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Revision as of 12:15, 3 September 2019
Table of contents for Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift (Edinburgh: Printed for A. Donaldson and sold at his shop in London, and at Edinburgh, 1768).
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Contents
Volume I
| Page | Title |
| 1 | AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF THE Reverend Jonathan Swift, D. D. Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin. |
| 77 | VERSES, &c. referred to from the LIFE of Dr. SWIFT. |
| i | A TALE OF A TUB. Written for the UNIVERSAL IMPROVEMENT OF MANKIND. Diu multumque desideratum. To which is added, An Account of a Battle between the Ancient and Modern Books in St. Jame's Library. |
| xxviii | POSTSCRIPT. |
| 1 | TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN LORD SOMMERS. |
| 11 | THE EPISTLE DEDICATORY, TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE POSTERITY. |
| 23 | THE PREFACE. |
| 43 | SECT. I. THE INTRODUCTION. |
| 64 | SECT. II. |
| 87 | SECT. III. A digression concerning critics. |
| 104 | SECT. IV. A TALE OF A TUB. |
| 126 | SECT. V. A digression in the modern kind. |
| 138 | SECT. VI. A TALE OF A TUB. |
| 151 | SECT. VII. A digression in praise of digressions. |
| 161 | SECT. VIII. A TALE OF A TUB. |
| 174 | SECT. IX. A digression concerning the original, the use, and improvement of madness in a commonwealth. |
| 199 | SECT. X. A FURTHER DIGRESSION. |
| 209 | SECT. XI. A TALE OF A TUB. |
| 233 | THE CONCLUSION. |
| 241 | A FULL AND TRUE ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE FOUGHT LAST FRIDAY, BETWEEN THE ANTIENT and the MODERN BOOKS IN ST. JAMES'S LIBRARY. |
| 243 | THE BOOKSELLER TO THE READER. |
| 245 | THE PREFACE OF THE AUTHOR. |
| 299 | A DISCOURSE CONCERNING THE MECHANICAL OPERATION OF THE SPIRIT. IN A LETTER TO A FRIEND. A FRAGMENT. |
| 300 | THE Bookseller's Advertisement. |
| 304 | SECT. I. |
| 318 | SECT. II. |
Volume II
| Page | Title |
| 3 | TRAVELS INTO Several remote Nations of the World; By LEMUEL GULLIVER, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several Ships. In FOUR PARTS. PART I. A Voyage to LILLIPUT. PART II. A Voyage to BROBDINGNAG. … |
| 5 | THE PUBLISHER TO THE READER. |
| 7 | A LETTER FROM Captain Gulliver to his Cousin Sympson. |
| 1 | PART I. A Voyage to LILLIPUT. |
| 1 | CHAP. I. THE author gives some account of himself and family. His first inducements to travel. He is shipwrecked, and swims for his life; gets safe on shore in the country of Lilliput; is made a prisoner, … |
| 16 | CHAP. II. The emperor of Lilliput, attended by several of the nobility, comes to see the author in his confinement. The emperor's person and habit described. Learned men appointed to teach the author their … |
| 31 | CHAP. III. The author diverts the emperor and his nobility of both sexes in a very uncommon manner. The diversions of the court of Lilliput described. The author hath his liberty granted him upon certain … |
| 42 | CHAP. IV. Mildendo, the metropolis of Lilliput, described, together with the emperor's palace. A conversation between the author and a principal secretary concerning the affairs of that empire. The author's … |
| 50 | CHAP. V. The author, by an extraordinary stratagem, prevents an invasion. A high title of honour is conferred upon him. Ambassadors arrive from the emperor of Blefuscu, and sue for peace. The empress's … |
| 59 | CHAP. VI. Of the inhabitants of Lilliput; their learning, laws, and customs, the manner of educating their children. The author's way of living in that country. His vindication of a great lady. |
| 74 | CHAP. VII. The author, being informed of a design to accuse him of high-treason, maketh his escape to Blefuscu. His reception there. |
| 86 | CHAP. VIII. The author, by a lucky accident, finds means to leave Blefuscu; and, after some difficulties, returns safe to his native country. |
| 95 | PART II. A Voyage to BROBDINGNAG. |
| 95 | CHAP. I. A great storm described, the long-boat sent to fetch water, the author goes with it to discover the country. He is left on shore, is seized by one of the natives, and carried to a farmer's house. … |
| 113 | CHAP. II. A description of the farmer's daughter. The author carried to a market-town, and then to the metropolis. The particulars of his journey. |
| 122 | CHAP. III. The author sent for to court. The queen buys him of his master the farmer, and presents him to the king. He disputes with his majesty's great scholars. An apartment at court provided for the … |
| 137 | CHAP. IV. The country described. A proposal for correcting modern maps. The king's palace, and some account of the metropolis. The author's way of travelling. The chief temple described. |
| 144 | CHAP. V. Several adventures that happened to the author. The execution of a criminal. The author shews his skill in navigation. |
