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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 08, Volume II

Note 95 — SWIFT.

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The words speciali gratia, or per specialem gratium, were used in the record of his degree in the college of Dublin; but were never entered in any testimonium, which merely states the fact of a degree having been taken, and, therefore, the account that they were omitted as a favour to Swift is incorrect.

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