Excerpt from The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, Vol. 2 of 6: Life of Swift
Swift's Journey to England, in 17 lo - His Quarrel with the Whigs, and Union with Harley and the Administra tion - He writes the Examiner - The Character of Lord Wharton - and other Political Tracts - Obtains the First Fruite and twentieth-parts for the Irish Clergy - His Correspondence with Archbishop King - His Intimacy with the Ministers - The services which he renders to them - Project for Improving the English Language His Protection of Literary Characters - Dificulties at tending his Church Preferment - He is made Dean of St Patrick's - And returns to Ireland.
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