The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 10 Historical Writings
VOLUME III.
On the bastard title: That frequent expression,--_upon the word of a king_, I have always despised and detested, for a thousand reasons.
Dedication, 21st par. [vol. I., p. li., edit of 1888.] _Clarendon._ Some very near that King ... putting him on the thoughts of marrying some Roman Catholic lady.--_Swift_. As he did.