Literary Relics

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Excerpt from Literary Relics: Containing Original Letters From King Charles II. King James II., The Queen of Bohemia, Swift, Berkeley, Addison, Steele, Congreve, the Duke of Ormond, and Bishop Rundle, To Which Is Prefixed, an Inquiry Into the Life of Dean SwiftFor all Swift's letters, except that to Varina, lam indebted to the politenefs of Henry Irvine, Efq, of Dublin, nephew of the gentleman to whom they are ad dffifllii'tl. From Mr lrvine l alfo received the letter of bilhop Rundle, and thofe of Mrs vjbiteway. As this lady's letters relate chie¿y to the Dean, and are writ ten in a manner that plainly proves the was worthy of her celebrated kinfmau, I {hall make no apology for inferring them in this volume. For Swift's letter to Varina, I am indebted to Doétor Saun ders of Dublin, who confiderably euban ccd the value of his prefent by the po lite manner in which he bellowed it.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.