[The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Vol. X. by Jonathan Swift]@TWC D-Link bookThe Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Vol. X. BOOK IV 11/36
_Burnet._ I come now to the year 1688, which proved memorable, and produced an extraordinary and _unheard_-of revolution .-- _Swift._ The Devil's in that, sure all Europe _heard_ of it. P.730.
_Burnet,_after saying that he had been naturalized in Holland, upon marrying one of the subjects of the States, goes on:--The King took the matter very ill, and said, it was an affront to him, and a just cause of war .-- _Swift._ Vain fop. P.731.
_Burnet._ I never possessed my own soul in a more perfect calm, and in a clearer cheerfulness of spirit, than I did during all those threatenings, and the apprehensions that others were in concerning me .-- _Swift._ A modest account of his own magnanimity. P.746.
_Burnet._ But after all, though soldiers were _bad Englishmen and worse Christians_, yet the court [of James II.] found them too good Protestants to trust much to them .-- _Swift_.
Special doctrine. P.748._Burnet_, speaking of the Queen's expectation of a child, says:--I will give as full and as distinct an account of all that related to that matter, as I could gather up either at that time or afterwards .-- _Swift_.
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