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nor at appeals to God of his sincerity in acting for the presbytery both in prayers and on other occasions, etc .-- _Swift._ Sure there was some secret personal cause of all this malice against Sharp. P.93.
_Burnet,_ speaking of Charles II.
says:--He was affable and easy, and loved to be made so by all about him.
The great art of keeping him long was, the being easy, and the making everything easy to him .-- _Swift._ Eloquence. P.99._Burnet_ says of Bennet, afterwards Earl of Arlington:--His parts were solid, but not quick .-- _Swift._ They were very quick. P.100._Burnet_ says of the Duke of Buckingham:--Pleasure, frolic, or extravagant diversion was all that he laid to heart.
He was true to nothing, for he was not true to himself .-- _Swift._ No consequence. _Burnet._ He had no steadiness nor conduct: He could keep no secret, nor execute any design without spoiling it .-- _Swift._ Nonsense. P.117.
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