The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 11/From Anthony Henley to Jonathan Swift - 2

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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Volume 11
(1708)
by Anthony Henley, edited by Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, John Boyle, Patrick Delany, John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift, William Bowyer, John Birch, and George Faulkner

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1549827The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Volume 11
— From the same1708Anthony Henley

ANTH. HENLEY, ESQ., TO DR. SWIFT.

DEAR DOCTOR,

NOV. 2, 1708.

THOUGH you won't send me your broomstick^[1], I'll send you as good a reflection upon death as even Adrian's himself, though the fellow was but an old farmer of mine, that made it. He had been ill a good while; and when his friends saw him a going, they all came croaking about him as usual; and one of them asking how he did? he replied, in great pain, "If I could but get this same breath out of my body, I'd take care, by G—, how I let it come in again." This, if it were put in fine Latin, I fancy would make as good a sound as any I have met with.

I am,⁠⁠⁠⁠

Your most affectionate humble servant,

A. HENLEY.

↑ Meditation on a Broomstick, written by Dr. Swift about this time.

[1] Meditation on a Broomstick, written by Dr. Swift about this time.

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