[The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Vol. X. by Jonathan Swift]@TWC D-Link bookThe Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Vol. X. BOOK II 58/72
And it was very reasonable. P.519._Burnet_ mentions that, when the Test Act was passed:--about eighty of the most learned and pious of their clergy left all rather than comply with the terms of this law....
About twenty of them came up to England .-- _Swift_.
Enough to corrupt England. P.523._Burnet_, describing the death of the Duke of Lauderdale, says--His heart seemed quite spent: There was not left above the bigness of a walnut of firm substance: The rest was spongy, liker the lungs than the heart .-- _Swift.
Anglice_, more like. P.525._Burnet_, Home was convicted on the credit of one infamous evidence:--Applications were made to the Duke [of York] for saving his life: But he was not born under _a pardoning planet_ .-- _Swift_.
Silly fop. P.526._Burnet_ All the Presbyterian party saw they were now disinherited of a main part of their birth-right .-- _Swift_.
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