Reading Experience Database
1450-1945

Listing for Author: Swift

 

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1700-1799Sup'd by myself in own chamber. Read 'Tale of a Tub'. Bed 11...Gertrude Savile Jonathan SwiftA Tale of A TubPrint: Book
1700-1799Read 'Tale of Tub' 1 hour. Bed past 10.Gertrude Savile Jonathan SwiftA Tale of A TubPrint: Book
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[Marginalia by Macaulay on Swift's "Essay on the Fates of Clergymen"]: 'People speak of the world as they find it. I ...Thomas Babington Macaulay Jonathan SwiftEssay on the Fates of ClergymenPrint: Book
1700-1799"Towards the end of his life, W[ordsworth] recalled that during his 'earliest days at school' he read 'any part of Swi...William Wordsworth Jonathan SwiftGulliver's TravelsPrint: Book
1700-1799"Towards the end of his life, W[ordsworth] recalled that during his 'earliest days at school' he read 'any part of Swi...William Wordsworth Jonathan SwiftA Tale of a TubPrint: Book
1800-1849'"I next succeeded in discovering for myself a child's book, of not less interest than even The Iliad." It was Pilgrim...Hugh Miller Jonathan SwiftGulliver's TravelsPrint: Book
1850-1899[due to the fact that books in working class communities were generally cheap out of copyright reprints, not new works...Joseph Keating Jonathan SwiftPrint: Book
1900-1945'every day Spike Mays ran to his East Anglia school, where he studied "Robinson Crusoe", "Gulliver's Travels" and "Tal...Spike Mays Jonathan Swift"Gulliver's Travels"Print: Book
1850-1899?The best I have read are two or three of Swift?s, who has a real go in him wh. cannot be quenched even by theology. T...Leslie Stephen SwiftsermonsPrint: Book
1850-1899'As a collier [Joseph Keating]... heard a co-worker sigh, "Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate". Keating ...Joseph Keating Jonathan SwiftPrint: Book
1850-1899'Mary Paley Marshall ... one of Newnham's first students, recalls her father in the 1860s reading aloud "The Arabian N...Thomas Paley Jonathan SwiftGulliver's TravelsPrint: Book
1700-1799'I remember once to have seen a little collection of letters and poetical scraps of Swift's, which passed between him ...Samuel Richardson Jonathan Swift[letters and poetical scraps]Manuscript: Letter
1900-1945[List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]: 'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So t...Hilary Spalding Jonathan SwiftGulliver's TravelsPrint: Book
1800-1849?Excepting "Pilgrim?s Progress", "Gulliver?s Travels" and the "Arabian Nights", I saw and read none of the books which...William Edwin Adams Jonathan SwiftGulliver's TravelsPrint: Book
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1800-1849
'[A]nd so you have never heard of Beppo--I think you said so at Devonshire House supper. Now Heaven fail in granting ...Lady Caroline Lamb Jonathan SwiftunknownPrint: Unknown
1850-1899'So in time she was able to read Grimms' "Fairy Tales", "Gulliver's Travels", "The Daisy Chain" and Mrs. Molesworth's ...Flora Thompson Jonathan SwiftGulliver's TravelsPrint: Book
1700-1799'He [Edward Austen] made an important purchase Yesterday; no less than a pair of Coach Horses; his friend Mr Evelyn fo...Jane Austen Jonathan SwiftGulliver's TravelsPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Jonathan SwiftThe Works of Dr Jonathan Swift, Dean of St PatrickPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read in library; for first time, in Swift's "Ode to Athenian Society". Not in good state to judge, but thought it bit...William Windham Jonathan Swift['Ode to Athenian Society']Print: Unknown
1850-1899'there was nothing in the house which was worth reading, apart from the Bible, "The Pilgrim's Progress", "Gulliver's T...Edwin Muir Jonathan SwiftGulliver's TravelsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Tuesday, 9th March, Club ? ?Currency and Unemployment? - Arthur Robinson. The finest lecture of the year. Mr. Ro...Gerald Moore Jonathan SwiftJournal to StellaPrint: Book
1900-1945'Wednesday, 17th March, Last rehearsal. Things are in trim now I think. I prepared the programme. I think it O....Gerald Moore Jonathan SwiftJournal to StellaPrint: Book
1800-1849''4th-11th- Reading Homer and basking in the sun upon the sea side of the breakwater. Weather delicious. Have also bee...John Mitchel Dean Swift[Captain Crichton's autobiography]Print: Book
1700-1799'Finished, afterwards, "Gulliver's Travels". Could this severe satire....'Thomas Green Jonathan SwiftGulliver's TravelsPrint: Book
1700-1799'Read Swift's "Four last Years of Queen Anne"; a clear, connected detail of facts, exhibited with exquisite art...'Thomas Green Jonathan SwiftThe history of the four last years of the QueenPrint: Book
