The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 13/From John Carteret to Jonathan Swift - 3

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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Volume 13
(1733)
by John Carteret, 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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— From lord Carteret1733John Carteret

FROM LORD CARTERET.

SIR,

MARCH 24, 1732-3.

I HAD the favour of your letter of the 19th of February. A gentleman left it at my door. I have not heard from him since, though he said he would call again, and who he is, I do not know. I showed it to my wife and lady Worsley, who will not fail to obey your commands, and tease me, if I could be forgetful of your orders, to attend the cause of the city of Dublin when it comes into the house. I know by experience, how much that city thinks itself under your protection, and how strictly they used to obey all orders fulminated from the sovereignty of St. Patrick's. I never doubted their compliance with you in so trivial a point as a recorder^[1]. You can give any one law and capacity in half an hour; and if by chance a rake should get those faculties any other way, you can make the worthy citizens believe he has them not; and you can sustain any machine in a furred gown.

I thank you for the letter by Mr. Pilkington. I have seen him twice at a great entertainment at my lord mayor's, where you was the first toast. I like the young man very well, and he has great obligations to you, of which he seems sensible.

I hope Dr. Delany is well, and that you see one another often, and then the doctor would not have leisure to pursue his dissertations^[2], or to answer the reverend prelate^[3] on your side, who I hear has answered him. As I have not read the dissertations, so I shall not read the answer; which, I hope without offence, I may suppose to be your case. If so, I hope you will endeavour to keep me well with the doctor, who took it a little unkindly of me, that I would shut my eyes to such revelation, so demonstrated. I have a great esteem for him, to which nothing that he can write upon those subjects can make any addition: and therefore, I would run no risk as to altering my opinion of him by reading his books.

That health and prosperity may attend you, is my sincere wish; and I entreat you to believe that I am, with great truth, sir, your most humble and obedient servant.

The whole family of my ladies send their compliments.

↑ Mr. Stanard was about this time chosen recorder of the city of Dublin, chiefly at the recommendation of Dr. Swift.
↑ Revelation examined with Candour.
↑ Dr. Robert Clayton, bishop of Killala, Jan. 23, 1729; translated to Corke, Dec. 19, 1735; and to Clogher, Aug. 26. 1745. He was the author of " A Vindication of the Old and New Testament, &c." against lord Bolingbroke, and of many other valuable treatises.

[1] Mr. Stanard was about this time chosen recorder of the city of Dublin, chiefly at the recommendation of Dr. Swift.

[2] Revelation examined with Candour.

[3] Dr. Robert Clayton, bishop of Killala, Jan. 23, 1729; translated to Corke, Dec. 19, 1735; and to Clogher, Aug. 26. 1745. He was the author of " A Vindication of the Old and New Testament, &c." against lord Bolingbroke, and of many other valuable treatises.

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