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INDEX.

Justice. Lilliputian image of, vi. 54.

Justices of the peace. Improper ones promote, rather than suppress vice, ii. 416.

K.

Kelley (Dennis and George). xii. 84.

Kennet (bishop). His account of Swift, xix. 21.

Kerry (earl of). One of the most ancient and noble families in Ireland, xiii. 191.

Key to the Lock, xvii. 99.

Keynes (William de). Takes king Stephen prisoner, xvi. 73.

Killaloe (bishop of). Empowered to solicit the affair of the first-fruits, &c., in Ireland, xi. 82. What the yearly income of that bishoprick, 312.

Killigrew (William, Thomas, and Henry). Some account of each of them, xviii. 106. A saying of Henry's to lord Wharton, x. 242.

King. The true glory and greatness of a king of England, iii. 196. Cannot legally refuse to pass a bill approved by the commons, i. 527. Explanation of the maxim, that he can do no wrong, ii. 373. Impolitick in one to prefer persons of merit, vi. 231. Can be as despotick as he pleases, xix. 112. Peculiar advantage, he enjoys, 113. The desire of unlimited power natural to kings, xiii. 195. What alone can cool their lust of power, ibid. How far it is proper he should have the choice of his ministers, xvi. 298. The title given as a matter of courtesy, not acknowledgment of right, iii. 346. Kings often deceived in their grants, ix. 18. Why they should be obeyed, x. 92. Made of the same materials with their subjects, x. 80.

King (Dr. William, the civilian). ii. 30. xi. 211. xviii. 141.

King (Dr. William, principal of St. Mary Hall). xiii. 349-354. His opinion of Swift's History, xiii. 391. Published Swift's verses on his own death, 414.

King (Dr. William, archbishop of Dublin). A character of him^[1], iv. 422. His generosity to the clergy of his diocese, ix. 256.

↑ It is very remarkable that this character was omitted in the Irish edition of 1735, said to have been dictated, or strictly revised, by the dean himself; and Mr. Pope, who has been accused of garbling the writings he was entrusted with, appears here at least a faithful editor, and the author himself to be the garbler. Lord Orrery informs us, that Dr. King, when bishop of Derry, hindered Dr. Swift from being made dean of Derry. So that, considering the violence of Swift's resentments, it may seem harder to account for his inserting this encomium, than for his leaving it out. But he was then, probably, a stranger to the ill office of his back friend, till he was initiated into the party to which he afterward adhered, and to which Dr. Boulter owed his advancement to the primacy, in 1719, in opposition to Dr. King. Whatever induced Swift to efface this character, the publick, once in possession of it, will not contentedly part with it. It is too precious a morsel to be lost. And if authors (as they have a right) shall castrate themselves, they must not think to appear to the world with the same spirit as before. B.

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[1] It is very remarkable that this character was omitted in the Irish edition of 1735, said to have been dictated, or strictly revised, by the dean himself; and Mr. Pope, who has been accused of garbling the writings he was entrusted with, appears here at least a faithful editor, and the author himself to be the garbler. Lord Orrery informs us, that Dr. King, when bishop of Derry, hindered Dr. Swift from being made dean of Derry. So that, considering the violence of Swift's resentments, it may seem harder to account for his inserting this encomium, than for his leaving it out. But he was then, probably, a stranger to the ill office of his back friend, till he was initiated into the party to which he afterward adhered, and to which Dr. Boulter owed his advancement to the primacy, in 1719, in opposition to Dr. King. Whatever induced Swift to efface this character, the publick, once in possession of it, will not contentedly part with it. It is too precious a morsel to be lost. And if authors (as they have a right) shall castrate themselves, they must not think to appear to the world with the same spirit as before. B.

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