Elise Reimarus

Elise Reimarus was born on January 22, 1735, in Hamburg, as Margaretha Elisabeth Reimarus (she died there September 2 1805, Hamburg). She was a German writer, educator, translator and salon-holder. She was the sister of Johann Albert Heinrich Reimarus and the daughter of Hermann Samuel Reimarus. A large book in English appeared about her in 2005.

Charles Joseph, Prince of Ligne

The seventh Prince of Ligne was born on May 23, 1735 (he died December 13, 1814). He was a field marshall and a writer of several books. You can discover more here.

Works of Jonathan Swift

In 1735 an Irish publisher, George Faulkner, printed a complete set of Swift's works to date, Volume III of which was the famous Gulliver's Travels (originally produced in 1726). As revealed in Faulkner's "Advertisement to the Reader", Faulkner had access to an annotated copy of Benjamin Motte's work by "a friend of the author" (generally believed to be Swift's friend Charles Ford) which reproduced most of the manuscript free of Motte's amendments, the original manuscript having been destroyed. It is also believed that Swift at least reviewed proofs of Faulkner's edition before printing but this cannot be proven. Generally, this is regarded as the Editio Princeps of Gulliver's Travels with one small exception, discussed below. This edition had an added piece by Swift, A letter from Capt. Gulliver to his Cousin Sympson which complained of Motte's alterations to the original text, saying he had so much altered it that "I do hardly know mine own work" and repudiating all of Motte's changes as well as all the keys, libels, parodies, second parts and continuations that had appeared in the intervening years. This letter now forms part of many standard texts. Gulliver's Travels, officially Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several Ships is a novel that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of the "travellers' tales" literary sub-genre. It is Swift's best known work, and a classic of English literature. The book became tremendously popular as soon as it was published (John Gay said in a 1726 letter to Swift that "it is universally read, from the cabinet council to the nursery"), and it is likely that it has never been out of print since then. Swift had travelled to London to have his work published; the manuscript was secretly delivered to the publisher Motte, who used five printing houses to speed production and avoid piracy. Motte, recognising a bestseller but fearing prosecution, simply cut or altered the worst offending passages (such as the descriptions of the court contests in Lilliput or the rebellion of Lindalino), added some material in defense of Queen Anne to book II, and published it. The first edition was released in two volumes on October 26, 1726, priced 8s. 6d.

Isaac Bickerstaffe

Issac Bickerstaffe or Bickerstaff was born around 1735 and died around 1808. He was an Irish playwright. He was in early life a page to Lord Chesterfield when Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He arrived in London 1755 and produced many successful comedies and opera librettos. With Thomas Arne he wrote Love in a village, the first English comic opera. His The Maide of the Mill (1765) was also very successful. In 1772 he fled to France, suspected of a homosexual offence. The remainder of his life seems to have been passed in penury and misery, and little is known about his death. (Jonathan Swift once wrote under the same pseudonym).

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Benjamin Hoadly - A Plain Account of the Nature and End of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper

John Hughes - Poems

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William Melmoth - Of Active and Retired Life

John Oldmixon - History of England, During the Reigns of William and Mary, Anne, George I

Alexander Pope - An Epistle from Mr. Pope to Dr Arbuthnot (just after Arbuthnot's death) Of the Characters of Women ("Moral Epistle II") The Works of Mr Alexander Pope Letters of Mr Pope, and Several Eminent Persons (a piracy by Edmund Curll, with forgeries included) Mr Pope's Literary Correspondence for Thirty Years, 1704-1734 (authorised)

Samuel Richardson - A Seasonable Examination of the Pleas and Pretensions of the Proprietors of, and Subscribers to, Play-Houses

Henry St John - A Dissertation upon Parties

Richard Savage - The Progress of a Divine

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Literature

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) marries Elizabeth "Tetty" Porter, 20 years his senior

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The Art of Management Charlotte Charke (née Cibber, also Charlotte Secheverell, aka Charles Brown) (1713–1760) English actress The Toyshop Robert Dodsley (1703-1764) English bookseller and miscellaneous writer Nonfiction A Defence of Free-Thinking in Mathematics George Berkeley (1685-1753) Poetry Liberty James Thomson, whose political poem traces the history of civil and religious freedom The Chace Staffordshire-born poet and country gentleman William Somerville, 59, whose verses trace the history of hunting up to the time of the Norman Conquest, providing information on breeding and training dogs, kennel design and hunting hare, otter, and stag Births Jul 5 - August Ludwig von Schlözer (d 1809) German historian who laid foundations for the critical study of Russian history Dec 31 – Michelle Guyillaume Jean de Crèvecoeur, French-American writer commonly known as Hector St John de Crèvecoeur (d 1813) James Beattie (d 1803) Scottish academic and writer. Charles Joseph, Prince de Ligne, soldier and writer (d 1814) Deaths As mentioned before - John Arbuthnot in London and Samuel Wesley