| Item Description: | A later and up-dated reprint of 'The tale of a nettle', which is sometimes attributed to, but is in fact probably not by Jonathan Swift (Foxon). - Against offering religious toleration to refugees: the original 'A tale of a nettle' opposed the repeal of the Test Act. - English Short Title Catalog, T179992. - Foxon dates this work to 1727 or 1728, on the basis of a span-date noted in MS. on the verso of the Cambridge copy. - Foxon, T17. - Reproduction of original from Cambridge University Library. - Verse - "A man with expence and infinite toil |
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