[The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Vol. X. by Jonathan Swift]@TWC D-Link bookThe Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Vol. X. BOOK II 10/72
Some instances of this were very extraordinary, though they cannot be mentioned with _decency_ .-- _Swift._ His lady _conceived_ of him the night before his execution. Ibid.
_Burnet._ Sir Henry Vane died with so much composedness, that it was generally thought, the government had lost more than it had gained by his death .-- _Swift._ Vane was beheaded for new attempts, not here mentioned. P.179.
_Burnet._ [The Papists] seemed zealous for the Church.
But at the same time they spoke of toleration, as necessary both for the peace and quiet of the nation, and for the encouragement of trade .-- _Swift._ This is inconsistent. P.180._Burnet_ says that Mr.Baxter:--was a man of great piety; and, if he had not meddled in too many things, would have been esteemed one of the learned men of the age: He writ near _two hundred books._--_Swift._ Very sad ones. P.184.
_Burnet._ The Convocation that prepared those alterations, as they added some new holy days, St.Barnabas, and the Conversion of St. Paul, so they took in more lessons out of the Apocrypha, in particular the story of Bel and the Dragon .-- _Swift._ I think they acted wrong. Ibid.
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