"Some again think that when our earthly tabernacles are disordered and desolate, shaken and out of repair, the <EM>spirit</EM> delights to dwell within them, as houses are said to be haunted, when they are forsaken and gone to decay."
A Discourse Concerning the Mechanical Operation of the Spirit. In a Letter to a Friend. A Fragment
More than 40 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1704, 1705, 1710, 1711, 1720, 1724, 1726, 1727, 1733, 1734, 1739, 1741, 1743, 1747, 1750, 1751, 1752, 1753, 1754, 1756, 1760, 1761, 1762, 1766, 1768, 1769, 1771, 1772, 1774, 1776, 1781, 1784, 1798).<br>
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Reading Jonathan Swift, <u>A Tale of a Tub and Other Works</u>, eds. Angus Ross and David Woolley. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986). Some text drawn from <a href="http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/s/swift/jonathan/s97t/complete.html">ebooks@Adelaide</a>.<br>
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Note, the textual history is complicated. First published May 10, 1704. The second edition of 1704 and the fifth of 1710 include new material. Ross and Woolley's text is an eclectic one, based on the three authoritative editions.<br>
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See <u>A Tale of a Tub. Written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind. To Which Is Added, an Account of a Battel Between the Antient and Modern Books in St. James's Library</u>, 2nd edition, corrected (London: Printed for John Nutt, 1704). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T49833">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;