]
The Occasional Writer.
The Occasional Writer.
Cambridge History of English Literature - 1908 - v09
)
Some Letters; containing an account of what seemed most remarkable in
Switzerland, Italy, etc. . . . to T. H. R[obert] B[oyle). 1686 (and many
later editions, incl. several French translations and one German).
Supplements to Dr Burnet's Letters . . . being Further Remarks . . .
written by a Nobleman and communicated to the Author. . . . 1687.
Three Letters concerning the present State of Italy. . . . Being a
Supplement to Dr Burnet's Letters. n. p. , 1688.
Animadversions upon the Reflections upon Dr B[urnet)'s Travels.
1688.
Some Reflections on His Majesty's Proclamation for 12 February 1684, for
a Toleration in Scotland. (1687. ]
A letter containing some Reflections on His Majesty's Declaration for Liberty
of Conscience dated 4 April 1687. (1687. ]
Reasons against the Repealing the Acts of Parliament concerning the Test.
Humbly offered to . . . the Members of both Houses, at their meeting on
28 April 1687.
A Relation of the Death of the Primitive Persecutors. Written originally
in Latin by L. C. F. Lactantius. Englished by G. B. , to which he hath
made a large Preface concerning Persecution. Amsterdam, 1687.
Reflections on a late Pamphlet entitled Parliamentum Pacificum. Amsterdam,
1688.
Dr Burnet's Vindication of Himself from the Calumnies [of] Parliamentum
Pacificum. (1688. ]
An Enquiry into the measures of submission to the Supreme Authority; and
of the grounds upon which it may be lawful or necessary for Subjects to
defend their Religion, Lives and Liberties. n. p. , (1688).
## p. 490 (#514) ############################################
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himself from Rochester. Published by Authority. 1689.
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owe Allegiance to the King in these Circumstances ? And whether we
are bound to treat with Him and call Him back again or not? Published
by Authority. 1689.
A pastoral Letter to the clergy of his Diocese concerning the Oaths of
Allegiance and Supremacy to K. William and Q. Mary. 1689.
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trans. 1725 and 1727. ) Vol. 11. With the author's Life by the Editor.
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1897, etc.
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I
on public affairs and particular persons, esp. relating to Scotland,
occasioned by Dr Burnet's History of his own times. n. d.
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vol. viii, 1739; afterwards in Lord (John) Russell, Life of William Lord
Russell, 1819 (and later editions).
Thoughts on Education. 1761. [Written 1668. )
Memorial offered to Princess Sophia containing a delineation of the constitu-
tion and policy of England. 1815.
A Supplement to Burnet's History of My own Time; derived from
his Original Memoirs, his Autobiography, his Letters to Admiral
Herbert, and his Private Meditations. All hitherto unpublished.
Ed. Foxcroft, H. C. Oxford, 1902.
Letters to George Savile, Lord Halifax. Ed. Foxcroft, H. C. In Camden
Miscellany, vol. xi. 1907.
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by Clarke; England, by Miss Foxcroft. ) With an Introduction by Firth,
C. H. Cambridge, 1907. [The standard biography of Burnet. ]
## p. 491 (#515) ############################################
Chapters VII and VIII
491
II. HENRY St John, VISCOUNT BOLINGBROKE
A. Collected Works and Letters
Works, published by David Mallet. 5 vols. 1754. 11 vols. 1786. 8 vols.
1809. 4 vols. Philadelphia, 1841.
Letters and Correspondence, Public and Private, of Henry St John Viscount
Bolingbroke, during the time he was Secretary of State to Queen Anne,
with State Papers. . By Parke, Gilbert. 2 vols. 1798.
Lettres Historiques, Politiques, Philosophiques et Particulières de H. St John,
Vic. Bolingbroke, depuis 1710 jusqu'à 1736. 3 vols. Paris, 1808. [Partly
originals, partly translations. ]
B. Periodicals
The Examiner. [By Bolingbroke, and others. ] 1710, etc.
The Craftsman. By Caleb D'Anvers. 14 vols. 1731-7. [A collected reprint.
First number 5 December 1726.
]
The Occasional Writer. [By Bolingbroke. ] 1727.
C. Separate Works
A Dissertation upon Parties. 1735. [Originally appeared in The Craftsman. )
The Idea of a Patriot King. 1749.
Letter on the Spirit of Patriotism. 1749, 1752.
