The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 10 / Historical Writings
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- THE PROSE WORKS OF JONATHAN SWIFT
- VOL. X of BOHN'S STANDARD LIBRARY THE PROSE WORKS OF JONATHAN SWIFT, D.D. EDITED BY TEMPLE SCOTT VOL. X HISTORICAL WRITINGS 1902
- INTRODUCTION
- "JONATH. SWIFT."
- TEMPLE SCOTT. DUBLIN,
- THE HISTORY OF
- THE FOUR LAST YEARS OF THE QUEEN.
- JONATHAN SWIFT, D.D. D.S.P.D.
- Published from the Last MANUSCRIPT Copy, Corrected and Enlarged by the Author's OWN HAND.
- LONDON:
- MDCCLVIII.
- ADVERTISEMENT
- PREFIXED TO THE EDITION OF 1758.[1]
- THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE.[1]
- THE HISTORY OF THE FOUR LAST YEARS OF THE QUEEN.
- BOOK I.
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- THE HISTORY OF THE FOUR LAST
- YEARS OF THE QUEEN. BOOK II.
- "MESNAGER."
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- THE HISTORY OF THE FOUR LAST
- YEARS OF THE QUEEN. BOOK III.
- SIR,
- "MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN,
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- THE HISTORY OF THE FOUR LAST
- YEARS OF THE QUEEN. BOOK IV.
- "MESSIEURS,
- "MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,
- "MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,
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- AN ABSTRACT
- OF THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND, FROM THE INVASION OF IT BY JULIUS CAESAR TO THE REIGN OF HENRY THE SECOND. NOTE.
- [T.S.] TO THE COUNT DE GYLLENBORG.[1]
- SIR,
- AN ABSTRACT OF THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND, FROM THE INVASION OF IT BY JULIUS CAESAR TO WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. Britons. Heathens.
- Druids.
- Claudius. Nero.
- Picts. Picts' Wall.
- A.D. 455. Saxons.
- A.D. 460. Arthur.
- A.D. 600. Austin.
- A.D. 819. Egbert.
- Angles.
- Danes.
- Edgar.
- A.D. 978. Danes massacred.
- Sweyn.
- Canutus.
- King's evil.
- Harold.
- A.D. 1066.
- THE REIGN OF WILLIAM THE SECOND, SURNAMED RUFUS.
- 1099.
- THE REIGN OF HENRY THE FIRST.
- 1104. 1105.
- 1106.
- 1107.
- 1109.
- 1114.
- 1116.
- 1119.
- 1120.
- 1124.
- 1126.
- 1129.
- 1132.
- 1134.
- 1135.
- THE REIGN OF STEPHEN.
- 1135.
- 1136.
- 1137.
- 1138.
- 1139
- 1140
- 1149. 1150.
- 1151.
- 1153
- 1154.
- THE REIGN OF HENRY THE SECOND A FRAGMENT 1154.
- 1156.
- 1155.
- HENRY THE SECOND'S CHARACTER EXTRACTED FROM THE MONKS
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- SWIFT'S REMARKS ON THE CHARACTERS
- OF THE COURT OF QUEEN ANNE. FROM "MEMOIRS OF THE SECRET SERVICES OF JOHN MACKY, ESQ." NOTE.
- [T.S.]
- REMARKS ON THE CHARACTERS OF THE COURT OF QUEEN ANNE.
- JOHN, DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH.
- JAMES, DUKE OF ORMONDE.
- CHARLES, DUKE OF SOMERSET.
- JOHN, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.
- DANIEL, EARL OF NOTTINGHAM [AFTERWARDS EARL OF WINCHILSEA].
- HENRY, EARL OF ROMNEY.
- JOHN, DUKE OF NEWCASTLE.
- CHARLES [LENNOX], DUKE OF RICHMOND.
- CHARLES, DUKE OF BOLTON.
- GEORGE, DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND.
- CHARLES [FITZROY], DUKE OF GRAFTON.
- SIR NATHAN WRIGHT, LORD KEEPER.
- RALPH, DUKE OF MONTAGU.
- WILLIAM, MARQUESS OF HARTINGTON.
- JOHN, LORD SOMERS.
- CHARLES, LORD HALIFAX [AFTERWARDS EARL OF HALIFAX].
- CHARLES, EARL OF DORSET.
- RICHARD, EARL RIVERS.
- ARNOLD, EARL OF ALBEMARLE.
- ALGERNON, EARL OF ESSEX.
- WILLIAM, EARL OF PORTLAND.
- JAMES, EARL OF DERBY.
- CHARLES, EARL OF PETERBOROUGH.
- CHARLES, EARL OF SUNDERLAND.
- THOMAS, EARL OF STAMFORD.
- THOMAS [TUFTON], EARL OF THANET.
- EDWARD [MONTAGU], EARL OF SANDWICH.
- ROBERT, LORD LUCAS.
- CHARLES, EARL OF WINCHILSEA.
- JOHN, LORD POULETT OF HINTON [AFTERWARDS EARL POULETT].
- CHARLES, LORD [VISCOUNT] TOWNSHEND.
- WILLIAM, LORD DARTMOUTH [AFTERWARDS EARL OF DARTMOUTH].
