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

Description

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).

Restrictions

Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

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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