The Works of of the Rev. Jonathan Swift (Volume 1); Life of Doctor Swift [by Sheridan - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1801 Excerpt: ... relicks to their posterity. And so eager were numbers to obtain at any price this precious memorial, that. in less than an hour, his venerable head was entirely stripped of all its silver ornaments, so that not a hair remained. He was buried in the moft private manner, according to directions in his will, in the great aisle of St. Patrick's Cathedral, and by way of monument, a slab of black marble was placed against the wall, on which was engraved the following Latin Epitaph, written by himself: Hie depositum est corpus Jonathan Swift, S.T.P. Hujus Ecclesiae Cathedralis Decani: Ubi sasva indignatio Ulterius cor lacerare nequit. Abi, viator, Et imitare, si poteris, Strenuum pro virili libertatis vindicem. Obiit anno (1745) Menfis (Octobris) die (19) jEtatis anno (78.) SECTION VI. Private Memoirs of Swift. Having now conducted Swift from his cradle to his grave, and presented to view, in a regular series, the most remarkable scenes of his publick life; I Yea beg a hair of him for memory, And dying mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it as a rich legacy Unto their issue. ShAk»peAke. Vol, I. U have have purposely reserved to this place the greater part of such private memoirs, as were not meant to meet the publick eye, in order that I might arrange them also in an uninterrupted train. Nothing has more excited the curiosity of mankind at all times, than that desire which prevails of prying into the secret actions of great and illustrious characters; arising in some, from a too general spirit of envy, which hopes to find something in their private conduct that may sully the lustre of their publick fame, and fo bring them down more to a level with themselves: and in others, of a more candid disposition, that they might form right judgments of their re...