[The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Vol. X. by Jonathan Swift]@TWC D-Link bookThe Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Vol. X. BOOK II 68/72
Very civil. _Ibid.Burnet_.There were two remarkable circumstances in his [Leightoun's] death.
He used often to say, that if he were to choose a place to die in, it should be an inn; it looking like a pilgrim's going home, to whom this world was all as an inn, and who was weary of the noise and confusion in it .-- _Swift._ Canting puppy. P.590._Burnet_.
Sterne, Archbishop of York, died in the 86th year of his age: He was a sour ill-tempered man, and minded chiefly the enriching his family .-- _Swift_.
Yet thought author of "The Whole Duty of Man." P.591._Burnet_ says of Bishop Mew:--Though he knew very little of divinity, or of any other learning, and was weak to a childish degree, yet obsequiousness and zeal raised him through several steps to this great see [Bath and Wells] .-- _Swift_.
This character is true. P.595._Burnet_.
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