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

Note 100 — SWIFT.

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The whole story of this bishoprick is a very blind one. That it was ever intended for Swift, or that Sharpe and the dutchess of Somerset ever dissuaded queen Anne from promoting him, is not ascertained by any satisfactory evidence. M.

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