34/72 _Burnet_ mentions an astrological prediction of the Prince's fate, and adds:--But that which _was_ most particular _was_, that he _was_ to have a son by a widow, and _was_ to die of the small-pox in the twenty-fifth year of his age .-- _Swift_. Was, was, was, was. They set it also up for a maxim .-- _Swift_. He can vary a phrase; set up for a maxim, and lay down for a maxim. His oath was made to them, and by consequence it was in their power to release the obligation that did arise from it to themselves .-- _Swift_. |