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THE PROSE WORKS
OF
JONATHAN SWIFT, D.D.
EDITED BY
TEMPLE SCOTT.
VOL. VII
HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL TRACTS—IRISH
SOME PRESS OPINIONS
Jonathan Swift From an engraving by Andrew Miller after the painting by Francis Bindon in the Deanery of St. Patrick's Dublin.
INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS
A LETTER
TO
A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, IN IRELAND,
UPON THE CHOOSING A NEW SPEAKER THERE.
NOTE.
A LETTER
TO
A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, IN IRELAND,
UPON THE CHOOSING A NEW SPEAKER THERE.
A PROPOSAL
FOR THE
UNIVERSAL USE OF IRISH MANUFACTURE.
NOTE.
A
PROPOSAL
For the universal Use
Of Irish Manufacture,
IN
UTTERLY
Rejecting and Renouncing
ENGLAND.
A PROPOSAL FOR THE UNIVERSAL USE OF IRISH MANUFACTURE, IN CLOTHES AND FURNITURE OF HOUSES, &c.
UTTERLY REJECTING AND RENOUNCING EVERY THING WEARABLE THAT COMES FROM ENGLAND.
AN ESSAY
ENGLISH BUBBLES.
NOTE.
AN ESSAY ON ENGLISH BUBBLES.
THE SWEARER'S BANK.
NOTE.
THE
Swearer's-Bank:
OR,
Parliamentary Security
FOR
Establishing a new Bank
IN
IRELAND.
The Medicinal Use of Oaths is considered.
(WITH
The Best in Christendom. A TALE.)
Written by Dean Swift.
An ESSAY upon English Bubbles.
THE SWEARER'S BANK.
A LETTER
TO THE
KING AT ARMS.
THE
LAST SPEECH AND DYING WORDS
OF
EBENEZER ELLISTON.
WHO WAS EXECUTED THE SECOND DAY OF MAY, 1722.
NOTE.
THE LAST SPEECH AND DYING WORDS OF EBENEZER ELLISTON.
THE TRUTH
OF SOME
MAXIMS IN STATE AND GOVERNMENT,
EXAMINED
WITH REFERENCE TO IRELAND.
NOTE.
MAXIMS CONTROLLED[37] IN IRELAND.
THE
BLUNDERS, DEFICIENCIES, DISTRESSES,
AND MISFORTUNES OF QUILCA.
PROPOSED TO CONTAIN ONE AND TWENTY VOLUMES IN QUARTO
NOTE.
THE
BLUNDERS, DEFICIENCIES, DISTRESSES, AND MISFORTUNES OF QUILCA.[45]
A SHORT VIEW
THE STATE OF IRELAND.
NOTE.
A
Short VIEW
OF THE
STATE
OF
IRELAND.
THE STORY
OF THE
INJURED LADY.
WRITTEN BY HERSELF.
AND
THE ANSWER TO THE
INJURED LADY.
NOTE.
THE
STORY
OF THE
INJURED LADY.
Scotch Perfidy, Irish Poverty, and English Partiality.
WITH
LETTERS and POEMS
Never before Printed.
THE STORY OF THE INJURED LADY.
THE ANSWER TO THE INJURED LADY.
AN
ANSWER TO A PAPER,
CALLED
"A MEMORIAL
OF THE
POOR INHABITANTS, TRADESMEN, AND LABOURERS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND."
NOTE.
AN ANSWER TO A PAPER, CALLED "A MEMORIAL
POOR INHABITANTS, TRADESMEN, AND LABOURERS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND."
ANSWER
TO SEVERAL LETTERS FROM UNKNOWN PERSONS.[86]
ANSWER TO SEVERAL LETTERS FROM UNKNOWN PERSONS.[87]
AN ANSWER TO SEVERAL LETTERS SENT ME FROM UNKNOWN HANDS.[94]
A LETTER TO THE ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN,
CONCERNING THE WEAVERS.
NOTE.
A LETTER TO THE ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN, CONCERNING THE WEAVERS.
OBSERVATIONS,
OCCASIONED BY READING A PAPER ENTITLED, "THE CASE OF THE WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES OF DUBLIN," ETC.[102]
THE
PRESENT MISERABLE STATE
OF
IRELAND.
NOTE.
THE PRESENT MISERABLE STATE OF IRELAND.
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.
NOTE.
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.
ADVERTISEMENT BY DR. SWIFT,
IN HIS
DEFENCE AGAINST JOSHUA, LORD ALLEN. [112]
A
LETTER
ON
MR. M'CULLA'S PROJECT ABOUT HALFPENCE,
AND A NEW ONE PROPOSED.
NOTE.
A LETTER ON MR. M'CULLA'S PROJECT ABOUT HALFPENCE, AND A NEW ONE PROPOSED.
A PROPOSAL
ALL THE LADIES AND WOMEN OF IRELAND SHOULD APPEAR CONSTANTLY IN IRISH MANUFACTURES.
NOTE.
