIONS 1724
LOUISA[1] TO STREPHON. 1724
A MAYPOLE. 1725
ON THE MOON
ON A CIRCLE
ON INK
ON THE FIVE SENSES
FONTINELLA[1] TO FLORINDA
AN ECHO
ON A SHADOW IN A GLASS;
ON TIME
ON THE VOWELS
ON SNOW
ON A CANNON
ON A PAIR OF DICE
ON A CANDLE
TO LADY CARTERET
ANSWERED BY DR. SWIFT
TO LADY CARTERET
ANSWERED BY DR. SHERIDAN
ANSWER, BY MR. F——R
A LETTER TO DR. HELSHAM
PROBATUR ALITER
POEMS COMPOSED AT MARKET HILL
ON CUTTING DOWN THE THORN AT MARKET-HILL.[1] 1727
TO DEAN SWIFT
DEAN SWIFT AT SIR ARTHUR ACHESON'S
ON A VERY OLD GLASS AT MARKET-HILL
ANSWERED EXTEMPORE BY DR. SWIFT
EPITAPH IN BERKELEY CHURCH-YARD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE
MY LADY'S[1] LAMENTATION AND COMPLAINT
A PASTORAL DIALOGUE. 1728
THE GRAND QUESTION DEBATED:
DRAPIER'S-HILL.[1] 1730
THE DEAN'S REASONS FOR NOT BUILDING AT DRAPIER'S-HILL
THE REVOLUTION AT MARKET-HILL
ROBIN AND HARRY.[1] 1730
A PANEGYRIC ON THE DEAN
TWELVE ARTICLES[1]
POLITICAL POETRY
PARODY ON THE RECORDER OF BLESSINGTON'S ADDRESS TO QUEEN ANNE
MR. WILLIAM CROWE'S ADDRESS TO HER MAJESTY, TURNED INTO METRE
JACK FRENCHMAN'S LAMENTATION[1]
THE GARDEN PLOT
SID HAMET'S ROD
THE VIRTUES OF SID HAMET[1] THE MAGICIAN'S ROD. 1710[2]
THE FAMOUS SPEECH-MAKER OF ENGLAND
PARODY ON THE RECORDER'S SPEECH
THE RECORDER'S SPEECH EXPLAINED BY THE TORIES
BALLAD
ATLAS; OR, THE MINISTER OF STATE[1]
LINES WRITTEN EXTEMPORE ON MR. HARLEY'S BEING STABBED,
AN EXCELLENT NEW SONG
THE WINDSOR PROPHECY[1]
CORINNA,[1] A BALLAD
THE FABLE OF MIDAS.[1] 1711-12
TOLAND'S INVITATION TO DISMAL[1] TO DINE WITH THE CALVES' HEAD CLUB
PEACE AND DUNKIRK
HORACE, EPIST. I, VII
THE AUTHOR UPON HIMSELF
THE FAGOT[1]
IMITATION OF PART OF THE SIXTH SATIRE OF THE SECOND BOOK OF HORACE.[1] 1714
HORACE, BOOK II, ODE I, PARAPHRASED
DENNIS' INVITATION TO STEELE
IN SICKNESS
THE FABLE OF THE BITCHES[1]
HORACE, BOOK III, ODE II
ON THE CHURCH'S DANGER
A POEM ON HIGH CHURCH
A POEM OCCASIONED BY THE HANGINGS IN THE CASTLE OF DUBLIN,
A TALE OF A NETTLE[1]
A SATIRICAL ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A LATE FAMOUS GENERAL[1]
POEMS CHIEFLY RELATING TO IRISH POLITICS
PARODY ON THE SPEECH OF DR. BENJAMIN PRATT,[1]
AN EXCELLENT NEW SONG[1]
THE RUN UPON THE BANKERS[1]
UPON THE HORRID PLOT DISCOVERED BY HARLEQUIN, THE BISHOP OF ROCHESTER'S FRENCH DOG,[1] IN A DIALOGUE BETWEEN A WHIG AND A TORY
A QUIBBLING ELEGY ON JUDGE BOAT
VERSES OCCASIONED BY WHITSHED'S [1] MOTTO ON HIS COACH. 1724
PROMETHEUS[1] ON WOOD THE PATENTEE'S IRISH HALFPENCE[2]
VERSES ON THE REVIVAL OF THE ORDER OF THE BATH,[1]
EPIGRAM ON WOOD'S BRASS MONEY
A SIMILE ON OUR WANT OF SILVER, AND THE ONLY WAY TO REMEDY IT. 1725
WOOD AN INSECT. 1725
ON WOOD THE IRONMONGER. 1725
WILL WOOD'S PETITION TO THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND
A NEW SONG ON WOOD'S HALFPENCE
A SERIOUS POEM UPON WILLIAM WOOD, BRAZIER, TINKER, HARD-WAREMAN, COINER, FOUNDER, AND ESQUIRE
