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, 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).
Imprint: Dublin : printed by John Harding, [1724]
First line: When Foes are o'ercome, we preserve them from Slaughter,
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Printed. Anonymous. By Jonathan Swift.
Imprint: Dublin : printed in [sic] year, 1724.
First line: Dear Smed I read thy Brilliant Lines,
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Printed. Anonymous. By Jonathan Swift. With a few manuscript annotations.
Imprint: Dublin : printed by Sarah Harding, 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."