Broadsides by Jonathan Swift and others: Finding Aid
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- Jonathan Swift Collection (mssHM 1599, mssHM 14326-14390, etc.)
- Polite Conversation. Dramatic dialogues. From Jonathan Swift, 1740 (mssLA 21) in the John Larpent Papers.
Broadsides by Swift and others : ms. and printed
Part I (1-40)
The speech of the P-st of T-y C-ge, to His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales. 1716
First line: Illustrious Prince we'r come before you,
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Printed. Sometimes attributed to Jonathan Swift. With a few manuscript annotations.
A prologue design'd for the play of Oedipus written in Greek, and perform'd by Mr. Sheridan's scholars, at the King's-Inn's-Hall, on Tuesday the 10th of December, 1723. 1723
First line: To Day before a learn'd Audience comes
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Printed. "There is no proof of Sheridan's authorship of this and the other prologues to his school's plays" (Foxon).
The humble petition of a beautiful young lady. To the Reverend Doctor B-rkl-y. 1725
First line: Dear Doctor, here comes a young Virgin untainted.
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Printed. The name Doctor Berkley filled in.
Punch's petition to the ladies. 1724
First line: Fair ones! To you who Hearts Command,
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Printed. Signed: Punch cum sociis; sometimes attributed, erroneously, to Swift and to Sheridan. Handwritten annotation below title, "written upon Secretary Hopkins refusing to let Stretch act without a large Sum of money."
Smedley, Jonathan, 1671-1729. A petition to His G-----e the D----e of G---n. 1724
First line: It was, my Lord, the dextreus shift,
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Printed. Anonymous. By Jonathan Smedley. With a few manuscript annotations.
A poem address'd to the Quidnunc's, at St. James's Coffee-House London. Occasion'd by the death of the Duke of Orleans. 1724
First line: How vain are mortal Man's Endeavours,
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Printed. Variously attributed to Swift, to Gay, and to Arbuthnot.
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. The first of April: a poem. Inscrib'd to Mrs. E. C. 1724
First line: This morn the God of Wit and Joke,
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Printed. Anonymous. By Jonathan Swift.
The rivals. A poem. Occasion'd by Tom Punsibi, metamorphos'd, &c. 1724
First line: Men who are out, hate those in play,
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Printed. Publication place and date from Foxon.
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. Prometheus, a poem 1724
First line: When first the 'Squire and Tinker Wood
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Printed. Anonymous. By Jonathan Swift. With handwritten annotation below title: "By Dean Swift."
Damon's case and resolution, a poem. 1724
First line: Damon, unhappy Damon! Sure
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Printed.
A Satire on People on Note in 1724. 1724
Manuscript. Wilde identifies the poem as "a manuscript of forty-eight lines, with this heading in Swift's handwriting, 'A Satire upon People of Note in 1727. … it bears all the evidence of Swift's pen.'"
A creed for an Irish commoner. 1724
First line: Imprimis, You must believe Twelve-
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Printed.
Knockondoor, Monsieur. The art of rapping, by Monsieur Knockondoor: lately arriv'd from Paris, ... 1724
First line: Lately arriv'd from Paris, but last from London; where he has
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Printed.
An express from Parnassus, to the Reverend Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's. 1724
First line: From the Mount of Parnassus November the Fift.
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Printed.
Lady. A rebus written by a lady, on the Rev. D---n S----t. With his answer. 1720
First line: Cutt the Name of the Man who his Mistress deny'd,
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Printed. Sometimes attributed to Vanessa, i.e. Esther Vanhomrigh; the answer is clearly by Jonathan Swift. With a few manuscript annotations.
His Grace's answer to Jonathan. 1724
First line: Dear Smed I read thy Brilliant Lines,
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Printed. Anonymous. By Jonathan Swift. With a few manuscript annotations.
