Author:John Hervey

John Hervey
(1696–1743)

John Hervey

Works

• An Answer to the Occasional Writer. No. II [with an] Appendix, being the Answer to the Occasional Writer, No. I. (1727, anon.)
• The Occasional Writer, No. IV. To his Imperial Majesty
• Observations on the Writings of the Craftsman (1730, anon.) (external scan)
• Sequel of a pamphlet intitled Observations on the writings of the Craftsman (1730, anon.) (external scan)
• Farther Observations on the Writings of the Craftsman (1730, anon.)
• Remarks on the Craftsman's Vindication of his two honble. patrons, in his paper of May 22, 1731 (1731, anon.)
• Sedition and Defamation display'd. (1731, anon.)
• Letter to Mr. D’Anvers on his reply to "Sedition and Defamation displayed," (1731)
• Some Remarks on the Minute Philosopher. In a Letter from a Country Clergyman to his friend in London (1732, anon.)
• The Publick Virtue of former Times and the Present Age compared (1732)
• The Case of the Revivial of the Salt Duty, fully stated and considered; with some remarks on the Present State of Affairs...In a Letter from a Member of the House of Commons to a Gentleman in the Country (1732)
• A Letter to the Craftsman on the Game of Chess. Occasioned by his paper of the fifteenth of this month (1732, anon.)
• An Epistle from Nobleman to a Doctor of Divinity in Answer to a Latin Letter in Verse. Written from H*****n C***t, Aug. 28, 1733 (1733)
• A Summary Account of the State of Dunkirk, and the Negotiations relating thereto; in a Letter from a Member of Parliament to the Mayor of the Borough for which he serves (1733)
• Verses addressed to the Imitator of Horace (1733)
• Ancient and Modern Liberty stated and compar'd (1734, anon.)
• The Conduct of the Opposition and the tendency of modern patriotism (more particularly in a late scheme to establish a military government in this country) review'd and examin'd (1734, anon.)
• Epistle to Arbuthnot (1735)
• An Answer to the Country Parson’s Plea against the Quakers’ Tythe-bill. In a Letter to the R. R. Author. By a Member of the House of Commons (1736) (external scan)
• Speech for the Army (1737)
• Letter to the "Author of Common Sense, or the Englishman’s Journal of Saturday, April 16, 1737" (1737)
• Bolingbroke’s Address to Ambition in imitation of the first Ode of the fourth Book of Horace (1737)
• An Examination of the facts and Reasonings contained in a Pamphlet entitled "A Letter from a Member of Parliament to his Friend in the Country upon the motion to address his Mahesty to settle 100,000l. per annum on his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales (1739)
• A Satire in the manner of Persius; in a Dialogue between Atticus and Eugenio. By a Person of Quality (1739, anon.)
• A Letter to Mr. Cibber on his Letter to Mr. Pope (1742)
• The Difference between Verbal and Practical Virtue, exemplified in some instances both ancient and modern; with a prefatory Epistle from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope (1742)
• Miscellaneous Thoughts on the present Posture both of our Foreign and Domestic Affairs. Humbly offer'd to the consideration of the Parliament and the People (1742, anon.)
• The S * * * te M * * * r’s are come; or a new Doctor for a Crazy Constitution. A New Ballad to the tune of Derry down (1742)
• A New C * * * * * t Ballad (1742, anon.)
• The Question stated with regard to our Army in Flanders; and the Arguments for and against the measure compared (1743, anon.) (external scan)
• Three Speeches on the Gin Act (1743)
• Letters between Lord Hervey and Dr. Middleton concerning the Roman Senate. Published from the original manuscripts by Thomas Knowles, D.D., Rector of Ickworth, Suffolk (1778)
• Memoirs of the Reign of George the Second, from his Accession to the Death of Queen Caroline. Edited from the original Manuscript by J. W. Croker (1848)
• A Protest against protesting with Reasons
• The Lord’s Protest
• Account of Queen Anne’s Bounty
• Letter to the Bishop of Bangor on his late Sermon upon Horses and Asses
• On the Pyramids. To Mrs. * * *.
• A Letter from a Country Gentleman to his Friend in London concerning two Collections of Letters and Messages lately published between the K., Q., Pr., and Prss
• Epitaph on Queen Caroline, in Latin and English

Works about Hervey

• "Hervey, John (1696-1743)," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
• "Hervey, John, Lord," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
• "Hervey of Ickworth, John Hervey, Baron," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)