1800-1849[Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1815. Only those titles not mentioned in journal entries are given separate database ...Mary Godwin Jonathan SwiftTale of a Tub, Written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind
1800-1849[Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1815. Only those titles not mentioned in journal entries are given separate database ...Percy Bysshe Shelley Jonathan SwiftTale of a Tub, A. Written for the Universal Improvement of MankindPrint: Book
1700-1799Letter to Mrs F--R , April 7 1797 'They are very happy too in their eldest son, who promises to be all that they praye...Anne Grant [nee MacVicar] Jonathan SwiftunknownPrint: Book
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Letter to Mrs F--R July 1803 'Think of the dignity and interest attached to a character, that can relish the pure ple...Anne Grant [nee MacVicar] Jonathan SwiftGulliver's TravelsPrint: Book
1800-1849'S. reads Gullivers Travels aloud'Percy Bysshe Shelley Jonathan SwiftTravels into several Remote Nations of the World. By Lemuel GulliverPrint: Book
1800-1849'S reads Lucian and Gulliver in the evening'Percy Bysshe Shelley Jonathan SwiftTravels into several Remote Nations of the World. By Lemuel GulliverPrint: Book
1800-1849'S. finishes Gulliver and begins P.[aradise] L.[ost]'Percy Bysshe Shelley Jonathan SwiftTravels into several Remote Nations of the World. By Lemuel GulliverPrint: Book
1900-1945'Somebody sent Ben an unexpurgated edition of Gulliver for Xmas. He had read most of it before I discovered. It was ...Benedict Nicolson Jonathan SwiftGulliver's TravelsPrint: Book
1800-1849'Adam Smith, Sir [-] informed me, was no admirer of the Rambler or the Idler, but was pleased with the pamphlet respec...Adam Smith Jonathan Swift[poems to Stella]Print: Book
1800-1849'Affectation is never more tiresome and ridiculous than in a letter. Madame de Sevigne was the best letter-writer that...Mr Sharpe Jonathan SwiftLettersPrint: Book
1700-1799'I had him [Dean Swift] all to myself for near three hours, during which time he made me read to him the Annals of the...Laetitia Pilkington Jonathan SwiftHistory of the Four Last Years of the QueenManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'[start of this passage found in database entries 9840-2] 'I cou'd not avoid remarking to the Dean, that notwithstand...Laetitia Pilkington Jonathan Swift'a Libel on Dr Delany and a Certain Great Lord'Print: Unknown
1700-1799'We supp'd at the Dean's, and I had been reading out, by his Command, some of his prosaic Work; he was pleased to say ...Laetitia Pilkington Jonathan Swift[prose works]Unknown
1700-1799'The Dean then shew'd me the Poem he wrote on his own death; when I came to that Part of it, [italics] Behold the f...Laetitia Pilkington Jonathan SwiftVerses on the Death of Dr SwiftManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'The Dean then shew'd me the Poem he wrote on his own death; when I came to that Part of it, [italics] Behold the f...Laetitia Pilkington Jonathan SwiftLife and Genuine Character of Dr Swift, ThePrint: Unknown
1700-1799[Describing a very ugly woman] 'I think I must for the rest refer my Reader to the Lady's Dressing Room, for [ital...Laetitia Pilkington Jonathan SwiftLady's Dressing-Room, ThePrint: Unknown
1700-1799'my Curiosity led me to read the Letter before I examined the Contents of the Paper [plum cake from Jonathan Swift], w...Laetitia Pilkington Jonathan Swift[a letter]Manuscript: Letter
1900-1945'More I reflect on the novel the higher I place it: attempts to read Swift, Miss Burney, Smollett, place it on a pinna...Edward Morgan Forster Jonathan SwiftPrint: Book
1900-1945'Gulliver is Robinson Crusoe in Fairy Land [...] '[quotes] He said the [italics]Struldbrugs[end italics] commonly ...Edward Morgan Forster Jonathan SwiftGulliver's TravelsPrint: Book
1900-1945[under heading 'Battle of the Books']: 'How I dislike Swift, and how is it possible to take this ill tempered ill info...Edward Morgan Forster Jonathan SwiftThe Battle of the BooksPrint: Book
1900-1945[under heading 'Battle of the Books']: 'How I dislike Swift, and how is it possible to take this ill tempered ill info...Edward Morgan Forster Jonathan SwiftA Tale of a TubPrint: Book
1700-1799'I at this time kept up a very frequent correspondence with Sir David [Dalrymple]; and I read to Dr. Johnson to-night ...David Dalrymple Jonathan Swift[satires]Print: Book
1700-1799'On Thursday, July 28, we again supped in private at the Turk's Head coffee-house. Johnson. "Swift has a higher reputa...Samuel Johnson Jonathan SwiftTale of a Tub, APrint: Book
1700-1799'Swift having been mentioned, Johnson, as usual, treated him with little respect as an author. Some of us endeavoured ...Dr Douglas Jonathan SwiftThe Conduct of the Allies, and of the Late Ministry, in Beginning and Carrying on the Present War