Reflections on Exile. 1752.
Of the True Use of Retirement and Study. 1752.
Letters on the Study and Use of History. 1752.
Some Reflections on the State of the Nation. 1752.
A Letter to Sir W. Wyndham. 1753.
D. Biographical and Critical Writings
Brosch, M. Lord Bolingbroke und die Whigs und Tories seiner Zeit.
Frankfort. 1883. (Chap. 8: Bolingbroke als Schriftsteller. )
Collins, J. Churton. Bolingbroke, a Historical Study. 1886.
Cooke, G. W. Memoirs of Bolingbroke. 2 vols. 1835.
Harrop, R. Boling broke. (Statesmen Series. ) 1884.
Hassall, A. The life of Viscount Bolingbroke. 1889.
Macknight, T. The Life of Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke. 1863.
Rémusat, C. de. L'Angleterre au xviime siècle. 2 vols. Paris, 1856.
Sichel, W. Bolingbroke and his times. . (The Sequel. ) 1901–2.
III. OTHER WRITERS
Nicholas Amhurst
Poems on Several Occasions. 1720.
Terrae Filing. 1721.
Contributions to The Craftsman (1726-36).
.
William Pulteney, Earl of Bath
Contributions to The Craftsman (1727-9 chiefly).
Abel Boyer
The History of King William III. 1702.
The History of the Reigns of Queen Anne, King George I and King George II.
27 Parts, digested into Annals. 1703–29.
The Political State of Great Britain. 60 vols. 1711-40.
## p. 492 (#516) ############################################
492
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The History of Queen Anne. 1722. (2nd edn, with numerous Appendices.
1735. )
The Theater of Honour and Nobility. 1729.
Eustace Budgell (1686-1737)
Contributions to The Spectator (1711-14); The Craftsman (1731-7); The
Bee (1733-5).
A Letter to a Friend in the Country. 1721.
A Letter to Mr Law on his Arrival in England. [1721. ]
Memoirs of the Lives and Characters of the Illustrious Family of the Boyles,
particularly Charles Earl of Orrery. 1737.
William Carstares (1649-1715)
State Papers and Letters, addressed to William Carstares, confidential
Secretary to King William during the whole of his Reign. To which is
prefixed his Life. Ed. McCormick, Joseph. Edinburgh, 1774. [Of very
great importance, since Carstares, in conjunction with Portland and the
Dalrymples, virtually directed the Scottish policy of William III. ]
Story, R. H. William Carstares, a Character and Career of the
Revolutionary Epoch (1649-1715). 1874.
Jeremy Collier
Essays upon Several Moral Subjects. 4 parts in 3 vols. 1697-1709.
The Great Historical, Geographical, Genealogical and Poetical Dictionary.
Collected from Historians, especially L. Morery. 2nd edn, revised to
1688. 2 vols. 1701-21.
Reasons for Restoring some Prayers and Directions as they stand in the
Communion Service of the First English Reformed Liturgy. . . . 1717.
An Ecclesiastical History of Great Britain, chiefly of England, with a brief
Account of the Affairs of Religion in Ireland. Ed. Lathbury, T.
9 vols. 1852.
See also bibliography to vol. viii, chap. VI.
George Mackenzie, Earl of Cromartie (1630-1714)
Historical Account of the Conspiracy of the Earl of Gowrie. . . . 1713.
A Vindication of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland, with some
account of the Records. Scots Magazine. 1802.
William Dampier (1652–1715)
Voyages. 4 vols. , containing A New Voyage round the World, 1697. Voyages
and Descriptions. 2 vols. 1699. A Voyage to New Holland. Part 1,
3 vols. , 1703; part 11, 3 vols. , 1709.
Laurence Echard
The History of England from the first entrance of Julius Caesar and the
Romans to the end of the reign of James I. 1707. Vols. II and III: to
the Establishment of King William and Queen Mary. 1718. Vol. iv,
consisting of explanations and amendments, as well as new and curious
additions. . . together with some apologies and vindications. 1720.
Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun
The Political Works of. 1732. (Later editions 1737, 1749 and 1798. )
A Discourse of Government with relation to Militias. Edinburgh, 1698.
