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| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745) | 204 |
| Nichols, John (1745-1826) | 19 |
| Sheridan, Thomas (1719-1788) | 19 |
| Swift, Jonathan | 15 |
| Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735) | 10 |
| Pope, Alexander (1688-1744) | 10 |
| Horace | 9 |
| Faulkner, George (1699?-1775) | 6 |
| Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 | 6 |
| Williams, Sir Harold Herbert (1880-1964) | 6 |
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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...
Gulliveriana : or, a fourth volume of Miscellanies : being a sequel of the three volumes published by Pope and Swift : to which is added, Alexanderiana; or, A comparison between the ecclesiastical and poetical Pope : and many things, in verse and prose, relating to the latter : with an ample preface; and a critique on the third volume of Miscellanies lately publish'd by those two facetious writers
Smedley, Jonathan (1671-1729); Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)
1728
A bitter attack on Pope and Swift. Includes two genuine pieces by Swift: An elegy on the much lamented death of Mr. Damer, p. 82-84; The journal, p. 13-19. Error in pagination: p. 215 misnumbered ...
Baucis and Philemon : a poem on the ever-lamented loss of the two yew-trees, in the parish of Chilthorne, near the count-town [sic] of Somerset. Together with Mrs. Harris's earnest petition: and An admirable recipe
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Hammond, Anthony (1668-1738); Roscommon, Wentworth Dillon earl of (1633?-1685); Hills, Henry (1713)
1710
Author of A tale of a tub = Jonathan Swift. 'An ode upon solitude' is actually by Anthony Hammond. Also issued as part of 'A collection of the best English poetry, by several hands', London, 1717....
Miscellaneous poems, original and translated
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Concanen, Mr (1701-1749)
1724
First ed., c.f.: A bibliography of English political miscellanies, 1521-1750 / A.E. Case. Oxford, 1935, p. 248, no. 332. Includes three pieces by Jonathan Swift, c.f.: Teerinck-Scouten, no. 20. Pa...
Part of the seventh epistle of the first book of Horace imitated: : and address'd to a noble peer
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Horace; Oxford, Robert Harley Earl of (1661-1724)
1713
The "noble peer" is Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford. First edition. Anon., by Jonathan Swift.
The first ode of the second book of Horace paraphras'd : and address'd to Richard St--le, Esq
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Horace; Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)
1714
Caption title. Imprint from colophon. Master microform held by: ResP. By Jonathan Swift. Indexed in: References: Goldsmiths' Lib. cat : 5184; Teerink 595; Rothschild 2053.
Miscellaneous poems on several occasions
Dawson, William poet; Atterbury, Francis (1662-1732); Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)
1735
The verses by Swift are his 'Verses spoken extempore...on his curate's complaint of hard duty', and the English lines on his deafness, beginning: 'Deaf, giddy, helpless, left alone' (Teerink 746A and ...