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Brotherton Collection28
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bangorian controversy, 1716-17211
spanish succession, war of, 1701-17141

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Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)33
Nichols, John (1745-1826)19
Sheridan, Thomas (1719-1788)19
Lucas, Charles (1713-1771)3
Motte, Benjamin (1738)2
Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)1
Addison, Joseph, 1672-17191
Bathurst, Charles (1709-1786)1
Breval, John (1680?-1738)1
Brocade, Timothy1

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A genuine epistle from M-w P-r, Esq; at Paris, to the Reverend J-n S-t :... With a letter to Sir Patrick Lawles, late the Pretender's Nuncio

Prior, Matthew (1664-1721); Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Brocade, Timothy; Reynardson, Francis (1725)

1714

M-w P-r = Matthew Prior. J-n S-t = Jonathan Swift. A whig satire in the form of a mock letter from Prior to Swift. Verse. Half-title: 'A farther hue and cry after Dr. Sw----t. Being a collecti...

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The D. of M--h's vindication: in answer to a pamphlet lately publish'd, call'd Bouchain, or a dialogue between the Medley and the Examiner

Manley, Mrs (1663-1724); Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)

1711

Title and imprint within double line border. Anon. Attributed to Swift, who however, declares in his journal to Stella that it was "entirely of the author of the Atalantis" [i.e. Mary de la Rivière...

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A short character of the late M-----s of W-------n [electronic resource] : Together with an account of some smaller facts, during his g---------t in I--------d, which would scarce have reach'd to an impeachment. Extracted from an Irish manuscript

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)

[1715?]

Author of the Tale of a tub = Jonathan Swift. The M-----s of W-------n = Thomas, Marquis of Wharton. Half-title: 'A character of the late M---s of W----n'. With a final advertisement leaf. Fir...

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The history of the four last years of the Queen

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Lucas, Charles (1713-1771)

1758

"Published, without the editor's name, by Charles Lucas, M. D."--Dict. nat. biog.

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Poems on several occasions, from genuine manuscripts of Dean Swift, Mr. H----m, Mr. C---r, Mr. G----r, Mr. S---b---p, Mr. K---dd---e, &c. &c

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)

1749

Includes the first known printing of Swift's "The storm", a satire on Josiah Hort, sometime chaplain of Lord Wharton. P. 61 misnumbered 51. P. 59 misnumbered 69. Indexed in: ESTC : t42648.

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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 the antient and modern books in St. James's Library

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)

1711

Published anonymously. By Swift. Leaves M2 and N12 blank. "Treatises writ by the same author...": verso of first leaf (recto blank). "A full and true account of the battel...": p. [215]-266, wit...

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The history of the four last years of the Queen

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Lucas, Charles (1713-1771)

1758

"Published, without the editor's name, by Charles Lucas, M. D."--Dict. nat. biog.

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The history of the four last years of the Queen

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Lucas, Charles (1713-1771)

1758

"Published, without the editor's name, by Charles Lucas, M. D."--Dict. nat. biog.

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Letters, poems, and tales : amorous, satyrical, and gallant. Which passed between several persons of distinction. Now first publish'd from their respective originals, found in the cabinet of the celebrated toast Mrs. Anne Long, since her decease

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Tristram, Thomas (1667-); Wyvill, Sir William; Sedley, Sir Charles (1639?-1701); South, Robert (1634-1716); Breval, John (1680?-1738); Codrington, Christopher (1668-1710); Vanhomrigh, G; Long, Mrs Anne; Chambers, Lady Mary; Addison, Joseph (1672-1719); Curll, Edmund (1675-1747); Wharton, Thomas Wharton marquess of (1648?-1715)

1718

Signatures: [A]² B-M⁴ N² B-C⁴ D². Below imprint: (Price Two Shillings.). Book-list (1 p.) at end. Anon., by Jonathan Swift and others. Running title: Miscellanies.

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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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Travels into several remote nations of the world : In four parts (v.1-2)

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Motte, Benjamin (1738)

1726

Teerink 291. The "B" edition (3rd 8vo ed.), publ. Dec. 1726.", with the portrait in the second state (with the inscription "Captain Lemuel Gulliver..." round the oval rather than underneath); there is...

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The life and genuine character of Doctor Swift

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); L. M

1733

In verse. Denounced by Swift as a spurious edition of "Verses on the death of Dr. Swift, written by himself, Nov. 1731" (but not published till 1739). May be a parody on his own work, written by him...

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