The works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin / arranged by Thomas Sheridan, A.M. with notes, historical and critical.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.

Contributor:

Sheridan, Thomas, 1719-1788.

Nichols, John, 1745-1826.

Collection of British and American Fiction, 1660-1830 (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.

Swift, Jonathan.

Physical Description:

19 volumes : illustrations ; 21 cm

Edition:

A new edition, in nineteen volumes / corrected and revised by John Nichols ...

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for J. Johnson [and 24 other], 1801.

Contents:

v. 1. The life of Dr. Swift, by Sheridan. Swift's will

v. 2. Tale of a tub. The battle of the books. An argument against abolishing Christianity. A project for the advancement of religion

v. 3. The examiner (no. xii-xliv, Nov. 2, 1710-June 7, 1711)

v. 4. The history of the last years of the queen [Anne]

v. 5. The Bickerstaff tracts. A proposal for correcting, improving, and ascertaining the English tongue. A letter to a very young lady on her marriage. The tatler (1710: no. 66, 74, 81, 258. 1711: no. 5, 20, 24, 230) The spectator (no. 50) The intelligencer (no. 1, 3, 19) The advantages proposed by repealing the sacramental test

v. 6. Gulliver's travels

v. 7. Poetry

v. 8. Poetry. Polite conversation. The art of punning

v. 9. The drapier's letters. A proposal for paying the national debt. A modest proposal. The swearer's bank

v. 10. Sermons. A treatise on good manners

v. 11-13. Letters

v. 14. Letters between Swift and Pope. Journal to Stella (letters i-xviii)

v. 15. Journal to Stella (letters xix-lxv)

v. 16. Fragments of the history of England. Directions to servants. Of the education of ladies. Some thoughts on freethinking. Prefaces to William Temple's letters and memoirs

v. 17. The art of sinking in poetry (Peri-bathos) A key to the lock. The history of John Bull. The art of political lying. Poetry

v. 18. "Miscellaneous tracts by Dr. Swift and his friends." The present state of wit. The tatler (v. 5, no. 1, 2, 28) The examiner (no. 46, June 14, 1711) A passage by Swift from The spectator (no. 575, August 2, 1714) Letters. Poetry

v. 19. Misc. letters and essays, some by friends after Swift's death.

Notes:

"The life of Doctor Swift ... by Thomas Sheridan, Esq.": v. 1.

Index to the nineteen volumes: v. 19, p. 241-395.

Slight variations in imprint, causing a different line-division in some volumes--cf. Teerink.

Cited in:

Teerink-Scouten 129

OCLC:

21917510