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on the account of her marriage. But why fhould he have refented her marriage with a tradefman, any more, than her going to fervice? She lived many years with Lady Gifford, as her woman; and although it is probable that the Dean might difapprove of the match, as her husband, Fenton, was an extravagant careless fellow, and a notorious drunkard; yet, after her husband's and Lady Gifford's death, the retired to Farnham, and boarded with Mrs. Mayne, Mrs. Mofe boarding there at the fame time, with whom the lived in the greatest intimacy; and as the had not enough to maintain her, the Dean paid her an annuity as long as fhe lived;neither was that annuity a trifle:

If these anecdotes prove agreeable to the public, or fhould they incite any other perfons, who are poffeffed of proper materials, to throw a new light on thefe tranfactions, hitherto fo extremely mifreprefented; I fhall think myfelf fortunate in having contributed fomething toward fo generous an attempt, as that of acquitting the innocent from the imputation of guilt.

Yours, &c.

C. M. P. G. N. S. T. N. S.

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INDEX to the TITLES of the

PIECES in PROSE.

The volumes are denoted by numeral letters, the pages by figures.

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Advice to the freemen of Dublin

iv. 263
Affairs, free thoughts on the ftate
of v. 332

Allies, the conduct of the ii. 178
Annus mirabilis vi. 145
Answer to a memorial iv. 62
Argument against abolishing Chri-
tianity i. 225

Arguments against the power
bishops iv. 153

of

Art of finking in poetry vi. 69
Athens, of the coutefts and dif-
fentions at ii. 80
Barrier-treaty, remarks on the ii.
248
Βάθους, περι vi. 69

Battle of the books i. 168
Beggars, propofal for badging iv.
251

Bickerftaff detected v. 283

vindicated v. 291
Bishops, arguments against their
power in letting leafes iv. 153
Broomstick, meditation on a vii.
104

Brotherly love, a fermon ii. 35
Buil, John, hiftory of vi. 197
Burnet, Bp. preface to his intro-
duction ix. 24

Cart ret, Lord, a vindication of

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Church of England man's fenti.
ments i. 268

Clergy, confiderations on two bills
relating to the iv. 92
Clergyman, letter to a young one
viii. 359

Clergymen, effay on the fates of
viii, 382

Collier's petition vii. 19
Conduct of the allies ii. 178
Confiderations upon two bills re-
lating to the clergy iv. 92

concerning the choice of

a recorder iv. 271
Confultation of four phyficians
x. 277

Contests and diffentions at Athens
and Rome ii. 8o
Country poft vii. 68

Criticism on Swift's profe works i.
Curll, Edmund, account of his
being poisoned vii. 40

of his deplorable condition
vii 47

- Relation of his circumcifion

vii. 56

Dennis, Mr. John, narrative of
his phrenfy vii, 28
Difficulty of knowing one's felf,
a fermon ii. 46
Drapier's first letter iii, 218
-2d letter iii. 232

-3d letter iii. 245
-4th letter ii. 273

feafonable advice to the grand
jury ii. 294. See Jury
-5th letter, to Lord Molesworth
iii. 305

-6th letter, to Lord Chancellor
Middleton iii. 323

Drapier's

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Hiftory of John Bull vi. 197
Idiotifm, a differtation on x 319
Injured lady, her ftory x. 267
The answer x. 274
Intelligencers iv. 280-301
John Bull, hiftory of vi. 197
Joh fon, Mrs. prayers for x.
251

-Her bons mots x 256
Ireland, propofal for the ufe of
the manufacture of iii. 205
-A view of the state of iv. 53
Propofal about the children
poor people in iv. 237
Answer to a memorial for
the poor inhabitants of iv. 62
-Remarks on the tracts rela-
ting to iv. 302

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It cannot rai bu: it pours vii. 23
Jury, grand, refolutions of the
English Commons about diffol-
ving one ii. 298

-Prefentment of that of Du-
bin iii. 300

Key to the Lock vi. 156
Lady, injured, her flory z. 267
-The anfw r x. 274

letter to a young one on her
marriage ix. 11

-dreffing room, defence of x.
286
Latinitas Grattan`ana, a specimen
of x. 233

Law is a bottomlefs pit vi. 197
Letter concerning the facramen.
al teft iv. 132

-to the Earl of Oxford v. 312
-to a young clergyman viii. 359
o a young lady ix. 11. See
Drapier

Letters to and from Dr. Swift ix,
273.251

-A criticifm on thefe letters

ix. 258

Lock, a key to that poem vi.156
London ftrowed with rarities vii.
23

arrative of what paffed in
vil 73

Lunacy, a differtation on x. 319
Lying, political, the art of vii. 1
Manners. See Reformation