AN EXCELLENT NEW SONG, UPON THE DECLARATIONS OF THE SEVERAL CORPORATIONS OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN AGAINST WOOD'S HALFPENCE
VERSES ON THE UPRIGHT JUDGE, WHO CONDEMNED THE DRAPIER'S PRINTER
ON THE SAME
ON THE SAME
EPIGRAM
HORACE, BOOK I, ODE XIV
VERSES ON THE SUDDEN DRYING UP OF ST. PATRICK'S WELL NEAR TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 1726
ON READING DR. YOUNG'S SATIRE, CALLED THE UNIVERSAL PASSION
THE DOG AND THIEF. 1726
A DIALOGUE[1] BETWEEN MAD MULLINIX AND TIMOTHY
TIM AND THE FABLES
TOM AND DICK[1]
DICK, A MAGGOT
CLAD ALL IN BROWN
DICK'S VARIETY
TRAULUS. PART I
TRAULUS. PART II
A FABLE OF THE LION AND OTHER BEASTS
ON THE IRISH BISHOPS.[1] 1731
HORACE, BOOK IV, ODE IX
ON MR. PULTENEY'S[1] BEING PUT OUT OF THE COUNCIL. 1731
ON THE WORDS BROTHER PROTESTANTS AND FELLOW CHRISTIANS,
BETTESWORTH'S EXULTATION
AN EPIGRAM
THE YAHOO'S OVERTHROW, OR, THE KEVAN BAYL'S NEW BALLAD,
ON THE ARCHBISHOP OF CASHEL,[1] AND BETTESWORTH
ON THE IRISH CLUB. 1733[1]
ON NOISY TOM
ON DR. RUNDLE, BISHOP OF DERRY
EPIGRAM
A CHARACTER, PANEGYRIC, AND DESCRIPTION OF THE LEGION CLUB
ON A PRINTER'S[1] BEING SENT TO NEWGATE
A VINDICATION OF THE LIBEL;
A FRIENDLY APOLOGY FOR A CERTAIN JUSTICE OF PEACE
AY AND NO
A BALLAD
A WICKED TREASONABLE LIBEL[1]
EPIGRAMS AGAINST CARTHY BY SWIFT AND OTHERS
ON CARTHY'S TRANSLATION OF HORACE
ON CARTHY MINOTAURUS
ON THE SAME
ON THE SAME
IMITATED
AD HORATIUM CUM CARTHIO CONSTRICTUM
IMITATED
AN IRISH EPIGRAM ON THE SAME
ON CARTHY'S TRANSLATION OF LONGINUS
RATIO INTER LONGINUM ET CARTHIUM COMPUTATA
ON THE SAME
CARTHY KNOCKED OUT SOME TEETH FROM HIS NEWS-BOY
ON CARTHY'S PUBLISHING SEVERAL LAMPOONS,
TO CARTHY
TO CARTHY, ATTRIBUTING SOME PERFORMANCES TO MR. DUNKIN
UPON CARTHY'S THREATENING TO TRANSLATE PINDAR
DR. SWIFT WROTE THE FOLLOWING EPIGRAM
POETICAL EPISTLE TO DR. SHERIDAN
LINES WRITTEN ON A WINDOW[1] IN THE EPISCOPAL PALACE AT KILMORE
THE UPSTART
ON THE ARMS OF THE TOWN OF WATERFORD[1]
VERSES ON BLENHEIM[1]
AN EXCELLENT NEW SONG[1] UPON THE LATE GRAND JURY
AN EXCELLENT NEW SONG
TO HIS GRACE THE ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN
TO THE CITIZENS[1]
PUNCH'S PETITION TO THE LADIES
EPIGRAM
EPIGRAM ON JOSIAH HORT[1]
EPIGRAM[1]
TRIFLES
GEORGE ROCHFORT'S VERSES
MUSA CLONSHOGHIANA
A LEFT-HANDED LETTER[1]
TO THE DEAN OF ST. PATRICK'S IN ANSWER TO HIS LEFT-HANDED LETTER
TO MR. THOMAS SHERIDAN
AD AMICUM ERUDITUM THOMAM SHERIDAN
TO THE DEAN OF ST. PATRICK'S
TO THE DEAN OF ST. PATRICK'S
AN ANSWER, BY DELANY, TO THOMAS SHERIDAN
ANOTHER REPLY, BY SHERIDAN
TO THOMAS SHERIDAN
AN ANSWER BY SHERIDAN
TO DR. SHERIDAN. 1718
THE ANSWER, BY DR. SHERIDAN
THE DEAN'S ANSWER
DR. SHERIDAN'S REPLY TO THE DEAN
TO THE SAME. BY DR. SHERIDAN
THE DEAN OF ST. PATRICK'S
TO THE DEAN OF ST. PATRICK'S
THE DEAN TO THOMAS SHERIDAN
TO DR. SHERIDAN[1]
DR. SHERIDAN'S ANSWER
DR. SWIFT'S REPLY
A COPY OF A COPY OF VERSES
GEORGE-NIM-DAN-DEAN'S ANSWER
GEORGE-NIM-DAN-DEAN'S INVITATION
TO GEORGE-NIM-DAN-DEAN, ESQ.