1700-1799'Swift having been mentioned, Johnson, as usual, treated him with little respect as an author. Some of us endeavoured ...Samuel Johnson Jonathan SwiftThe Conduct of the Allies, and of the Late Ministry, in Beginning and Carrying on the Present War
1800-1849'The [Tennyson] boys had one great advantage [as home-educated pupils], the run of their father's excellent library. A...Tennyson children (boys)Jonathan SwiftPrint: Book
1700-1799'Johnson was in high spirits this evening at the club, and talked with great animation and success. He attacked Swift,...Samuel Johnson Jonathan SwiftTale of a Tub, APrint: Book
1700-1799'Johnson was in high spirits this evening at the club, and talked with great animation and success. He attacked Swift,...Samuel Johnson Jonathan SwiftGulliver's TravelsPrint: Book
1700-1799'Johnson was in high spirits this evening at the club, and talked with great animation and success. He attacked Swift,...Samuel Johnson Jonathan SwiftDrapier's Letters, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'Johnson was in high spirits this evening at the club, and talked with great animation and success. He attacked Swift,...Samuel Johnson Jonathan SwiftPlan for the Improvement of the English Language Print: Book
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1850-1899
From Frederick Locker-Lampson's recollections of Tennyson: 'Tennyson was greatly impressed by the deadly-earnest an...Alfred Tennyson Jonathan SwiftLegion ClubPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899
From Frederick Locker-Lampson's recollections of Tennyson: 'Tennyson was greatly impressed by the deadly-earnest an...Alfred Tennyson Jonathan SwiftLegion ClubPrint: Book
1700-1799'Of Swift's Style which I praised as beautiful he observed; that it had only the Beauty of a Bubble, The Colour says h...Samuel Johnson Jonathan SwiftPrint: Book
1700-1799'Of Swift's Style which I praised as beautiful he observed; that it had only the Beauty of a Bubble, The Colour says h...Hester Lynch Thrale Jonathan SwiftPrint: Book
1700-1799'Rose [in a debate about the relative worth of Scottish and English writers] to make sure of the Victory - named Fergu...Samuel Johnson Jonathan SwiftHistory Of the Four last years Of the QueenPrint: Book
1700-1799'Rose [in a debate about the relative worth of Scottish and English writers] to make sure of the Victory - named Fergu...Dr Delap Jonathan SwiftHistory Of the Four last years Of the QueenPrint: Book
'The two [italics] wittiest [end italics] things in our Language in Verse & Prose are Dr Young's Conjectures on Origin...Hester Lynch Thrale Jonathan SwiftThe Bubble: A Poem; aka, The South Sea ProjectPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'I was reading something of Swift one Day & commending him as a Writer - I cannot endure Swift replied my eldest Daugh...Hester Maria Thrale Jonathan SwiftPrint: Book
1700-1799'I was reading something of Swift one Day & commending him as a Writer - I cannot endure Swift replied my eldest Daugh...Hester Lynch Thrale Jonathan SwiftPrint: Book
1700-1799'as I looked in the Glass this Morning & kept Bouhours Maniere de bien penser in my Hand - like Swift's Vanessa Who...Hester Lynch Thrale Jonathan Swift'Cadenus and Vanessa'Print: Book
1700-1799'Doctor Harrington told Seward, who told me; that Swift had taken his Tale of a Tub from Pallavicini upon Divorces, I ...Hester Lynch Thrale Jonathan SwiftTale of a Tub, APrint: Book
1800-1849From John Wilson Croker's Journal of 1818: 'December 16th. -- Before dinner His Royal Highness told me he had been ...George Augustus Frederick Prince of Wales Jonathan Swiftworks (including correspondence)Print: Book
1700-1799[Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 13 June 1755:] 'How do you like Mr Johnson's Dictionary? I have only seen pa...Elizabeth Carter Deane SwiftEssay on the Life, &c. of Dr SwiftPrint: Book
1900-1945'Geo Burrow then read portions of Thackeray's essay on Swift. H. R. Smith read several short extracts from the Journal...Howard R. Smith Jonathan SwiftJournal to StellaPrint: Book
1900-1945'Geo Burrow then read portions of Thackeray's essay on Swift. H. R. Smith read several short extracts from the Journal...Dorothy Brain Jonathan SwiftGulliver's TravelsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Geo Burrow then read portions of Thackeray's essay on Swift. H. R. Smith read several short extracts from the Journal...T. C. Elliott Jonathan SwiftDrapier's Letters, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'Geo Burrow then read portions of Thackeray's essay on Swift. H. R. Smith read several short extracts from the Journal...Alfred Rawlings Jonathan SwiftTale of a Tub, APrint: Book
1700-1799[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 23 August 1766, on her pursuit of her 'journal-letter scheme':] 'I shall fan...Catherine Talbot and familyJonathan SwiftLettersPrint: Book

 

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