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Eighteenth-Century E-Texts — J

This page, edited by Jack Lynch, is part of the larger collection of Eighteenth-Century E-Texts on the Net.

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Jago, Richard (1715-1781)

• Absence

James, Elinor

• Mrs James's Vindication of the Church of England (1687) (Emory)

Jan III Sobieski

• Listy do królowej Marysienki — Selected works in Polish.

Jay, John (1745-1829)

• The Federalist (1787) (Liberty Fund — PDF)

Jefferson, John

• Fonthill: A Poem (1824)

Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)

• Collected and Selected Works:
  • The Writings of Thomas Jefferson (ed. Albert Ellery Bergh) (Constitution.org)
• An Act Establishing the University (Virginia)
• The Anas (1791-1806) (Liberty Fund — PDF)
• Autobiography (1821):
  • The Autobiography (1821) (Liberty Fund — PDF)
  • Autobiography (1821) (HTML at Bibliomania)
• Correspondence and Miscellaneous Writings (1760-1826) (Liberty Fund — PDF)
• First Inaugural Address (1801) (FreedomShrine)
• The Jefferson Bible
• Letter from Thomas Jefferson to W. W. Woodward (1810) (Virginia)
• Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Dr. Thomas (1817) (Virginia)
• The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth
• A Manual of Parliamentary Practice (1812) (Constitution.org)
• Notes on the State of Virginia:
  • Notes on the State of Virginia (Part 1) (1781) (Liberty Fund — PDF)
  • Notes on the State of Virginia (Part 2) (1781) (Liberty Fund — PDF)
  • Notes on the State of Virginia (Virginia)
• Report of the Commissioners for the University (Virginia)
• Selected Letters of Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826
• A Summary View of the Rights of British America:
  • A Summary View of the Rights of British America (Virginia)
  • A Summary View of the Rights of British America (1774) (Liberty Fund — PDF)

Jenner, Edward (1749-1823)

• The Three Original Publications on Vaccination against Smallpox (Bartleby)

Jewsbury, Maria Jane

• The Oceanides (Romantic Circles)

Johns, John (fl. 1828)

• Sonnets (Sonnet Central)

Johnson, Richard (1753-1827)

• An Address to the Inhabitants of the Colonies, Established in New South Wales and Norfolk Island (1794) (SETIS)

Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)

• A Dictionary of the English Language (1755):
  • The Johnson Dictionary Project (Univ. of Birmingham) — The complete text of Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, in both the first and fourth editions, completely searchable. A major scholarly project. O si sic omnes! (Temporarily down)
  • The Plan of an English Dictionary (1747) (Jack Lynch, Rutgers)
  • Preface to the Dictionary (1755) (Jack Lynch, Rutgers)
  • Preface to the Dictionary (1755) (Gutenberg)
  • Letter to Chesterfield, 7 February 1755 (Jack Lynch, Rutgers)
• Fiction:
  • The Fountains (1766) (ed. Catherine Dille)
  • Rasselas:
    • Rasselas (1759) (Jack Lynch, Rutgers)
    • Rasselas (Bibliomania)
    • Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia (Munseys)
• A Journey to the Western Islands:
  • A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (Gutenberg)
  • A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (Electric Scotland)
• Lives of the English Poets (1779-1781):
  • The Life of Collins (Jack Lynch, Rutgers)
  • The Life of Gray (Jack Lynch, Rutgers)
  • The Life of Milton (Jack Lynch, Rutgers) — Full text and an abridgment
  • The Life of Pope (Jack Lynch, Rutgers) — Full text and an abridgment.
  • The Life of Savage (Jack Lynch, Rutgers) — Full text and an abridgment.
  • Lives of the English Poets: Waller, Milton, Cowley (Gutenberg)
  • Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope (Gutenberg)
• Periodical Essays:
  • The Rambler and The Adventurer (Virginia) — Selections.
  • The Adventurer:
    • Adventurer 137 (Frank Lynch)
    • Adventurer 138 (Frank Lynch)
  • The Idler:
    • The Vulture (the original Idler 22) (Frank Lynch)
  • The Rambler:
    • The Rambler (1750-1752) (Virginia) — Selections.
    • Rambler 60 (Frank Lynch)
    • Rambler 134 (Frank Lynch)
• Poems:
  • Selected Poems (Toronto)
  • "Drury-Lane Prologue" (1747):
    • Prologue Spoken at Drury-Lane (Poetry Archives)
    • Prologue at Drury Lane (1747) (Florida)
    • Drury-Lane Prologue Spoken by Mr. Garrick (1747) (Toronto)
  • London (Jack Lynch, Rutgers) — Annotated.
  • One-and-Twenty
  • "On the Death of Dr. Robert Levet":
    • On the Death of Dr. Robert Levet (Jack Lynch, Rutgers)
    • On the Death of Dr. Robert Levet, a Practiser in Physic
  • The Vanity of Human Wishes:
    • Vanity of Human Wishes (1749) (Jack Lynch, Rutgers)
    • Vanity of Human Wishes (Oregon) (1749)
• The Works of William Shakespeare (1765):
  • Preface to Shakespeare:
    • Preface to Shakespeare (1765) (Toronto)
    • Preface to Shakespeare (1765) (Gutenberg)
    • Preface to Shakespeare (Munseys)
    • Preface to Shakespeare (Jack Lynch, Rutgers) — Abridged.
  • Selected Criticism on Hamlet (1765) (Jack Lynch, Rutgers)
  • Selected Criticism on King Lear (Jack Lynch, Rutgers)
• Miscellaneous:
  • An Account of the Harleian Library (Jack Lynch, Rutgers)
  • Biographies:
    • The Life of Ascham (Jack Lynch, Rutgers)
    • The Life of Hermann Boerhaave (Frank Lynch)
    • The Life of Browne (Jack Lynch, Rutgers)
  • Political Writings:
    • Debates in Parliament (Frank Lynch) — Selections.
    • The False Alarm (Frank Lynch)
    • An Introduction to the Political State of Great Britain (1756) (Frank Lynch)
    • Observations on the Present State of Affairs (1756) (Jack Lynch, Rutgers)
    • The Patriot (Frank Lynch)
    • Taxation No Tyranny (1775) (Frank Lynch)
    • Thoughts on the Late Transactions Respecting Falkland's Islands (1771) (Frank Lynch)
  • Reviews:
    • Review of Jonas Hanway's Journal of Eight Days' Journey (1757) (Jack Lynch, Rutgers)
    • Review of Soame Jenyns (Jack Lynch, Rutgers)
  • Sermon IV (Frank Lynch)
  • A Voyage to Abyssinia (by Jerome Lobo, tr. Samuel Johnson) (Gutenberg) (incomplete)
• By Others:
  • Dr. Johnson and Fanny Burney (1842) (Virginia)

Johnston, Charles (1791-1823)

• Sonnets (Sonnet Central)

Jones, Sir William (1746-1794)

• Epigram
• Sacontala (1789)

Joplin, Thomas

• An Essay on Money & Bullion (1718) (McMaster)

Jordan, Thomas (1612?-1685)

• Coronemus nos Rosis antequam marcescant

Joubert, Joseph

• Pensées, essais, maximes et correspondance de J. Joubert; et précédés d'une notice sur sa vie, son caractère et ses travaux (BNF) — Requires frames.