| 158 | CHAP. VI. Several contrivances of the author to please the king and queen. He shews his skill in music. The king enquires into the state of England, which the author relates to him. The king's observations … |
| 171 | CHAP. VII. The author's love of his country. He makes a proposal of much advantage to the king, which is rejected. The king's great ignorance in politics. The learning of that country very imperfect and … |
| 181 | CHAP. VIII. The king and queen make a progress to the frontiers. The author attends them. The manner in which he leaves the country very particularly related. He returns to England. |
| 199 | PART III. A VOYAGE TO LAPUTA, BALINBARBI, LUGGNAGG, GLUBBDUBDRIB, and JAPAN. |
| 199 | CHAP. I. The author sets out on his third voyage, is taken by pyrates. The malice of a Dutchman. His arrival at an island. He is received into Laputa. |
| 207 | CHAP. II. The humours and dispositions of the Laputians described. An account of their lèarning. Of the king, and his court. The author's reception there. The inhabitants subject to fear and disquietudes. … |
| 219 | CHAP. III. A phænomenon solved by modern philosophy and astronomy. The Laputians great improvements in the latter. The king's method of suppressing insurrections. |
| 227 | CHAP. IV. The author leaves Laputa, is conveyed to Balnibarbi, arrives at the metropolis. A description of the metropolis, and the country adjoining. The author hospitably received by a great lord. His … 263 |
| 236 | CHAP. V. The author permitted to see the grand academy of Lagado. The academy largely described. The arts wherein the professors employ themselves. |
| 247 | CHAP. VI. A further account of the academy. The author proposes some improvements, which are honourably received. |
| 255 | CHAP. VII. The author leaves Lagado, arrives at Maldonada. No ship ready. He takes a short voyage to Glubbdubdrib. His reception by the governor. |
| 262 | CHAP. VIII. A further account of Glubbdubdrib. Ancient and modern history corrected. |
| 270 | CHAP. IX. The author's return to Maldonada. Sails to the kingdom of Luggnagg. The author confined. He is sent for to court. The manner of his admittance. The king's great lenity to his subjects. |
| 276 | CHAP. X. The Luggnaggians commended. A Particular description of the struldbrugs, with many conversations between the author and some eminent persons upon that subject. |
| 289 | CHAP. XI. The author leaves Luggnagg, and sails to Japan. From thence he returns in a Dutch ship to Amsterdam, and from Amsterdam to England. |
| 295 | PART IV. A Voyage to the country of the Houyhnhnms. |
| 295 | The author sets out as captain of a ship. His men conspire against him, confine him a long time to his cabbin. Set him on shore in an unknown land. He travels up into the country. The Yahoos, a strange … |
| 305 | CHAP. II. The author conducted by a Houyhnhnm to his house. The house described. The author's reception. The food of the Houyhnhnms. The author in distress for want of meat, is at last relieved. His manner … |
| 314 | CHAP. III. The author studious to learn the language; the Houyhnhnm, his master, assists in teaching him. The language described. Several Houyhnhnms of quality came out of curiosity to see the author. … |
| 322 | CHAP. IV. The Houyhnhnms notion of truth and falshood. The author's discourse disapproved by his master. The author gives a more particular account of himself, and the accidents of his voyage. |
| 330 | CHAP. V. The author, at his master's command, informs him of the state of England. The causes of war among the princes of Europe. The author begins to explain the English constitution. |
| 340 | CHAP. VI. A continuation of the state of England. The character of a first or chief minister of state in european courts. |
| 350 | CHAP. VII. The author's great love of his native country. His master's observations upon the constitution and administration of England, as described by the author, with parallel cases and comparisons. … |
| 361 | CHAP. VIII. The author relates several particulars of the yahoos. The great virtues of the Houyhnhnms. The education and exercise of their youth. Their general assembly. |
| 370 | CHAP. IX. A grand debate at the general assembly of the Houyhnhnms, and how it was determined. The learning of the Houyhnhnms. Their buildings. Their manner of burials. The defectiveness of their language. |
| 378 | CHAP. X. The author's oeconomy, and happy life, among the Houyhnhnms. His great improvement in virtue by conversing with them. Their conversations. The author hath notice given him by his master, that … |
| 389 | CHAP. XI. The author's dangerous voyage. He arrives at New-Holland, hoping to settle there. Is wounded with an arrow by one of the natives. Is seized and carried by force into a portugueze ship. The great … |
| 401 | CHAP. XII. The author's veracity. His design in publishing this work. His censure of those travellers who swerve from the truth. The author clears himself from any sinister ends in writing. An objection … |
