Excerpt from The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D, Vol. 16 of 19: Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin Arranged by Thomas Sheridan, A. M; With Notes, Historical and Critical
I was diverted from pursuing this history, partly by the extreme difficulty, but chicfly by the indig nation I conceived at the proceedings of a faction, which then prevailed and the papers lay neglected in my cabinet until you saw me in England wherx you know how far I was engaged in thoughts and business of another kind. Upon her majesty's la mented death, I returneci to my station in this kingdom; since which time there is not a northern curate among you who has lived more obscure than myself, or a greater stranger to the commonest transactions of the world. It is but very lately that I found the following papers, whichi had almost forgotten. Ipublish them now, for two reasons.
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