# The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 17

THE
WORKS
OF THE
REV. JONATHAN SWIFT, D.D.,
DEAN OF ST. PATRICK'S, DUBLIN.
ARRANGED BY THOMAS SHERIDAN, A.M.
WITH
NOTES, HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL.
A NEW EDITION, IN NINETEEN VOLUMES;
CORRECTED AND REVISED
BY JOHN NICHOLS, F.S.A. EDINBURGH AND PERTH,
VOLUME XVII.
LONDON:
1801.
M. Brown, Printer, St. John's square.
CONTENTS
OF THE
SEVENTEENTH VOLUME.
| | Page |
| MARTINUS Scriblerus, or the Art of Sinking In Poetry | 1 |
| His Virgilius Restauratus | 65 |
| His Essay on the Origin of Sciences | 72 |
| His Annus Mirabilis | 84 |
| Stradling versus Stiles | 93 |
| A Key to the Lock | 99 |
| Memoirs of P. P. Parish Clerk | 120 |
| The History of John Bull | 133 |
| On the Art of Political Lying | 277 |
| Reasons offered against examining Drugs | 293 |
| The humble Petition of the Colliers, Cooks, &c. | 297 |
| It cannot Rain but it Pours | 302 |
| Narrative of the Frenzy of John Dennis | 308 |
| An Account of the Poisoning of Edmund Curll | 322 |
| Farther Account of the Condition of Edmund Curll | 329 |
| Of the Circumcision of Edmund Curll | 339 |
| God's Revenge against Punning | 346 |
| A wonderful Prophecy | 350 |
| The Country Post | 353 |
| A faithful Narrative of what passed in London, &c. | 358 |
| Thoughts on various Subjects | 373 |
POETRY.
| The happy Life of a Country Parson | 393 |
| A Tale of Chaucer | 394 |
| The Alley; an Imitation of Spencer | 395 |
| The Capon's Tale | 397 |
| The Elephant, or the Parliament man | 398 |
| Verses to Bernard Lintot's new Miscellany | 399 |
| To Mr. John Moore, Author of the celebrated Worm Powder | 401 |
| Verses occasioned by an &c. after Mr. D'Urfy's Name | 402 |
| Prologue designed for Mr. D'Urfy's last Play | 405 |
| Prologue to Three Hours after Marriage | 405 |
| Sandys's Ghost | 408 |
| Umbra | 411 |
| Duke upon Duke | 412 ​ |
| Fragment of a Satire | 417 |
| Macer | 420 |
| Sylvia | 421 |
| Artemisia | 422 |
| Phryne | 423 |
| Impromptu to Lady Winchelsea | 424 |
| Epigram | ib. |
| To Mrs. Martha Blount, on her Birthday | 425 |
| Song by a Person of Quality | 426 |
| Ballad on Nelly | 427 |
| Ode on the Longitude | 429 |
| Epigram on Handel and Bononcini | 430 |
| On Mrs. Tofts | ib. |
| Two or Three, or a Receipt to make a Cuckold | ib. |
| Epigram in a Maid of Honour's Prayer Book | 431 |
| The Balance of Europe | ib. |
| A panegyrical Epistle to Mr. T. Snow | 432 |
| A Ballad on Quadrille | 435 |
| Molly Mog | 438 |
| A new Song of new Similes | 440 |
| Newgate's Garland: on Jonathan Wild | 443 |
| Strephon and Flavia | 445 |
| The Quidnunckis | 446 |
| Ay and No; a Fable | 448 |
| The Lamentation of Glumdalclitch | 450 |
| Mary Gulliver to Captain Lemuel Gulliver | 453 |
| To Quinbus Flestrin | 457 |
| A gentle Echo on Woman | 459 |
| Epitaph on Chartres | 461 |
| Epigrams on Francis Chartres, &c. | 462 |
| Epitaph of By-words | 463 |
| Epigram from the French | ib. |
| Epitaph | ib. |
| Epigram on the Toasts of the Kit-Cat Club | 464 |
| To a Lady, with the Temple of Fame | ib. |
| Verses on Sir Richard Blackmore | 465 |
| Bounce to Fop | 467 |
| On the Countess of Burlington cutting Paper | 470 |
| On a certain Lady at Court | 471 |
| Inscription on the Picture of Mr. Pope | ib. |
| Inscription on the Picture of Dr. Swift | 472 |
| Testimonies respecting the Character of Dr. Swift | 473 |
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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