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The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Vol. X.

BOOK IV
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But what followed upon this gave them a colour to say, that he was forced away, and driven out .-- _Swift_.

So he certainly was, both now and afterwards.
_Ibid.Burnet_.None were killed, no houses burnt, nor were any robberies committed .-- _Swift_.

Don Pedro de Ronquillo's house was plundered and pulled down; he was Spanish ambassador.
_Ibid.Burnet_.Jeffreys, finding the King was gone, saw what reason he had to look to himself: And, apprehending that he was now exposed to the rage of the people, whom he had provoked with so particular a brutality, he had disguised himself to make his escape.

But he fell into the hands of some who knew him.

He was insulted by them with as much scorn and rudeness as they could invent.


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