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Author
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745
Title
The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 10 Historical Writings
Credits
Etext produced by Terry Gilliland and PG Distributed Proofreaders HTML file produced by David Widger
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
Spanish Succession, War of, 1701-1714
Category
Text
eBook-No.
13040
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13040
Release Date
July 28, 2004
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.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
  2. 2.INTRODUCTION — "JONATH. SWIFT." — TEMPLE SCOTT. — DUBLIN,
  3. 3.THE HISTORY OF — THE FOUR LAST YEARS — OF THE QUEEN. — By the late — 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.
  4. 4.ADVERTISEMENT — PREFIXED TO THE EDITION OF 1758.[1]
  5. 5.THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE.[1]
  6. 6.THE HISTORY OF THE FOUR LAST YEARS OF THE QUEEN. — BOOK I. — ***** ***** ***** ***** *****
  7. 7.THE HISTORY OF THE FOUR LAST — YEARS OF THE QUEEN. — BOOK II. — "MESNAGER." — ***** ***** ***** ***** *****
  8. 8.THE HISTORY OF THE FOUR LAST — YEARS OF THE QUEEN. — BOOK III. — SIR, — "MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN, — ***** ***** ***** ***** *****
  9. 9.THE HISTORY OF THE FOUR LAST — YEARS OF THE QUEEN. — BOOK IV. — "MESSIEURS, — "MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, — "MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, — ***** ***** ***** ***** *****
  10. 10.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 — ***** ***** ***** ***** *****
  11. 11.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.]
  12. 12.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. — ***** ***** ***** ***** *****
  13. 13.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.]
  14. 14.REMARKS ON CLARENDON'S HISTORY OF THE REBELLION. — VOL. I.
  15. 15.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. — ***** ***** ***** ***** *****
  16. 16.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.]
  17. 17.SHORT REMARKS ON BISHOP BURNET'S HISTORY. — REMARKS ON BURNET'S HISTORY OF HIS OWN TIME.
  18. 18.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. — ***** ***** ***** ***** *****
  19. 19.NOTES ON THE FREE-HOLDER. — NOTE — [T.S.]
  20. 20.NOTES ON THE FREE-HOLDER.[1] — No. 2. Dec. 26, 1715 .— Of His Majesty's Character. — ***** ***** ***** ***** *****
  21. 21.INDEX.

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