Marsh,

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104

Memoirs of Scriblerus vi. I

-of P. P. clerk of this parish

vi. 174
Memorial of Irish people, anfwer
to iv. 62

Merlin's prophecy v. 298
Mind, trucal effay on the facul-
ties of v. 2Co
Modest proposal iv. 237
Mohocks, a wonderful prophecy
of the vii. 65

Mutual fubjection, a formon on
ii. 14

Narrative of what passed in Lon-
don vii. 73
National debt, proposal for pay-
ing it iv. 107

Norris's narrative of Dennis's -
phrenfy vii. 28

October club, advice to its mem-
bers iii. 190

Partridge, account of his death

v. 279

See Bickerstaff

Petition of the footmen iv. 248

of the colliers, cooks, &c.
Vii. 19
Phyficians, a confultation of four

x. 277

Poetry, the art of finking in vi.
69

Polite converfation ix. 59
Political lying, the art of vii. I
Pope and Swift's mifcellanies, pre-
face to ii. 74
Popery, propofal for preventing
the growth of ii. 63
Predictions for 1708 v. 267

Preface to Bp. Burnet's introduc-
tion ix. 24

Prefbyterians plea of merit iv.172
Prophecy, wonderful vi. 65
Propofal for preventing Popery
ii 63

Proposal for the use of Irish ma-
nufacture iii. 205

for paying the national debt
iv. 107

-for badging beggars iv. 251
-for correcting the English
tongue v. 312

Public fpirit of the Whigs ii. 131
Punning, God's revenge against
vii. 62

Quilca, the blunders, deficiencies,
&c. of x. 283

Reasons against the bill for view.
ing drugs vii. 15

- against the bill for fettling
the tithe of hemp iv. 223
Reformation of manners, a pro-
ject for the advancement of
i. 242
Religion, a project for the ad-
vancement of i. 242

-fentiments concerning i. 268
Rome, contefts and diffentions at
ii. So

Sacramental teft, letter concern-
ing it iv. 132

The prefbyterians plea of
merit for taking it off iv. 172
-Advantages by repealing it
confidered iv. 192

Queries relating to it iv. 202
-Reafons for repealing it in
favour of Catholics iv. 209
Sarum, Bp. of. See Burnet
Sciences, effay on their origin vi.
134

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Scriblerus. See Martinus
Sentiments of a church of Eng-
land man i. 268
Sermon on the Trinity ii. I
-on mutual fubjection ii. 14
-on the teftimony of confcience
ii. 25

-on brotherly-love ii. 35

on the difficulty of knowing.
one's felf ii. 46

Servants,

Servants, directions to i. 176
-the duty of, at inns ib. 247.
Spirit, a difcourfe on its mecha-
nical operation i. 200
Stella, bons mots ce x. 256
Swift, Dr. his life i.

addrefs to x. 290
-The anfwer x. 291
-His will x. 303

Account of the fituation of
his health and understanding

*. 315, 19

-ot his death x 320

of his legacies x. 321
of his monument x. 329
-Anecdotes concerning him

and Stella x. 332

Tale of a Tub i. I.
Tatlers vii. 86-103
Tek. See Sacramental

Teftimony of confcience, a fer-
mon on ii, 25

Thoughts on various fubjects v.
356. vi. 184. x.259 (v. 332
on the prefent ftate of affairs
Trinity, a fermon on ii. I
Tritical effay on the faculties of
the mind v. 260

Upholders reafons against the bill
for viewing drugs vi. 15
Virgilius reftauratus vi. 128
Whigs, their public spirit i. 131
Wonderful wonder of wonders
v. 303

Wonder of all wonders v. 309
Wonderful prophecy vii. 65
Wood, Wm. his answer to the
Drapier iv, 30

-Account of his execution
iv. 37

-

Confiderations on the at-.
tempts to pass his brafs money
iv. 43. See Drapier. See In
dex to the poetry.

INDEX to the TITLES of the
PIECES in VERSE.

N. B. Whatever verses are marked with an afterisk ⋆ prefixed, are not
Dr. Swift's.

A

Dvice to the Grubftreet verfe-
writers viii. 105

The Alley vii 179

Apollo outwitted vii. 231
-to the Dean viii. 47

; or, A problem solved viii.
191

Apology, &c. viii. 233
* Artemifia vii, 228
Athenian fociety, ode to viii.
257

Atlas; or, The minifter of ftate

vi. 199
The Author upon himself viii. 41.
m.nner of living viii. 314

* Ay and No; a fable vii, 277
* Balance of Europe vii. 251-
Ballad vii. 246

-on quadrille vii, 262

on the game of traffick
viii. 305

to the tune of the Cut-
purfe vii. 189

Bankers, the run pon viii. 53
Baucis and Philemon vii. 157
Beafs confeffion to the priest viii,
272

Beauty, the progrefs of vii. 283
Beautiful young nymph.going to
bed viii. 179.

Betty

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