Irish Wit and Humor Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell
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IRISH WIT AND HUMOR,
ANECDOTE BIOGRAPHY
OF
SWIFT, CURRAN, O'LEARY AND O'CONNELL.
CONTENTS.
DEAN SWIFT.
HIS BIRTH.
SINGULAR EVENT.
A CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE.
GRACE AFTER DINNER.
THE THREE CROSSES.
TO THE LANDLORD.
CHIEF JUSTICE WHITSHED.
CHIEF JUSTICE WHITSHED'S MOTTO ON HIS COACH.
ON THE SAME UPRIGHT CHIEF JUSTICE WHITSHED.
TO QUILCA.
MR. PULTENEY.
RESOLUTIONS WHEN I COME TO BE OLD.
MISS BENNET.
THE FEAST OF O'ROURKE.
SWIFT'S BEHAVIOR AT TABLE.
COUNTESS OF BURLINGTON.
SWIFT'S POLITICAL PRINCIPLES.
SWIFT'S CHARITY.
PUBLIC ABSURDITIES IN IRELAND.
SWIFT'S PECULIARITY OF HUMOR.
DR. BOLTON.
THE SCRIBLERUS CLUB.
THE UPSTART.
MEDITATION UPON A BROOMSTICK.
COSSING A DOG.
TRADE OF IRELAND.
A BEGGAR'S WEDDING.
THE PIES.
SHORT CHARITY SERMON.
A COURTIER'S RETORT.
LYING.
DR. SACHEVERELL.
TAXING THE AIR.
WISDOM.
EPITAPH ON JUDGE BOAT.
ON STEPHEN DUCK, THE THRESHER AND FAVORITE POET.
DIALOGUE BETWEEN SWIFT AND HIS LANDLORD.
ROGER COX.
ROGER AND THE POULTRY.
KELLY THE BLACKSMITH.
BIRTH-DAY PRESENTS.
TO DR. SWIFT, WITH A PAPER BOOK, BY JOHN, EARL OF ORRERY
VERSES LEFT WITH A SILVER STANDISH ON THE DEAN'S DESK, BY DR. DELANY.
VERSES BY SWIFT, ON THE OCCASION.
THE DEAN'S CONTRIBUTORY DINNER.
SWIFT AND BETTESWORTH.
SWIFT AMONG THE LAWYERS.
PREACHING PATRIOTISM.
SWIFT AND HIS BUTLER
HIS SATURNALIA.
THE DEAN AND FAULKNER.
SWIFT, ARBUTHNOT, AND PARNELL.
DEAN SWIFT AND THE PREACHER WHO STOLE HIS SERMON.
SWIFT'S QUEER TESTIMONIAL TO HIS SERVANT.
SWIFT AT THOMASTOWN.
SWIFT'S LAST LINES.
SINGULAR EVENT.
A CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE.
GRACE AFTER DINNER.
THE THREE CROSSES.
TO THE LANDLORD.
CHIEF JUSTICE WHITSHED.
CHIEF JUSTICE WHITSHED'S MOTTO ON HIS COACH.
ON THE SAME UPRIGHT CHIEF JUSTICE WHITSHED.
TO QUILCA.
MR. PULTENEY.
RESOLUTIONS WHEN I COME TO BE OLD.
MISS BENNET.
THE FEAST OF O'ROURKE.
SWIFT'S BEHAVIOR AT TABLE.
COUNTESS OF BURLINGTON.
SWIFT'S POLITICAL PRINCIPLES.
SWIFT'S CHARITY.
PUBLIC ABSURDITIES IN IRELAND.
SWIFT'S PECULIARITY OF HUMOR.
DR. BOLTON.
THE SCRIBLERUS CLUB.
THE UPSTART.
MEDITATION UPON A BROOMSTICK.
COSSING A DOG.
TRADE OF IRELAND.
A BEGGAR'S WEDDING.
THE PIES.
SHORT CHARITY SERMON.
A COURTIER'S RETORT.
LYING.
DR. SACHEVERELL.
TAXING THE AIR.
WISDOM.
EPITAPH ON JUDGE BOAT.
