"While you are nobody's servant you may be anybody's friend, and, as such, I embrace you in all conditions of life.

While I have a shilling you shall have sixpence, nay, eightpence, if I can contrive to live upon a groat." But if Pope took the matter calmly, Swift, on the other hand, completely lost his temper and wrote as if voluntary attendance at Court made it obligatory upon the Queen to provide for the courtier.
DEAN SWIFT TO JOHN GAY.
Dublin, November 27th, 1727.
"I entirely approve your refusal of that employment, and your writing to the Queen.

I am perfectly confident you have a firm enemy in the Ministry.

God forgive him, but not till he puts himself in a state to be forgiven.

Upon reasoning with myself, I should hope they are gone too far to discard you quite, and that they will give you something; which, although much less than they ought, will be (as far as it is worth) better circumstantiated; and since you already just live, a middling help will make you just tolerable.