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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Imprint: Dublin : printed in the year, 1724.
First line: It was, my Lord, the dextreus shift,
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Printed. Anonymous. By Jonathan Smedley. With a few manuscript annotations.
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'.
Dublin [Ireland]. Not in Swift's hand. The authorship of this letter is not certain, although it has been universally attributed to Swift. See also HM 31303, another version of the same letter, dated January 18, 1793.
Imprint: [Dublin] : Printed in the year, 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."
Imprint: Dublin : printed by S. Harding, 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."
Imprint: [Dublin, 1725]
First line: Happiest of the Spaniel Race
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Printed. Sometimes attributed to Jonathan Swift.
