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*The Quidnuncki's. A tale occafioned by the death of the duke regent of France.

Phillis or, The progress of love.

Ay and No: a fable.

The progress of poetry.

The progress of beauty.

Pethox the great.

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* The lamentation of Glumdalclitch for the lofs of Grildrig. A paftoral..

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Mary Gulliver to captain Lemuel Gulli

ver.

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* To Quinbus Fleftrin, the man-mountain. A Lilliputian ode.

* A gentle echo on woman.

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218.

Epilogue to a play for the benefit of the

weavers in Ireland.

Epitaph on a mifer.

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To Stella, who collected and tranfcribed his

poems.

The journal of a modern lady.

The country life.

A paftoral dialogue.

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Mary the cook-maid's letter to Dr. Sheridan.

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Epitaph on Picus Mirandula, applied to

Francis Chartres.

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Epigram. → Another.

Epitaph of by-words.

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265

ibid.

ibid.

Epigram, on feeing a worthy prelate go out of church in the time of divine fervice to wait on his grace the duke of D---. 266 * Epigram from the French.

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ibid.

* Epitaph. Epigram, on the toafts of the kit-cat club, anno 1716.

ibid.

*To a lady, with The temple of fame. 268 Verfes to be placed under the picture of England's arch-poet; containing a complete catalogue of his works.

ibid.

Dr. Swift to Mr. Pope, while he was writing the Dunciad.

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Bounce to Fop. An epifle from a dog at Twickenham to a dog at court.

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*On the countess of Burlington cutting

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On dreams. In imitation of Petronius. 284 To Stella, vifiting me in my fickness, 1727.

Verfes on the death of Dr. Swift.

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MISCELLANIES

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N. B. Whatever Verfes are not marked with an Afterisk in this Volume are Dr. Swift's.

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Written Anno 1713.

'HEfhepherds and the nymphs were seen
Pleading before the Cyprian queen.

The council for the * fair began,
Accufing the falfe creature man.
The brief with weighty crimes was charg'd,
On which the pleader much enlarg'd;
That Cupid now has loft his art,
Or blunts the point of ev'ry dart;
His altar now no longer fmokes,
His mother's aid no youth invokes:
This tempts Free-thinkers to refine,
And bring in doubt their pow'rs divine;
Now love is dwindled to intrigue,
And marriage grown a money-league.
Which crimes aforefaid (with her leave)
Were (as he humbly did conceive)
Against our fov'reign lady's peace,
Against the statute in that cafe,

*This poem is founded upon an offer of marriage made by a young lady to her preceptor: whether fuch an incident really happened, or what gave the poet occafion to fuppofe it,

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need not here be inquired: his principal defign is to expofe the faults and follies in both fexes, by which love is degraded, and marriage rendered fubfervient to fordid purposes.

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