A PROPOSAL THAT ALL THE LADIES AND WOMEN OF IRELAND SHOULD APPEAR CONSTANTLY IN IRISH MANUFACTURES.
A MODEST
PROPOSAL
For preventing the
CHILDREN
OF
POOR PEOPLE
Their Parents or Country,
AND
For making them Beneficial to the
Publick.
NOTE.
A
MODEST PROPOSAL
FOR PREVENTING THE CHILDREN OF POOR PEOPLE FROM BEING A BURTHEN TO THEIR PARENTS OR COUNTRY, AND FOR MAKING THEM BENEFICIAL TO THE PUBLIC.
ANSWER TO THE CRAFTSMAN.
NOTE.
ANSWER TO THE CRAFTSMAN[138]
A
VINDICATION
OF
HIS EXCELLENCY JOHN, LORD CARTERET.
NOTE.
A
VINDICATION
OF HIS
EXCELLENCY
THE
Lord C——T,
FROM THE
CHARGE
Tories, High-Churchmen and Jacobites.
A VINDICATION OF HIS EXCELLENCY JOHN, LORD CARTERET.
A PROPOSAL
AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT, TO PAY OFF THE DEBT OF THE NATION, WITHOUT TAXING THE SUBJECT.
NOTE.
A PROPOSAL FOR AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT, TO PAY OFF THE DEBT OF THE NATION, WITHOUT TAXING THE SUBJECT.
A CASE SUBMITTED BY DEAN SWIFT TO MR. LINDSAY, COUNSELLOR AT LAW.[172]
AN
EXAMINATION
OF
CERTAIN ABUSES, CORRUPTIONS, AND ENORMITIES
IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
NOTE.
AN
EXAMINATION
OF CERTAIN
Abuses, Corruptions,
AND
ENORMITIES
IN THE
City of DUBLIN.
A
SERIOUS and USEFUL
SCHEME,
To make an
Hospital for Incurables,
OF
Universal Benefit to all His Majesty's Subjects.
A Petition of the Footmen in and about Dublin.
NOTE.
A SERIOUS AND USEFUL SCHEME TO MAKE AN HOSPITAL FOR INCURABLES.
TO THE HONOURABLE
HOUSE OF COMMONS, &c.
NOTE.
TO THE HONOURABLE
HOUSE OF COMMONS, &c.
ADVICE
TO THE
FREEMEN OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN,
IN THE CHOICE OF A MEMBER TO REPRESENT THEM IN PARLIAMENT.
NOTE.
ADVICE TO THE FREEMEN OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN, IN THE CHOICE OF A MEMBER TO REPRESENT THEM IN PARLIAMENT.
SOME
CONSIDERATIONS
IN THE
CHOICE OF A RECORDER.
SOME CONSIDERATIONS IN THE CHOICE OF A RECORDER.
A PROPOSAL
FOR GIVING
BADGES
TO THE
BEGGARS
IN ALL THE
Parishes of DUBLIN.
DEAN of St. PATRICK's
NOTE.
A PROPOSAL FOR GIVING BADGES TO THE BEGGARS IN ALL THE PARISHES OF DUBLIN.
CONSIDERATIONS
ABOUT MAINTAINING THE POOR.
NOTE.
CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT MAINTAINING THE POOR.
ON BARBAROUS DENOMINATIONS IN IRELAND.
SPEECH DELIVERED BY DEAN SWIFT
TO AN ASSEMBLY OF MERCHANTS MET AT THE GUILDHALL, TO DRAW UP A PETITION TO THE LORD LIEUTENANT ON THE LOWERING OF COIN, APRIL 24TH, 1736.
NOTE.
SPEECH DELIVERED ON THE LOWERING OF THE COIN.
MISCELLANEOUS PIECES.
IRISH ELOQUENCE.[196]
A DIALOGUE IN HIBERNIAN STYLE BETWEEN A. AND B.[197]
TO THE PROVOST AND SENIOR FELLOWS OF TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN.
TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN, SHERIFFS, AND COMMON-COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORK.
TO THE HONOURABLE THE SOCIETY
OF THE
GOVERNOR AND ASSISTANTS, LONDON,
FOR THE NEW PLANTATION IN ULSTER, WITHIN THE REALM OF IRELAND, AT THE CHAMBER IN GUILDHALL, LONDON.
CERTIFICATE TO A DISCARDED SERVANT.
AN EXHORTATION ADDRESSED TO THE SUB-DEAN AND CHAPTER OF ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL, DUBLIN.
APPENDIX.
A LETTER TO THE WRITER OF THE OCCASIONAL PAPER.
NOTE.
"PROPOSAL FOR VIRTUE."
A LETTER TO THE WRITER OF THE OCCASIONAL PAPER. or [200]
[VIDE THE CRAFTSMAN, 1727.]
AN ACCOUNT OF THE COURT AND EMPIRE OF JAPAN.[202]
THE ANSWER OF THE RIGHT HON. WILLIAM PULTENEY, Esq., TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR ROBERT WALPOLE.[216]
INDEX
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