The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 2

by Jonathan Swift

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.

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A NEW EDITION, IN NINETEEN VOLUMES;

CORRECTED AND REVISED

BY JOHN NICHOLS, F.S.A. EDINBURGH AND PERTH,

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VOLUME II.

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LONDON:

PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON, J. NICHOLS, R. BALDWIN, OTRIDGE AND SON, J. SEWELL, F. AND C. RIVINGTON, T. PAYNE, R. FAULDER, G. AND J. ROBINSON, R. LEA, J. NUNN, W. CUTHELL, T. EGERTON, CLARKE AND SON, VERNOR AND HOOD, J. SCATCHERD, T. KAY, LACKINGTON ALLEN AND CO., CARPENTER AND CO., MURRAY AND HIGHLEY, LONGMAN AND REES, CADELL JUN. AND DAVIES, T, BAGSTER, J. HARDING, AND J. MAWMAN.

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1801.

Printed by Nichols and Son,
Red Lion Passage, Fleet Street.

CONTENTS

OF THE

SECOND VOLUME.

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		Page
GENERAL Preface		v
A Tale of a Tub, &c.		i
Advertisement		iii
Analytical Table		xi
The Author's Apology		23
Postscript		40
Treatises written by the same Author, which will be speedily published		41
Dedication		42
The Bookseller to the Reader		47
The Epistle Dedicatory		49
The Preface		57
Sect. I.	The Introduction	71
II.	Tale of a Tub	85
III.	A Digression concerning Criticks	101
IV.	The Tale continued	113
V.	A Digression in the Modern Kind	128
VI.	The Tale continued	136
VII.	A Digression in Praise of Digressions	146
VIII.	The Tale continued	152
IX.	A Digression concerning Madness	161
X.	A farther Digression	178
XI.	The Tale continued	185
The Conclusion		202
The Battle of the Books		207
The Bookseller to the Reader		209
The Preface of the Author		210
A full and true Account of the Battle, &c.		211
A Discourse concerning the Mechanical Operation of the Spirit. A Fragment.		247
The History of Martin		277
A Digression on the Nature, Usefulness, and Necessity of Wars and Quarrels		282
The History continued		284
A Project for the universal Benefit of Mankind		286
A Discourse of the Contests and Dissensions between the Nobles and the Commons in Athens and Rome		289
Chap. I.		291
II.	Of the Dissensions in Athens, between the Few and the Many	302
III.	Of the Dissension between the Patricians and Plebeians in Rome, with the Consequences they had upon that State	312
IV.	On the Subject of Impeachments	328
V.	Remarks on the present Posture of Affairs and Dispositions in this Kingdom	335
The Sentiments of a Church of England Man with Respect to Religion and Government		347
An Argument to prove that the Abolishing of Christianity in England may be attended with some Inconveniences		381
A Project for the Advancement of Religion and the Reformation of Manners		399

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The contents page for this work does not clearly indicate where some distinct works begin and end. For landing pages for these works, see:

• A Tale of a Tub
• The Battle of the Books
• The History of Martin