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A riddle by the Revd. Doctor D-----y, inscrib'd to the Lady C--------t.

Eighteenth Century Collections Online II (ECCO) Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Delany, Patrick, 1685 or 6-1768.
Contributor:
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
English poetry--18th century.
English poetry.
Genre:
Single sheet verse.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 sheet )
Place of Publication:
[Dublin : s.n.], Printed in the year, MDCCXXVI. [1726]
Notes:
Doctor D-----y = Patrick Delany; C--------t = Carteret.
Verse - "I reach all things near me, and far off to boot,".
Contains: 'Answered by the Reverend Dean S----t.', i.e. Jonathan Swift, with the first line: "With half an eye".
"All these riddles are of doubtful authorship" (Foxon).
Reproduction of original from Trinity College Library.
Cited in:
Foxon, D205
Teerink-Scouten, 656
English Short Title Catalog, T202771.
OCLC:
509732266

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