TO MR. THOMAS SHERIDAN UPON HIS VERSES WRITTEN IN CIRCLES
ON DR. SHERIDAN'S CIRCULAR VERSES
ON DAN JACKSON'S PICTURE, CUT IN SILK AND PAPER[1]
ON THE SAME PICTURE
ON THE SAME
ON THE SAME PICTURE
ON THE SAME PICTURE
DAN JACKSON'S DEFENCE
MR. ROCHFORT'S REPLY
DR. DELANY'S REPLY
SHERIDAN'S REPLY
A REJOINDER BY THE DEAN IN JACKSON'S NAME
ANOTHER REJOINDER BY THE DEAN, IN JACKSON'S NAME
SHERIDAN'S SUBMISSION
THE PARDON
THE LAST SPEECH AND DYING WORDS
TO THE REV. DANIEL JACKSON
SHERIDAN TO SWIFT
SHERIDAN TO SWIFT
SWIFT TO SHERIDAN
MARY THE COOK-MAID'S LETTER TO DR. SHERIDAN. 1723
A PORTRAIT FROM THE LIFE
ON STEALING A CROWN, WHEN THE DEAN WAS ASLEEP
THE DEAN'S ANSWER
A PROLOGUE TO A PLAY PERFORMED AT MR. SHERIDAN'S SCHOOL.
THE EPILOGUE
THE SONG
TO QUILCA
THE PLAGUES OF A COUNTRY LIFE
A FAITHFUL INVENTORY
PALINODIA[1]
HORACE, BOOK I, ODE XVI
A LETTER TO THE DEAN
ON THE FIVE LADIES AT SOT'S HOLE[1]
THE FIVE LADIES' ANSWER TO THE BEAU
WITH THE WIG AND WINGS AT HIS HEAD
THE BEAU'S REPLY TO THE FIVE LADIES' ANSWER
ANSWER.[1] BY DR. SWIFT
AN EPISTLE TO TWO FRIENDS[1]
A TRUE AND FAITHFUL INVENTORY
A NEW SIMILE FOR THE LADIES
AN ANSWER TO A SCANDALOUS POEM
PEG RADCLIFFE THE HOSTESS'S INVITATION
VERSES BY SHERIDAN
VERSES ADDRESSED TO SWIFT AND TO HIS MEMORY
EPIGRAMS
ON THE DEAN OF ST. PATRICK'S BIRTH-DAY
AN EPISTLE TO ROBERT NUGENT, ESQ.[1]
ON THE DRAPIER. BY DR. DUNKIN.[1]
EPITAPH PROPOSED FOR DR. SWIFT. 1745
EPIGRAM ON TWO GREAT MEN. 1754
TO THE MEMORY OF DOCTOR SWIFT
VERSES ON THE BATTLE OF THE BOOKS
ON DR. SWIFT'S LEAVING HIS ESTATE TO IDIOTS
ON SEVERAL PETTY PIECES
ON FAULKNER'S EDITION OF SWIFT
EPIGRAM
TO DOCTOR DELANY
EPIGRAM
AN INSCRIPTION
AN EPIGRAM OCCASIONED BY THE ABOVE INSCRIPTION
HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL TRACTS—IRISH
By Jonathan Swift, D.D.
Edited By Temple Scott
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
[Pg xxii]
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
[Pg xxiii]
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
IRELAND IN THE DAYS OF DEAN SWIFT
(IRISH TRACTS, 1720 to 1734.)
By Various
CONTENTS.
PAGE
Introduction 1
The Drapier’s Letters 25
The Address to the Jury 131
Swift’s Description of Quilca 137
Answer to a Paper 142
Maxims Controlled 151
A short View of the state of Ireland, 1727 162
The Story of the Injured Lady 174
The Answer to the Injured Lady 184
A Letter to the Archbishop of Dublin, concerning the Weavers 187
Two Letters on Subjects relative to the Improvement of Ireland 198
The Present Miserable State of Ireland 216
“A Proposal for the Universal Use of Irish Manufactures.” 1720 227
A Modest Proposal. 1729 240
A Character, Panegyric, and Description of the Legion Club, 1736 254
On doing Good 264
HINTS TO SERVANTS:
BEING A POETICAL AND MODERNISED VERSION OF
DEAN SWIFT'S CELEBRATED "DIRECTIONS TO SERVANTS;"
IN WHICH SOMETHING IS ADDED TO THE ORIGINAL TEXT,
BUT THOSE PASSAGES ARE OMITTED WHICH CANNOT
WITH PROPRIETY BE READ ALOUD IN A KITCHEN.
BY AN UPPER SERVANT
CONTENTS
Page
THE BUTLER 9
THE COOK 16
THE VALET 21
THE WAITING-WOMAN 27
THE FOOTMAN 36
THE HOUSEKEEPER 50
THE CHAMBERMAID 51
THE PORTER 55
THE HOUSEMAID 56
THE STEWARD 57
THE GROOM 58
THE COACHMAN 61
THE NURSERY MAID 62
THE DAIRY-MAID 63
THE WET NURSE 64
THE LAUNDRESS ib.
THE GOVERNESS 65
GENERAL RULES 66