Owens, Samuel. Remarks upon the report of the committee of the lords of his Majesty's most honourable Privy-Council, in relation to Mr. Woods's half-pence. By Samuel Owens, lock-smith. 1724
First line: Vulcan my Muse to me describe,
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Printed.
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. An elegy on Dr. John Whalley, who departed the 17th. of this inst. Jan. 1724. 1724
First line: Well 'tis as learned Coats has guest,
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Printed. Attributed to Jonathan Swift (Teerink). An adaptation of Swift's 'Elegy on Mr. Patrige, the almanack-maker'.
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. A serious poem upon William Wood, brasier, tinker, hard-ware-man, coiner, counterfeiter, founder and esquire. 1725
First line: When Foes are o'ercome, we preserve them from Slaughter,
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Printed. Anonymous. By Jonathan Swift.
An epistle from Jack Sheppard to the late L----d C----ll--r of E---- ----d, who when Sheppard was try'd, sent for him to the Chancery Bar. 1724
First line: Since your Curiosity led you so far
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Printed. In fact not by Jack Sheppard. Variously attributed to Daniel Defoe and Philip, Duke of Wharton. Defoe attribution disputed by Furbank and Owens, Defoe de-attributions. With a few manuscript annotations.
An excellent new song upon the late grand-jury. 1724
First line: Poor Monsieur his Conscience preserv'd for a Year,
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Printed. Sometimes attributed to Swift.
L-, Gent. A paraphrase on the lxxxii psalm, ascrib'd to to [sic] the R===. H===e. By - L- gent. 1725
First line: Know all ye Judges of the Earth!
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Printed. With, on verso: 'Lent assizes, 1724/25' With the name in the title annotated "Right Honounrble P. Ch-- Just-- Whit--
Ireland. Assizes. Lent assizes, 1724/5. 1725
First line: County of Wicklow, at Wicklow, Monday
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Printed. With, on verso 'A paraphrase on the lxxxii psalm'.
Smedley, Jonathan, 1671-1729. A satyr. Canit, ante Victoriam, Triumphum. 1725
First line: Most Reverend Dean, pray cease to Write;
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Printed. Jonathan Smedley's authorship is attested by Swift's answer to this attack upon him: 'A letter from D. S-t. to D. S-y', (1725).
Philips, Ambrose, 1674-1749. Poems by Mr. Philips, &c. 1725
First line: To Miss Charlotte Pulteney in her Mother's Arms
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Printed.
Philips, Ambrose, 1674-1749. A poem ascrib'd to the Honourable Miss Carteret. 1725
First line: Bloom of Beauty, early Flow'r
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Printed. Anonymous. By Ambrose Philips. With handwritten annotation below title: "By Mr. Philips"
A poem upon R-r a lady's spaniel. 1725
First line: Happiest of the Spaniel Race
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Printed. Sometimes attributed to Jonathan Swift.
To Mr. Philips, on his late poetry in Ireland. 1725
First line: Gentle Poet, Brother Swain,
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Printed. A satire on Ambrose Philips's work.
The tea-pot; or, the lady's transformation. A new poem by Mr. Philips. 1728
First line: Soft Venus, Love's too anxious Queen.
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Printed. The attribution to Ambrose Philips is probably false.
A cruel and bloody declaration, publish'd by the cardinals at Rome, against Great-Britain, and Ireland. 1725
First line: Hev dolor anxietas! Suspiria rumpite pectus:
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Printed.
Tickell, Thomas, 1685-1740. Lucy and Colin, a song. Written in imitation of William and Margaret. 1725
First line: Of Leinster, fam'd for Maidens fair,
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Printed. Anonymous. By Thomas Tickell.
The following fable is most humbly inscribed to the Honourable Mr. D.T. ... The sick lyon and the ass. 1725
First line: A Lyon sunk by Time's Decay,
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Printed. With the name in the title annotated "Mr. Dick Tighe."