(Rptd in Works. )
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Chapters VII and VIII
493
Two Discourses concerning the Affairs of Scotland; written in the year
1698. Edinburgh, 1698. (Rptd in Works. )
Discorso delle cose di Spagna, scritto nel mese di Luglio, 1698. 'Napoli'
[Edinburgh), 1698. (Rptd in Works. )
A Speech upon the State of the Nation, in April 1701. n. p. , n. d. (Rptd in
Works. )
An Account of a Conversation concerning a Right Regulation of Government
for the Common Good of Mankind. In a letter to the Marquis of
Montrose, &c. 1704. (Rptd in Works. )
Ormond, G. W. T. Fletcher of Saltoun. (Famous Scots Series. )
Edinburgh and London. 1897.
Scott Macfie, R. A. Bibliography of Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun.
Edinburgh, 1901.
James II
Clarke, J. S. The Life of James the Second. Collected out of Memoirs
of James II writ of his own hand. 2 vols. 1816.
Quadriennium Jacobi, or The History of the Reign of King James II
from his first Coming to the Crown to his Desertion. 1689.
[Vehement against the policy of James, including the indictment
of Oates. ]
White Kennett (bishop of Peterborough)
A Compleat History of England; with the Lives of all the Kings and Queens
thereof. Vol. III. (Charles I to William III. ) 1706. New edn 1719.
(As to Roger North's Examen see under Roger North, below. )
A Register and Chronicle, Ecclesiastic and Civil; containing Matters of Fact
delivered in the words of the most authentick Books, Papers and Records
. .
Some Letters; containing an account of what seemed most remarkable in
Switzerland, Italy, etc. . . . to T. H. R[obert] B[oyle). 1686 (and many
later editions, incl. several French translations and one German).
Supplements to Dr Burnet's Letters . . . being Further Remarks . . .
written by a Nobleman and communicated to the Author. . . . 1687.
Three Letters concerning the present State of Italy. . . . Being a
Supplement to Dr Burnet's Letters. n. p. , 1688.
Animadversions upon the Reflections upon Dr B[urnet)'s Travels.
1688.
Some Reflections on His Majesty's Proclamation for 12 February 1684, for
a Toleration in Scotland. (1687. ]
A letter containing some Reflections on His Majesty's Declaration for Liberty
of Conscience dated 4 April 1687. (1687. ]
Reasons against the Repealing the Acts of Parliament concerning the Test.
Humbly offered to . . . the Members of both Houses, at their meeting on
28 April 1687.
A Relation of the Death of the Primitive Persecutors. Written originally
in Latin by L. C. F. Lactantius. Englished by G. B. , to which he hath
made a large Preface concerning Persecution. Amsterdam, 1687.
Reflections on a late Pamphlet entitled Parliamentum Pacificum. Amsterdam,
1688.
Dr Burnet's Vindication of Himself from the Calumnies [of] Parliamentum
Pacificum. (1688. ]
An Enquiry into the measures of submission to the Supreme Authority; and
of the grounds upon which it may be lawful or necessary for Subjects to
defend their Religion, Lives and Liberties. n. p. , (1688).
## p. 490 (#514) ############################################
490
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A Review of the Reflections on the Prince of Orange's Declaration. D. py
(1688).
Reflections on a Paper entituled, his Majesty's Reasons for withdrawing
himself from Rochester. Published by Authority. 1689.
An Enquiry into the present state of Affairs, and in particular, Whether we
owe Allegiance to the King in these Circumstances ? And whether we
are bound to treat with Him and call Him back again or not? Published
by Authority. 1689.
A pastoral Letter to the clergy of his Diocese concerning the Oaths of
Allegiance and Supremacy to K. William and Q. Mary. 1689.
A Discourse of the Pastoral Care. 1692.
An Essay on the Memory of the late Queen. 1695.
An Exposition of the Thirty-Nine Articles of the Church of England. 1699.
[Frequently reprinted. ]
Reflections on a Book entitled [The Rights, Powers and Privileges of an
English Convocation, Stated and Vindicated). 1700.
Speech in the House of Lords, upon the Bill against Occasional Conformity
[1 December 1703). 1704.
Speech in the House of Lords upon the first Article of the Impeachment of
Dr Henry Sacheverell [16 March 1710]. 1710.
Two Discourses to Lord Russell. (1683. ) First publ. in Some Sermons. . .
and an Essay towards a new book of Homilies. 1713.
The History of my Own Time. Vol. 1. 1724. (Dutch trans. 1725. French
trans. 1725 and 1727. ) Vol. 11. With the author's Life by the Editor.