- THOMAS, LORD WHARTON [AFTERWARDS EARL OF WHARTON].
- CHARLES, LORD MOHUN.
- HENRY, EARL OF KENT.[2]
- ROBERT, EARL OF LINDSEY [AFTERWARDS DUKE OF ANCASTER].
- MONTAGU, EARL OF ABINGDON.
- PHILIP, EARL OF CHESTERFIELD.
- CHARLES, EARL OF BERKELEY.
- LOUIS, EARL OF FEVERSHAM.
- HENRY, EARL OF GRANTHAM.
- JOHN, LORD DE LA WARR.
- ROBERT, LORD LEXINTON.
- RALPH, LORD GREY OF WERKE.
- JAMES, LORD CHANDOS.
- FRANCIS, LORD GUILFORD.
- EDWARD, LORD GRIFFIN.
- HUGH, LORD CHOLMONDELEY [AFTERWARDS EARL OF CHOLMONDELEY].
- CHARLES, LORD BUTLER OF WESTON.
- MR. THOMAS MANSELL [AFTERWARDS LORD MANSELL].
- THE HON. HENRY BOYLE [AFTERWARDS LORD CARLETON], CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER.
- SIR THOMAS FRANKLAND, POST-MASTER-GENERAL.
- THE RT. HON. JOHN SMITH, ONE OF HER MAJESTY'S PRIVY-COUNCIL.
- CHARLES D'AVENANT, LL.D.
- MATTHEW PRIOR, ESQ., COMMISSIONER OF TRADE.
- THOMAS TENISON, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.
- GILBERT BURNET. BISHOP OF SALISBURY.
- GEORGE STEPNEY, ESQ., ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY TO THE EMPEROR [OF AUSTRIA].
- MR. [AFTERWARDS SIR PAUL] METHUEN, AMBASSADOR TO THE KING OF PORTUGAL.
- THOMAS, LORD RABY [AFTERWARDS EARL OF STRAFFORD], ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY TO THE KING OF PRUSSIA.
- MR. [RICHARD] HILL, ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY TO THE DUKE OF SAVOY.
- SIR LAMBERT BLACKWELL, ENVOY TO THE GREAT DUKE OF TUSCANY.
- MR. [Dr.] AGLIONBY, ENVOY TO THE SWISS CANTONS.
- MR. D'AVENANT, AGENT AT FRANKFORT.
- JOHN, LORD CUTTS.
- HENRY, EARL OF GALWAY.
- GEORGE, EARL OF ORKNEY.
- MR. JAMES STANHOPE [AFTERWARDS EARL STANHOPE], ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY TO THE STATES GENERAL.
- SIR CHARLES O'HARA [AFTERWARDS LORD TYRAWLEY], LIEUTENANT-GENERAL.
- COLONEL MATTHEW AYLMER [AFTERWARDS LORD AYLMER], VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET.
- JAMES, DUKE OF HAMILTON.
- ARCHIBALD, DUKE OF ARGYLL.
- JAMES, MARQUESS OF MONTROSE [AFTERWARDS DUKE OF MONTROSE].
- JOHN, EARL OF SUTHERLAND.
- SECRETARY [JAMES] JOHNSTOUN, NOW LORD-REGISTER.
- MR. [WILLIAM] CARSTAIRS.
- JOHN, EARL OF MAR.
- ANDREW FLETCHER, OF SALTON.
- CHARLES, EARL OF MIDDLETON.
- DAVID, EARL OF WEEMS.
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- REMARKS ON
- LORD CLARENDON'S HISTORY OF THE REBELLION OXFORD EDITION, 1707, 3 VOLS. FROM THE ORIGINAL, IN ST. PATRICK'S LIBRARY. NOTE.
- [T.S.]
- REMARKS ON CLARENDON'S HISTORY OF THE REBELLION.
- VOL. I.
- PREFACE.
- BOOK I.
- BOOK II.
- BOOK III.
- BOOK IV
- BOOK V.
- VOL. II.—BOOK VI.
- BOOK VII.
- BOOK VIII.
- BOOK IX.
- VOLUME III.
- BOOK X.
- BOOK XI.
- BOOK XII.
- BOOK XIII.
- BOOK XIV.
- BOOK XV.
- BOOK XVI.
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- REMARKS ON
- "BISHOP BURNET'S HISTORY OF ['SCOTLAND IN'—SWIFT] HIS OWN TIME," FOLIO EDITION, 1724-34.
- FROM THE ORIGINAL, IN THE LIBRARY of THE LATE
- MARQUESS OF LANSDOWNE. NOTE.
- [T.S.]
- SHORT REMARKS ON BISHOP BURNET'S HISTORY.
- REMARKS ON BURNET'S HISTORY OF HIS OWN TIME.
- PREFACE, p. 3. Burnet.
- BOOK I.
- BOOK II.
- BOOK III.
- BOOK IV.
- BOOK VII.
- THE CONCLUSION.
- THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR, BY THOMAS BURNET, ESQ.
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- NOTES ON THE FREE-HOLDER.
- NOTE
- [T.S.]
- NOTES ON THE FREE-HOLDER.[1]
- No. 2. Dec. 26, 1715.—Of His Majesty's Character.
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- INDEX.
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