To the Honourable Mr. D. T. great pattern of piety, charity, learning, humanity, good nature, wisdom, good breeding, affability, and one most eminently distinguished for his conjugal affection. 1725
First line: What strange Disorder often Springs
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Printed. Sometimes attributed to Swift or Thomas Sheridan. With the name in the title annotated "Mr. Dick Tighe."
An Excellent new Ballad on the Whiggs Lamentation occasioned by a Sore of their owne scratching to ye tune of Commons & [Peers]. [1711-1714?]
Manuscript. Described in William Robert Wilde The Closing Years of Dean Swift's Life (1849) as referring "to the period between the viceroyalty of the Earl of Wharton in 1711, and the death of Queen Anne in 1714, when the Duke of Ormonde was Lord Lieutenant" (page 154).
Barber, Mary, approximately 1685-1755. The prodigy: or, the silent woman, in a letter from a lady in town to a friend in the country. 1726
First line: Tho' Rhyme serves the thoughts of great Poets to fetter,
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Printed.
Mountcashell, Edward Davys, Viscount, 1711-1736. To His Excellency our Lord Carteret Lord Lieutenant of Ireland: the humble petition of Lord Viscount Mont-Cashel, and the rest of his school-fellows. 1725
First line: Sheweth, With greatest Respect and most awful Submission,
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Printed.
No-body turn'd some-body; or, the fair confession of M---- D----, Esq; To the Printer. 1725
First line: Sir, As I take it, there are two Reasons to induce you to Print the following
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Printed. With the name in the title annotated "Marcus Dowley."
The Munster combat or the invasion of the Moors. Inscrib'd to the Honourable ---- ---- Esq. Tune King Edward's ghost. 1725
First line: To you my dear Friend I this Ballad indite
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Printed.
A poem inscrib'd to the memory of our late glorious deliverer, King William. 1722
First line: Assist, with aid United, all ye Nine;
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Printed.
Part II (1-39)
The Contents of 40 Papers
Carey, Henry, 1687?-1743. Namby Pamby: or, a panegyrick on the new versification address'd to A----- P----. 1725
First line: All ye Poets of the Age,
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Printed. Anonymous. By Henry Carey. Sometimes erroneously attributed to Capt. Thomas Gordon. With the name in the title annotated "Ambr. Philips."
Carey, Henry, 1687?-1743. A poem to His Majesty King George, II. on the present state of affairs in England, with remarks on the alterations expected at court, after the rise of the Parliament. By the Rev. Dr. J. Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's. In Lilliputian verse. 1727
First line: Smile, smile,
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Printed. Not in fact by Swift, but by Henry Carey.
Delany, Patrick, 1685 or 1686-1768. The true character of the Intelligencer. Written by Pady Drogheda. 1728
First line: Tom was a little merry Grigg,
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Printed.
Ware, Henry, A.M. An eligiaick song. On the death of the late celebrated beauty, Mrs. Mary Wall, who died at her country-seat, the 14th inst. June, 1729. By H. Ware A.M. Tune, how hapy could I be &c. 1729
First line: Ye Beau,s who all Hear my sad Ditty,
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Printed.
The ladies opera. 1728
First line: How long, dear Puss, how long, how long,
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Printed.
A new opera-epilogue, to the Tragedy of Lady Jane Grey. Acted February 23d 1729/30, for the benefit of Mistress Sterling. Spoken and sung by Mrs. Sterling, representing the ghost of Lady Jane. 1730
First line: Ye tender Fair, with streaming Eyes,
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Printed.
A new opera-epilogue to The tragedy of Richard the Third. Sung and spoken by Mrs. Sterling, who acted the part of Lady Anne. 1731
First line: Brisk Widows, in their Sable,
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Printed.
The crab-tree a tale. 1720
First line: The Moon was pendulous above,
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Printed.
A poem on the art of printing. 1728
First line: Hail Sacred Art! Thou Gift of Heaven, design'd
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Printed. Sometimes attributed to Constantia Grierson. Includes James Sterling's anonymous 'Say, Cadmus, by what ray divine inspir'd'.
