Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. An elegy on Dr. John Whalley, who departed the 17th. of this inst. Jan. 1724

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Imprint: [Dublin, 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'.

Type

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Date

1724

Call number

143214

Provenance

Purchased from Frederick R. Halsey by Henry E. Huntington through George D. Smith, December 1915. The volume was put up for sale in 1890 by Robson & Kerslake and includes an 1895 bookplate of Swiftian collector Colonel Francis Richard Charles Grant (1834-1899).

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Associated people

Barber, Mary, (approximately 1685-1755.)

Belcher, James. (1687?-1743.)

Carey, Henry, (1685 or 1686-1768.)

Delany, Patrick, (1834-1899,)

Grant, Francis, (1847-1918.)

Halsey, Frederic R. (-1725,)

Harding, John, (active 1721-1729.)

Harding, Sarah, (1685-1763.)

King, William, (1711-1736.)

Mountcashell, Edward Davys, (1674-1749.)

Owens, Samuel. (1687-1738.)

Philips, Ambrose, (1671-1729.)

Sheridan, Thomas, (-1738.)

Smedley, Jonathan, (1667-1745.)

Stretzer, Thomas, (1685-1740.)

Swift, Jonathan,

Tickell, Thomas,

Ware, Henry,

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