Excerpt from Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: In a Series of Letters From John Boyle, Earl of Cork and Orrery to His Son, the Honourable Hamilton BoyleWant no motive to gratify your requefi of hearing often from me, efpecially as your letters always give me a par ticular pleafure I read them over not only With the fondnefs of a father, but with the afi'eftion of a friend. They te vive in my mind the agreeable hours which attend a ftudious life, in that elegant feat of the mufes, from whence they are dated. In fuch a fituation.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.

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