The banish'd beauty: or, a fair face in disgrace, a poem. To the D------ss of Q-------. 1729
First line: Let Jarring Realms and Europ's doubtful State,
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Printed. Sometimes attributed to John Gay. Handwritten annotation below title, "on the Dutchess of Queensberry."
A view of the Irish bar. To the Free-mason tune, Come let us prepare, &c. 1730
First line: There's M---y the neat,
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Printed. With the names in the poem filled in.
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. An excellent new ballad: or, the true En---sh D---n to be hang'd for a r-----pe. 1730
First line: Our Breathren of E----nd who love us so dear,
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Printed. Anonymous. By Jonathan Swift. Handwritten annotation below title, "written by Dean Swift [space] Dean Sawb--ge."
King, William, 1685-1763. An ode to Mira. 1730
First line: Cease! thy direful Vengeance cease!
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Printed. Anonymous. By William King, LL.D.
Elegy on the death of Francis Burgersdicius, burnt in the College-Parks Monday the 26th of October, 1730. 1730
First line: We must resign (Heav'n his great Soul does claim,)
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Printed.
A tale in allusion to a certain tale. 1731
First line: Good People, I pray ye attend and draw near,
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Printed. Handwritten annotation below title, "Being on the D. of Dors-ts Speech."
The Lincoln's-Inn 'squire; or, the Protestant turn'd Papist. A new ballad. To the tune of, The King and the abbot of Canterbury. 1730
First line: I'll tell you a Story, a Story anon,
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Printed.
An information to Sir Tho. Clarges, a justice of peace for Middlesex. 1731
First line: That four Ladies (which the Deponent did not care to
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Printed. Sometimes attributed to Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield. Handwritten annotation below title, "Said to be written by the E. of Chesterfield."
Stretzer, Thomas, -1738. The natural history of the arbor vitæ, or, tree of life. 1732
First line: The Tree of Life is a succulent Plant, consisting of one only straight
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Printed. Anonymous. By Thomas Stretzer.
A collection of several choice, fine, finnicking, strange, wonderful, surprizing and astonishing jack-asses, she-asses and owls, which have of late weekly been seen, and pissed upon by a certain Fox at Vaux-hall. 1732
First line: A Prudent and Wife Ass,
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Printed.
D. M. The apothecary in the sheet, or Ad---m's repentance, truely delineated by D. M. 1726
First line: God Wott, Great Cause I have to Weep
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Printed.
[The] lady's last shift: or, a cure for shame. A tale. Address'd to a certain Dublin lady. 1732
First line: Venus of Love and Beauty Queen,
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Printed.
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. On the words Brother Protestant and fellow Christian which were used by the Presbiterians when they were endeavouring to get the Test taken off in the year 1733. By Dean Swift. 1733
An elegy on the much lamented death of the Honble Christian Borr, Esq; who departed this life the 10th inst. June, 1733. 1733
First line: What Grief and Wo do's now my Soul oppress,
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Printed.
The Equivalent for fasting or A Consecrating Fee. A new Ballad, on the Bishop of London's refusing to partake of a Treat, after consecrating The new Church in Spring Garden but accepting a larger silver Cup. To the tune of The Abbot of Canterbury.
Belcher, James. A cat may look upon a king. An epistolary poem, on the loss of the ears of a favourite female cat. ... 1732
First line: Thou Enemy, who e'er thou
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Printed. Anonymous. By James Belcher. Handwritten annotation below title, "By Ja. Belcher Esqr." and error in year of printing corrected.
The Kerry cavalcade: or, the high sheriff's feast. 1733
First line: Assist me, ye Muses, F---ce to sing,
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Printed. On the verso is a prose account, headed: "Dublin, March the 24th, 1732-3." and beginning "We have been informed that Hon. John Fitzmaurice, Esq …" Handwritten annotation below title, "See the other side for the occasion of this."
George Falkner. The Dublin Journal. Numb. 873. 1734