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, 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.
Imprint: [Dublin] : Printed in the year, 1724.
First line: How vain are mortal Man's Endeavours,
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Printed. Variously attributed to Swift, to Gay, and to Arbuthnot.
Imprint: [Dublin, 1725]
First line: Happiest of the Spaniel Race
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Printed. Sometimes attributed to Jonathan Swift.
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 : printed in the year, 1724.
First line: Poor Monsieur his Conscience preserv'd for a Year,
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Printed. Sometimes attributed to Swift.
