[The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Vol. X. by Jonathan Swift]@TWC D-Link bookThe Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Vol. X. BOOK II 33/72
_Burnet._ The Duke of Savoy was encouraged to make a conquest of Genoa .-- _Swift._ Geneva. Ibid.
_Burnet._ When a foreign minister asked the King's leave to treat with him [Lockhart] in his master's name, the King consented; but with this severe reflection, That he believed he would be true to anybody but himself .-- _Swift._ Does he mean, Lockhart would not be true to Lockhart? P.305.
_Burnet._ They [the French] so possessed De Groot, then the Dutch ambassador at Paris, or they corrupted him into a belief that they had no design on them, etc .-- _Swift._ Who on whom? P.306.
_Burnet._ The Earl of Shaftesbury was the chief man in this advice [recommending the King to shut up the exchequer] .-- _Swift._ Clifford had the merit of this. P.318.
_Burnet,_ after mentioning the death of William II., Prince of Orange, says of the Princess:--As she bore her son a week after his death, in the eighth month of her time, so he came into the world under great disadvantages .-- _Swift._ A pretty contrast. Ibid.
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