The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 13/From John Boyle to Jonathan Swift - 5

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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Volume 13
(1738)
by John Boyle, 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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1557542The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Volume 13
— From lord Orrery1738John Boyle

FROM THE EARL OF ORRERY.

DEAR SIR,

JUNE 13, 1738.

I AM engaged to morrow at dinner; but I will try to put it off, and send you word in the morning whether I can meet Mrs. Whiteway or not. To show you what a generous rival I am (now I am sure of the lady) I should be glad to carry down a letter from you to my mistress on Friday. She never drinks any wine; but she told me the other day, to do you good, she would drink a bottle. I wish you would insist on it, that I might see whether wine would alter the sweetness of her temper, for I am sure nothing else can.

I rejoice to find there is some little amendment in your health, and I pray God to increase it.