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Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)21
Bathurst, Charles (1709-1786)4
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Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735)3
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)3
Swift, Jonathan3
Gay, John (1685-1732)2
Arbuthnot, John1
Bramston, James (1694?-1744)1
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The man of taste : occasion'd by an epistle of Mr. Pope's on that subject

Bramston, James (1694?-1744)

1733

In verse. Advertisements on p. [1] at end. Title vignette; head and tailpieces. Reference: Foxon B400. Occasioned by Pope's Of taste, an epistle to Richard Earl of Burlington, 1732.

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Miscellaneous works, comical & diverting

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)

1720

Second title page (p.281): Miscellanies in prose & verse. A second part, by a certain paultry Scribler, commonly called, the author of the first. Several pages misnumbered; for full description see ...

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Miscellanies

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)

1722

Advertisements: p. [7], 1-12 (2nd group), [1]-[2] (2nd group). Text in six sections, "An imitation of Horace" forming part of the concluding section, "Letters, poems and tales", not, as the general ...

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A proposal for correcting, improving and ascertaining the English tongue : in a letter to the most honourable Robert Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Oxford, Robert Harley Earl of (1661-1724)

1712

Letter signed: J. Swift. Half-title: 'Dr. Swift's letter to the Lord High Treasurer'.

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A supplement to Dr. Swift's and Mr. Pope's works : containing I. Miscellanies, by Dr. Arbuthnot. II. Several pieces, by Dr. Swift and Mr. Pope. III. Poems on several occasions. Now first collected into one vol

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735)

1739

"This volume contains all the pieces in verse and prose published by Dr. Swift and Mr. Pope in their miscellanies, which are not printed in Mr. Faulkner's edition of the Dean's Works in six volumes, o...

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The Swan tripe-club : a satyr, on the high-flyers, in the year 1705

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); King, William (1663-1712)

1710

In verse. Earlier eds., 1706, had titles "The Tripe club" and "The Swan-tripe club in Dublin." "The Tripe club", probably the earliest ed., had statement "By the author of the Tale of a tub" on titl...

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The poetical works of J. S. D.D.D.S.P.D : consisting of curious miscellaneous pieces, both humourous and satyrical. Reprinted from the second Dublin edition, with notes and additions

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)

Printed in the year MDCCXXXVI [1736]

Title page in black and red. Added t.p. with portrait of author, etched and engraved. Running title: Poems on several occasions. "This volume seems to be a pirated reprint of Faulkner's vol. II,...

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Travels into several remote nations of the world

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)

1727

Second part has special t.p.: Travels into several remote nations of the world... Part II. A voyage to Brobdingnag. London, Printed in the year 1727, but continues the paging of the first. Publisher...

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A tale of a tub : written for the universal improvement of mankind... To which is added, An account of a battel between antient and modern books in St. James's Library

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Wotton, William (1666-1727)

1734

Anon., by J. Swift. Printed in Holland?. "A discourse concerning the mechanical operation of the spirit": p. [181]-213; "A full and true account of the battel fought last Friday, between the antie...

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Miscellanies : The first volume

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Motte, Benjamin (1738); Bathurst, Charles (1709-1786)

[1736]

Anonymous. By Swift, Pope, Gay and Arbuthnot. With advertisements on final page. Indexed in: Teerink 29(1).

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Miscellanies : The second volume

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Motte, Benjamin (1738); Bathurst, Charles (1709-1786)

1736

Signatures: A-M12. Anonymous. By Swift, Pope, Gay and Arbuthnot. Some copies have printer's rules only as ornaments, some have ornaments and two little hands on A2 rather than one hand and one ast...

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