iii The Family of DR JONATHAN SWIFT, Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin; taken from Account of the Life of Dr Swift Some particulars in Dr Swift's Character; ex- A TALE OF A TUB Sect. I. The TALE introduced 254 Sect. 3. A Digreffion concerning Critics 272 Sect. 4. The TALE continued Sect. 5. A Digreffion in the modern kind Sect. 6. The TALE continued Sect. 7. A Digreffion in praise of Di- Sect. 8. The TALE continued Sect. 9. A Digreffion concerning the ori- Sect. 10. A further Digreffion 285 302 311 322 329 339 358 Sect. 11. The TALE continued 366 THE EDITORS PREFACE. WHE HENEVER any thing from the HENEVER Prefs is offered to the Public, it will be confidered in the fame light as money, which receives its currency from its conftituent qualities. Authors and Editors are both accountable to the World. He who composes, will confider public Utility, and public Entertainment; he who compiles, ought to be judicious, as well as careful, in collecting; and he who would be the faithful Editor, will bring to public view, Matter deduced from Authority, properly digefted and arranged in due form: Among different Precedents, he will chuse the most accurate, clear, and edifying: If he has Modefty, his choice will be guided by those whofe judgment and taste qualify them to inftruct him: If he has Prudence, he will attend to their advice. Upon these principles, is an Edition of the Works of the Great SWIFT offered to the Public; an attempt not proceeding VOL. I. A from from thofe interefted motives which too often abforb all other confiderations; for although the fair reward of Labour is a lawful defire, yet Reputation is still to. fhare in the Undertaking. Care has been taken to print this Edition as elegantly as poffible; and, in point of Accuracy, it will be found vaftly fuperior to any former one, as no pains or expence have been fpared to render it complete. The difagreeable Inconvenience refulting to the Reader, from the very confufed and irregular manner in which the Letters have been placed throughout all the former Editions,not excepting even the London Royal Quarto, which fells for upwards of Ten Guineas,-is effectually obviated in This; as they fucceed each other in exact Chronological Order. As a further improvement to this valuable Work, we have thought it neceffary, in order the more readily to lead the Reader to the mutual References throughout the whole, to prefix CONTENTS to each volume. THE |