ON STEPHEN DUCK, THE THRESHER AND FAVORITE POET.
DIALOGUE BETWEEN SWIFT AND HIS LANDLORD.
ROGER COX.
ROGER AND THE POULTRY.
KELLY THE BLACKSMITH.
BIRTH-DAY PRESENTS.
TO DR. SWIFT, WITH A PAPER BOOK, BY JOHN, EARL OF ORRERY
VERSES LEFT WITH A SILVER STANDISH ON THE DEAN'S DESK, BY DR. DELANY.
VERSES BY SWIFT, ON THE OCCASION.
THE DEAN'S CONTRIBUTORY DINNER.
SWIFT AND BETTESWORTH.
SWIFT AMONG THE LAWYERS.
PREACHING PATRIOTISM.
SWIFT AND HIS BUTLER
HIS SATURNALIA.
THE DEAN AND FAULKNER.
SWIFT, ARBUTHNOT, AND PARNELL.
DEAN SWIFT AND THE PREACHER WHO STOLE HIS SERMON.
SWIFT'S QUEER TESTIMONIAL TO HIS SERVANT.
SWIFT AT THOMASTOWN.
SWIFT'S LAST LINES.
JOHN PHILPOT CURRAN.
HIS BIRTH.
CURRAN AS PUNCH'S MAN.
CURRAN AT A DEBATING SOCIETY.
CURRAN AND THE BANKER.
HIS DUEL WITH ST. LEGER.
THE MONKS OF THE SCREW.
LORD AVONMORE.
HIS FIRST CLIENT.
CURRAN AND THE INFORMER.
LORD CLARE.
CURRAN'S ELOQUENCE.
SCENE BETWEEN FITZGIBBON AND CURRAN IN THE IRISH PARLIAMENT.
HIS DEFENCE OF ARCHIBALD HAMILTON ROWAN.
ENCOUNTER WITH A FISHWOMAN.
CURRAN AND LORD ERSKINE.
HIS DUEL WITH BULLY EGAN.
MASSY VERSUS HEADFORT.
THE SERENADING LOVER.
EMPLOYMENT OF INFORMERS.
CURRAN AND THE FARMER.
CURRAN AND THE JUDGE.
CURRAN'S QUARREL WITH FITZGIBBON.
HIGH AUTHORITY.
USE OF RED TAPE.
CURRAN AND THE MASTIFF.
CURRAN AS PUNCH'S MAN.
CURRAN AT A DEBATING SOCIETY.
CURRAN AND THE BANKER.
HIS DUEL WITH ST. LEGER.
THE MONKS OF THE SCREW.
LORD AVONMORE.
HIS FIRST CLIENT.
CURRAN AND THE INFORMER.
LORD CLARE.
CURRAN'S ELOQUENCE.
SCENE BETWEEN FITZGIBBON AND CURRAN IN THE IRISH PARLIAMENT.
HIS DEFENCE OF ARCHIBALD HAMILTON ROWAN.
ENCOUNTER WITH A FISHWOMAN.
CURRAN AND LORD ERSKINE.
HIS DUEL WITH BULLY EGAN.
MASSY VERSUS HEADFORT.
THE SERENADING LOVER.
EMPLOYMENT OF INFORMERS.
CURRAN AND THE FARMER.
CURRAN AND THE JUDGE.
CURRAN'S QUARREL WITH FITZGIBBON.
HIGH AUTHORITY.
USE OF RED TAPE.
CURRAN AND THE MASTIFF.
ARTHUR O'LEARY.
HIS CONTROVERSY WITH AN INFIDEL.
HIS INTERVIEW WITH DR. MANN.
CONTROVERSY WITH JOHN WESLEY.
MEETING OF O'LEARY AND WESLEY.
DR. O'LEARY AND FATHER CALLANAN.
O'LEARY AND THE QUAKERS.
HIS RECEPTION AT THE ROTUNDO BY THE VOLUNTEERS.
O'LEARY AND JOHN O'KEEFE.
O'LEARY AND THE IRISH PARLIAMENT.
HIS INTERVIEW WITH DANIEL DANSER.
A FOP.
HIS PERSON AND MODE OF ARGUMENT.
