The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 12/From Edward Harley to Jonathan Swift - 4

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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Volume 12
(1725)
by Edward Harley, edited by Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, John Boyle, Patrick Delany, John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift, William Bowyer, John Birch, and George Faulkner

From the earl of Oxford

To lord Palmerston

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1554211The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Volume 12
— From the earl of Oxford1725Edward Harley (1689-1741)

FROM THE EARL OF OXFORD.

REVEREND SIR,

DOVER STREET, OCT. 19, 1725.

I HOPE you will excuse these few lines for once, when I tell you that yesterday morning, I thank God, my wife was safely delivered of a son, and both mother and child are as well as can be expected. I fancy this will not be disagreeable news to the dean of St. Patrick's, except he be very much altered, which I believe not. I will not trouble you with any more, but to tell you that I am with great respect, sir, your most obedient servant,

OXFORD.