1734. Whole work. 3 vols. 1735. French trans. 2 vols. 1735. Ed.
Routh, M. J. 7 vols. Oxford, 1823. Vols. I and 11. Ed. Airy, O. Oxford,
1897, etc.
Braddon, L. Barnet's Late History charged with Partiality. 1725.
Cockburn, John. A specimen of some free and impartial remarks
I
on public affairs and particular persons, esp. relating to Scotland,
occasioned by Dr Burnet's History of his own times. n. d.
Journal of Lord Russell's last week. First published in General Dictionary,
vol. viii, 1739; afterwards in Lord (John) Russell, Life of William Lord
Russell, 1819 (and later editions).
Thoughts on Education. 1761. [Written 1668. )
Memorial offered to Princess Sophia containing a delineation of the constitu-
tion and policy of England. 1815.
A Supplement to Burnet's History of My own Time; derived from
his Original Memoirs, his Autobiography, his Letters to Admiral
Herbert, and his Private Meditations. All hitherto unpublished.
Ed. Foxcroft, H. C. Oxford, 1902.
Letters to George Savile, Lord Halifax. Ed. Foxcroft, H. C. In Camden
Miscellany, vol. xi. 1907.
Some Unpublished Letters of George Savile, Lord Halifax, to Gilbert
Burnet. Ed. Poole, Dorothy Lane. In English Historical
Review, p. 703, July 1911. [Partly answers to the above. ]
B. Biography and Criticism
Clarke, T. E. S. and Foxcroft, H. C. A Life of Gilbert Burnet. (Scotland,
by Clarke; England, by Miss Foxcroft. ) With an Introduction by Firth,
C. H. Cambridge, 1907. [The standard biography of Burnet. ]
## p. 491 (#515) ############################################
Chapters VII and VIII
491
II. HENRY St John, VISCOUNT BOLINGBROKE
A. Collected Works and Letters
Works, published by David Mallet. 5 vols. 1754. 11 vols. 1786. 8 vols.
1809. 4 vols. Philadelphia, 1841.
Letters and Correspondence, Public and Private, of Henry St John Viscount
Bolingbroke, during the time he was Secretary of State to Queen Anne,
with State Papers. . By Parke, Gilbert. 2 vols. 1798.
Lettres Historiques, Politiques, Philosophiques et Particulières de H. St John,
Vic. Bolingbroke, depuis 1710 jusqu'à 1736. 3 vols. Paris, 1808. [Partly
originals, partly translations. ]
B. Periodicals
The Examiner. [By Bolingbroke, and others. ] 1710, etc.
The Craftsman. By Caleb D'Anvers. 14 vols. 1731-7. [A collected reprint.
First number 5 December 1726.
]
The Occasional Writer. [By Bolingbroke. ] 1727.
C. Separate Works
A Dissertation upon Parties. 1735. [Originally appeared in The Craftsman. )
The Idea of a Patriot King. 1749.
Letter on the Spirit of Patriotism. 1749, 1752.
Reflections on Exile. 1752.
Of the True Use of Retirement and Study. 1752.
Letters on the Study and Use of History. 1752.
Some Reflections on the State of the Nation. 1752.
A Letter to Sir W. Wyndham. 1753.
D. Biographical and Critical Writings
Brosch, M. Lord Bolingbroke und die Whigs und Tories seiner Zeit.
Frankfort. 1883. (Chap. 8: Bolingbroke als Schriftsteller. )
Collins, J. Churton. Bolingbroke, a Historical Study. 1886.
Cooke, G. W. Memoirs of Bolingbroke. 2 vols. 1835.
Harrop, R. Boling broke. (Statesmen Series. ) 1884.
Hassall, A. The life of Viscount Bolingbroke. 1889.
Macknight, T. The Life of Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke. 1863.
Rémusat, C. de. L'Angleterre au xviime siècle. 2 vols. Paris, 1856.
Sichel, W. Bolingbroke and his times. . (The Sequel. ) 1901–2.
III. OTHER WRITERS
Nicholas Amhurst
Poems on Several Occasions. 1720.
Terrae Filing. 1721.
Contributions to The Craftsman (1726-36).
.
William Pulteney, Earl of Bath
Contributions to The Craftsman (1727-9 chiefly).
Abel Boyer
The History of King William III. 1702.
The History of the Reigns of Queen Anne, King George I and King George II.