O'LEARY AND "CAPTAIN ROCK."
LOTS DRAWN TO HAVE HIM AT DINNER.
O'LEARY AND THE RECTOR.
LADY MORGAN.
A BATCH OF INTERESTING ANECDOTES.
A DOG'S RELIGION.
HOWARD, THE PHILANTHROPIST, AND MR. HENRY SHEARS.
HIS HABITS OF STUDY—HIS INFLUENCE.
EDMOND BURKE.
HIS CHARITY.
O'LEARY VERSUS CURRAN.
HIS TRIUMPH OVER DR. JOHNSON.
A NOLLE PROSEQUI.
THE PRINCE OF WALES.
THE CLOSING SCENES OF HIS LIFE.
HIS INTERVIEW WITH DR. MANN.
CONTROVERSY WITH JOHN WESLEY.
MEETING OF O'LEARY AND WESLEY.
DR. O'LEARY AND FATHER CALLANAN.
O'LEARY AND THE QUAKERS.
HIS RECEPTION AT THE ROTUNDO BY THE VOLUNTEERS.
O'LEARY AND JOHN O'KEEFE.
O'LEARY AND THE IRISH PARLIAMENT.
HIS INTERVIEW WITH DANIEL DANSER.
A FOP.
HIS PERSON AND MODE OF ARGUMENT.
O'LEARY AND "CAPTAIN ROCK."
LOTS DRAWN TO HAVE HIM AT DINNER.
O'LEARY AND THE RECTOR.
LADY MORGAN.
A BATCH OF INTERESTING ANECDOTES.
A DOG'S RELIGION.
HOWARD, THE PHILANTHROPIST, AND MR. HENRY SHEARS.
HIS HABITS OF STUDY—HIS INFLUENCE.
EDMOND BURKE.
HIS CHARITY.
O'LEARY VERSUS CURRAN.
HIS TRIUMPH OVER DR. JOHNSON.
A NOLLE PROSEQUI.
THE PRINCE OF WALES.
THE CLOSING SCENES OF HIS LIFE.
DANIEL O'CONNELL.
DARBY MORAN.
A DEAD MAN WITH LIFE IN HIM.
A YOUNG JUDGE DONE.
O'CONNELL AND A SNARLING ATTORNEY.
HIS ENCOUNTER WITH BIDDY MORIARTY.
O'CONNELL AND A BILKING CLIENT.
SOW-WEST AND THE WIGS.
ELECTION AND RAILWAY DINNERS.
SCENE AT KILLINEY.
AN INSOLENT JUDGE.
A WITNESS CAJOLED.
HIS DUEL WITH CAPTAIN D'ESTERRE.
O'CONNELL AND SECRETARY GOULBURN.
ENTRAPPING A WITNESS.
GAINING OVER A JURY.
PADDY AND THE PARSON.
A MARTIAL JUDGE.
RETENTIVE MEMORY.
A POLITICAL HURRAH AT A FUNERAL.
REFUSAL OF OFFICE.
A MISTAKEN FRENCHMAN.
EPISTOLARY BORES.
SIR R. PEEL'S OPINION OF O'CONNELL.
A DEAD MAN WITH LIFE IN HIM.
A YOUNG JUDGE DONE.
O'CONNELL AND A SNARLING ATTORNEY.
HIS ENCOUNTER WITH BIDDY MORIARTY.
O'CONNELL AND A BILKING CLIENT.
SOW-WEST AND THE WIGS.
ELECTION AND RAILWAY DINNERS.
SCENE AT KILLINEY.
AN INSOLENT JUDGE.
A WITNESS CAJOLED.
HIS DUEL WITH CAPTAIN D'ESTERRE.
O'CONNELL AND SECRETARY GOULBURN.
ENTRAPPING A WITNESS.
GAINING OVER A JURY.
PADDY AND THE PARSON.
A MARTIAL JUDGE.
RETENTIVE MEMORY.
A POLITICAL HURRAH AT A FUNERAL.
REFUSAL OF OFFICE.
A MISTAKEN FRENCHMAN.
EPISTOLARY BORES.
SIR R. PEEL'S OPINION OF O'CONNELL.
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