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The Bickerstaff-Partridge Papers by Jonathan Swift - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
The Bickerstaff-Partridge Papers by Jonathan Swift - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
The Bickerstaff-Partridge Papers by Jonathan Swift - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
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The Bickerstaff-Partridge Papers by Jonathan Swift - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
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Jonathan Swift

Born in 1667, Jonathan Swift was an Irish writer and cleric, best known for his works Gulliver’s Travels, A Modest Proposal, and A Journal to Stella, amongst many others. Educated at Trinity College in Dublin, Swift received his Doctor of Divinity in February 1702, and eventually became Dean of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin. Publishing under the names of Lemeul Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, and M. B. Drapier, Swift was a prolific writer who, in addition to his prose works, composed poetry, essays, and political pamphlets for both the Whigs and the Tories, and is considered to be one of the foremost English-language satirists, mastering both the Horatian and Juvenalian styles. Swift died in 1745, leaving the bulk of his fortune to found St. Patrick’s Hospital for Imbeciles, a hospital for the mentally ill, which continues to operate as a psychiatric hospital today.

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    The Bickerstaff-Partridge Papers by Jonathan Swift - Delphi Classics (Illustrated) - Jonathan Swift

    The Complete Works of

    JONATHAN SWIFT

    VOLUME 3 OF 29

    The Bickerstaff-Partridge Papers

    Parts Edition

    By Delphi Classics, 2013

    Version 1

    COPYRIGHT

    ‘The Bickerstaff-Partridge Papers’

    Jonathan Swift: Parts Edition (in 29 parts)

    First published in the United Kingdom in 2017 by Delphi Classics.

    © Delphi Classics, 2017.

    All rights reserved.  No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form other than that in which it is published.

    ISBN: 978 1 78877 563 2

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    Jonathan Swift: Parts Edition

    This eBook is Part 3 of the Delphi Classics edition of Jonathan Swift in 29 Parts. It features the unabridged text of The Bickerstaff-Partridge Papers from the bestselling edition of the author’s Complete Works. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. Our Parts Editions feature original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of Jonathan Swift, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily.

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    JONATHAN SWIFT

    IN 29 VOLUMES

    Parts Edition Contents

    The Satires

    1, A Tale of a Tub

    2, The Battle of the Books

    3, The Bickerstaff-Partridge Papers

    4, The Swearer’s Bank

    5, Gulliver’s Travels

    6, A Modest Proposal

    7, An Examination of Certain Abuses

    8, A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation

    9, Directions to Servants

    10, Minor Satires

    The Sermons

    11, Three Sermons

    12, Brotherly Love and Other Sermons

    Other Religious Works

    13, The Religious Works

    The Political Works

    14, Drapier’s Letters

    15, Miscellaneous Political Works

    The Historical Works

    16, The History of the Four Last Years of the Queen

    17, An Abstract of the History of England

    18, Remarks on the Characters of the Court of Queen Anne

    19, Remarks on Lord Clarendon’s History of the Rebellion

    20, Remarks on Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time

    21, Notes on the Freeholder

    The Journalism

    22, Contributions to ‘The Tatler’

    23, Contributions to ‘The Examiner’

    24, Contribution to ‘The Spectator’

    25, Contributions to ‘The Intelligencer’

    The Poetry

    26, The Complete Poetry

    The Memoir

    27, A Journal to Stella

    The Biographies

    28, Sketch of the Life of Dr. Jonathan Swift by R. Phillips

    29, Dean Swift by James Mcgee

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    The Bickerstaff-Partridge Papers

    This collection of satirical works is notable for containing Predictions for the Year 1708, first published in a small pamphlet by John Morphew in 1708, and later reprinted in the 1711 and 1727 Miscellanies. Earlier in the year, a cobbler named John Partridge published a popular almanac of astrological predictions. As Partridge falsely determined the deaths of several church officials, Swift attacked Partridge in Predictions for the Ensuing Year by Isaac Bickerstaff, a parody predicting that Partridge would die on March 29. Swift followed up with a pamphlet issued on March 30 claiming that Partridge had in fact died, which was widely believed, despite Partridge’s statements to the contrary.

    Swift as a young man

    CONTENTS

    Predictions For The Year 1708

    The Accomplishment of the First of Mr Bickerstaff’s Predictions;

    An Elegy on the supposed Death of Partridge, the Almanack-Maker.

    An Epitaph on Partridge.

    Partridge’s reply

    A vindication of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq;

    A famous prediction of Merlin, the British wizard.

    Dr. John Arbuthnot and Alexander Pope

    Predictions For The Year 1708

    Wherein the month, and day of the month are set down, the persons named, and the

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