The Works of Jonathan Swift DD - 1859 Author:Jonathan Swift Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 7. Because they have not a free use of their religion when they disdain a toleration. 8. Because they have so little charity for episcopacy as to account it i... more »niquitous. The address of the general assembly to the duke of Queensberry in the late reign says, that to tolerate the episcopal clergy in Scotland would be to establish iniquity by a law. 9. Because repealing the test clause will probably disoblige ten of his majesty's good subjects for one it can oblige. 10. Because, if the test clause be repealed, the presbyterians may with the better grace get into employments, and the easier worm out those of the established church. TWO LETTERS TO THE PUBLISHER OF THE DUBLIN WEEKLY JOURNAL. Nemo in sese tentat descendere. — Pers. Saturday, September 14, 1728. Sir, — I sat down the other day to take myself into consideration, thinking it an odd thing that I should cast my eyes so much abroad to make discoveries of other people, and should never care or bethink what I myself was doing at home. Upon inquiry, I found self- reftectioit to be a very disagreeable thing. I was ever very well with myself upon the whole; but when I came to this piece-work I saw so many faults and flaws, so many things wanting, and so many to be mended, that I did not know where to begin or what to say, but grew prodigiously sick of the subject. In fine, I became thoroughly chagrined and out of humor; till after much musing I most manfully came to a conclusion, and so softened down my long run of questions and answers into this issue : —Well, I care not though I have not got £30,000 per annum; yet I am a projector, and expect twice this sum very soon. Well, what if I am not a minister of state ? I am a poet;—and straight to pen, ink, and paper, I betook me; and with these two single consi...« less