The Works of Jonathan Swift: Miscellaneous essays

THE

WORKS

OF

JONATHAN SWIFT, D.D.

DEAN OF ST PATRICK'S, DUBLIN;

FP follow p. 352

ADDITIONAL LETTERS, TRACTS, AND POEMS,

NOT HITHERTO PUBLISHED;

CONTAINING

WITH

NOTES,

AND

A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR,

BY

WALTER SCOTT, ESQ.

VOLUME IX.

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO. EDINBURGH;
WHITE, COCHRANE, AND CO. AND GALE, CURTIS, AND FENNER,
LONDON; AND JOHN CUMMING, DUBLIN.

1814.

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CONTENTS

OF

VOLUME NINTH.

TRACTS IN SUPPORT OF THE CHURCH ESTABLISHMENT,

CONTINUED.

On the Bill for the Clergy residing on their Livings,

Considerations upon two Bills relating to the Clergy,

Reasons against the Bill for settling the Tithe of Hemp,

Flax, &c. by a modus,

TRACTS ON THE TEST ACT.

A Letter from a Member of the House of Commons in

Ireland to a Member of the House of Commons in

England, concerning the Sacramental Test,

Narrative of the several Attempts which the Dissenters

of Ireland have made for the Repeal of the Sacra-

mental Test,

The Presbyterians' Plea of Merit, in order to take off the

Test, impartially examined,

Advantages proposed by repealing the Sacramental Test,

impartially considered,

Queries relating to the Sacramental Test,

Thoughts concerning the Repeal of the Test,

Observations on Heylin's History of the Presbyterians,

Reasons humbly offered to the Parliament of Ireland for

repealing the Sacramental Test in favour of the Ca-

tholics,

PREDICTIONS FOR THE YEAR 1708, BY ISAAC BICKER-
STAFF, ESQ.

An Answer to Bickerstaff, by a Person of Quality,

Bickerstaff detected, by John Partridge, Student in Phy-

Page

Bickerstaff's Vindication of himself,

A famous Prediction of Merlin the British Wizard,

MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS.

The Tatler, No. 32. Thursday, June 20, 1709. To Isaac

Bickerstaff, Esq.

59. Thursday, Aug. 25,

63. Saturday, Sept. 10,

Bickerstaff, Esq.

66. Saturday, Sept. 10.

67. Tuesday, Sept. 13,

68. Thursday, Sept. 15,

70. Tuesday, Sept. 20,

Bickerstaff, Esq.

71. Thursday, Sept. 22,

74.

Sept. 29,

81. Saturday, Oct. 15,

230. Tuesday, Sept. 28, 1710,

258. Saturday, Dec. 2,

1.

2. Tuesday, Jan. 16,

5. Saturday, Jan. 27,

20. Tuesday, March 6,

24. Thursday, March 15,

28. Saturday, March 24,

The Spectator, 50. Friday, April 27, 1711,

The Guardian, 96. An Essay on National Rewards,

* The Intelligencer, No. 1.

3.

19.

35. Thursday, June 30, 1709. To Isaac

Bickerstaff, Esq.

An Essay on Modern Education,

Hints toward an Essay on Conversation,

Jan. 13, 1710-11,

Thoughts on various subjects,

Thoughts on various subjects continued,

To Isaac

A Letter of Advice to a young Poet,

A Letter to a very young Lady on her Marriage,

Resolutions when I come to be ald,

To Isaac

·

Preface to Temple's Works,

Meditation upon a Broomstick,

A Tritical Essay upon the Faculties of the Mind,

A Proposal for correcting, improving, and ascertaining
the English Tongue, in a Letter to the Lord High
Treasurer,

Page

186

194

A Treatise on Good Manners and Good Breeding,

Hints on Good Manners,

Of Good Manners as to Conversation,

Of mean and great Figures made by several Persons,

Of public Absurdities in England,

Of the Education of Ladies,

* Character of Aristotle,

Herodotus,

Primate Marsh,

Mrs Howard,

of Mrs Johnson [Stella],

Bon Mots de Stella,

Three Prayers used by the Dean for Mrs Johnson in her

last Sickness,

Character of Dr Sheridan,

The History of the Second Solomon,

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