WRITTEN BY THE LATE

JONATHAN SWIFT, D. D.

DEAN OF ST. PATRICK'S, DUBLIN;

AND

SEVERAL OF HIS FRIENDS.

FROM THE YEAR 1703 TO 1740.

PUBLISHED FROM THE ORIGINALS;

WITH

NOTES EXPLANATORY AND HISTORICAL,

BY JOHN HAWKESWORTH, L. L. D.

VOLUME I.

LONDON,

Printed for R. DAVIS, in Piccadilly; T. DAVIES, in Ruffel-Street,
Covent-Garden; L. DAVIS and C. REYMERS, in Holborn; and
J. DODSLEY, in Pall-mall.

MDCCLXVI.

AND KNIGHT OF THE MOST NOBLE ORDER OF THE GARTER;

THESE LETTERS OF PERSONS EMINENT FOR THEIR RANK AND GENIUS ARE INSCRIBED, AS A TRIBUTE OF ESTEEM AND VENERATION, DUE TO A CHARACTER SO HIGHLY DISTINGUISHED FOR PRIVATE AND PUBLIC VIRTUE; FOR THE DISPLAY OF AMIABLE QUALITIES AS A MAN, AND THE EXERTION OF GREAT ABILITIES AS A PATRIOT, BY HIS

LORDSHIP'S

MOST OBEDIENT

HUMBLE SERVANT,

THOMAS WILKES.