revocare quotannis hic tibi parvus honorum udum quo fine tuarum quærit, gentis lernæ latumque interroget orbem. 1 75 0. have allo appointed a fmall fund for annual premiums to be diftributed in the celebration of three days, beginning the firft of May, yearly. Du this day, young maids and men in the neighare to affemble in the hippodrome, with the monument yearly. The ceremony is to games at bourhood their garlands and chaplets of flowers, and to dance round the monument finging the praises of this ingenious patriot, and ftrowing with flowers all the place: after which they are to dance for a prize; the beft dancer among the maids is to be prefented with a cap and ribbands; and, after the dance, the young men are to run for a hat and gloves. The fecond day, there is to be a large market upon the ground: and the moft regular reel and count, is to have a guinea premium; and the perfon who buys the greateft quantity of yarn, is to have a premium of two guineas. The third day, the farmer who produces the best yearling calf of his own breed, is to have two guineas premium; and he that produces the fairest colt or filly, of his own breed likewife, not over two years old, fhall receive a premium of two guineas alfo. Thus the whole will not exceed ten pounds; and all these useful branches of our growth and manufacture will be encouraged, in remembering the patron who, with fo much care and tenderness, recommended them to others, and cherished them himfelf. 4 I am, Dear SIR, Your humble Servant, J. B. LETTERS O F WIFT DR. S W Relative to Mr. FAULKNER. Some people through ignorance, and others from envy, having been impofed on, it hath been reported, and even publifhed, that the Editor of SWIFT's works had not any acquaintance with the author; and particularly Dr. Hawkfworth, a gentleman of genius and merit, was alfo led into this mistake by some London Bookfeller Mr. Faulkner is therefore obliged, in vindication of his character, to publish fome of the Dean's letters to him, to convince * the world of the favourable opinion he had of him, and the friendship and confidence he was pleafed to honour him with. The originals of which, and many other letters, may be feen with him. LETTER That this conviction might extend to England as well as Ire land, we have printed moft of thofe letters omitting only two or three which contained nothing material in them. The reft we have retained, as they are characteristic of the Dean and others, and difplay that life and humour, which give an agreeable colour to all his connections. English Editors. LETTER I. To the EARL of OXFORD +. MY LORD, THE gra HE bearer, Mr. Faulkner, the Prince of Dublin Printers, will have the honour to deliver you this. He tells me, your Lordship was fo cious as to admit him into your prefence, and receive him with great condefcenfion, which encouraged him to hope for the fame favour again, by my mediation, which I could not refufe. Although, for his own profit, he is engaged in a work that very much difcontents me, yet I would rather have it fall into his hands, than any others on this fide. I am just recovered, in fome degree, of two crucl indifpofitions of giddinefs and deafnefs, after feven months. I have got my hearing, but the other evil hangs ftill about me, and I doubt will never quite leave me, until I leave it. I hope your Lordship, and Lady Oxford *, *. and Lady Margaret t, continue in perfect health. I pray God preferve you all, for the good of your friends, and your country. I am, with entire respect and esteem, Your Lordship's moft obedient, And most obliged Servant, J. SWIFT. This nobleman, Edward Harley, was only fon to Robert Loid High Treasurer of Great Britain, who died May 21, 1724. *Lady Henrietta Cavenaifh Helles, only daughter and heir of his Grace John Holles, Duke of Newcastle, was married to his Lordf.p the 31 of October 1713. This lady was married to William Bentinck Duke.of Fortland, July 11. 1784. LETTER LETTER II. MR. FAULKNER. Ithout the leaft regard to your wager, I do affure you, upon my word and reputation, that I am not author of one fingle line or fyllable of that pamphlet, called, An infallible Scheme to pay the Debts of the Nation; and, as it is a very unjust, fo it is equally an imprudent and fallible proceeding, to pronounce determinately, on our tafte and knowledge of style or manner of writing, where very good judges are often deceived; and in this cafe, few men have fuffered fo much as myself, who have borne the reproach of many hundred printed papers which I never faw. I do likewise proteft in the fame manner, that I did not write the epigram upon Taylor *, nor heard of it until Mr. Pilkington fhewed it me in manufcript. Therefore, pray defire your wagerer from me, to be more cautious in determining on fuch matters, and not to venture the lofs of his money and credit with fo much odds against him. I am,' Deanry-houfe, March 29, 1732. Your affectionate fervant, J. SWIFT. If this fancy fhould hold of taxing me with all papers that come out, and at the fame time I fhould take a fancy to be a writer, I fhall be difcovered when I have no mind, for it will be only to cate chife me whenever I am fufpected. The famous Oculift, VOL. XI. X LET LETTER III. MR. FAULKNER, Defire Mrs. Pilkington will deliver you the papers relating to Gulliver, which I left with her hufband. For, fince you intend to print a new edition of that book, I must tell you, that the English printer made feveral alterations which I much difapprove of, and cannot fet them right without thofe papers. If I am not mistaken, Mr. Pilkington hath an edition of Gulliver, where the true original copy is interleaved in manufcript: I defire I may alfo fee that book. To his Grace the Lord Archbishop of Cashell *. MY LORD, Dublin, August 14, 1735. THE bearer, Mr. Faulkner, our famous printer, goes in an hour to fee Kilkenny and Cafhell, to gather up his country-debts. Ten to one your Grace may owe him a dozen fhillings, and your town-coffeehouse (if you have one) a dozen more. But, his pretences to me for writing, are the honour of being admitted to your Grace by a line in my hand. I am not in fear of his fhaming me as others have done; however, I would not have you * Dr. Theophilus Bolton. |