27 Parts, digested into Annals. 1703–29.
The Political State of Great Britain. 60 vols. 1711-40.
## p. 492 (#516) ############################################
492
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The History of Queen Anne. 1722. (2nd edn, with numerous Appendices.
1735. )
The Theater of Honour and Nobility. 1729.
Eustace Budgell (1686-1737)
Contributions to The Spectator (1711-14); The Craftsman (1731-7); The
Bee (1733-5).
A Letter to a Friend in the Country. 1721.
A Letter to Mr Law on his Arrival in England. [1721. ]
Memoirs of the Lives and Characters of the Illustrious Family of the Boyles,
particularly Charles Earl of Orrery. 1737.
William Carstares (1649-1715)
State Papers and Letters, addressed to William Carstares, confidential
Secretary to King William during the whole of his Reign. To which is
prefixed his Life. Ed. McCormick, Joseph. Edinburgh, 1774. [Of very
great importance, since Carstares, in conjunction with Portland and the
Dalrymples, virtually directed the Scottish policy of William III. ]
Story, R. H. William Carstares, a Character and Career of the
Revolutionary Epoch (1649-1715). 1874.
Jeremy Collier
Essays upon Several Moral Subjects. 4 parts in 3 vols. 1697-1709.
The Great Historical, Geographical, Genealogical and Poetical Dictionary.
Collected from Historians, especially L. Morery. 2nd edn, revised to
1688. 2 vols. 1701-21.
Reasons for Restoring some Prayers and Directions as they stand in the
Communion Service of the First English Reformed Liturgy. . . . 1717.
An Ecclesiastical History of Great Britain, chiefly of England, with a brief
Account of the Affairs of Religion in Ireland. Ed. Lathbury, T.
9 vols. 1852.
See also bibliography to vol. viii, chap. VI.
George Mackenzie, Earl of Cromartie (1630-1714)
Historical Account of the Conspiracy of the Earl of Gowrie. . . . 1713.
A Vindication of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland, with some
account of the Records. Scots Magazine. 1802.
William Dampier (1652–1715)
Voyages. 4 vols. , containing A New Voyage round the World, 1697. Voyages
and Descriptions. 2 vols. 1699. A Voyage to New Holland. Part 1,
3 vols. , 1703; part 11, 3 vols. , 1709.
Laurence Echard
The History of England from the first entrance of Julius Caesar and the
Romans to the end of the reign of James I. 1707. Vols. II and III: to
the Establishment of King William and Queen Mary. 1718. Vol. iv,
consisting of explanations and amendments, as well as new and curious
additions. . . together with some apologies and vindications. 1720.
Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun
The Political Works of. 1732. (Later editions 1737, 1749 and 1798. )
A Discourse of Government with relation to Militias. Edinburgh, 1698.
(Rptd in Works. )
## p. 493 (#517) ############################################
Chapters VII and VIII
493
Two Discourses concerning the Affairs of Scotland; written in the year
1698. Edinburgh, 1698. (Rptd in Works. )
Discorso delle cose di Spagna, scritto nel mese di Luglio, 1698. 'Napoli'
[Edinburgh), 1698. (Rptd in Works. )
A Speech upon the State of the Nation, in April 1701. n. p. , n. d. (Rptd in
Works. )
An Account of a Conversation concerning a Right Regulation of Government
for the Common Good of Mankind. In a letter to the Marquis of
Montrose, &c. 1704. (Rptd in Works. )
Ormond, G. W. T. Fletcher of Saltoun. (Famous Scots Series. )
Edinburgh and London. 1897.
Scott Macfie, R. A. Bibliography of Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun.
Edinburgh, 1901.
James II
Clarke, J. S. The Life of James the Second. Collected out of Memoirs
of James II writ of his own hand. 2 vols. 1816.
Quadriennium Jacobi, or The History of the Reign of King James II
from his first Coming to the Crown to his Desertion. 1689.
[Vehement against the policy of James, including the indictment
of Oates. ]
White Kennett (bishop of Peterborough)
A Compleat History of England; with the Lives of all the Kings and Queens
thereof. Vol. III. (Charles I to William III. ) 1706. New edn 1719.
(As to Roger North's Examen see under Roger North, below. )
A Register and Chronicle, Ecclesiastic and Civil; containing Matters of Fact
delivered in the words of the most authentick Books, Papers and Records
. .
