P. 346. Burnet. It was believed, if the
design had succeeded, he [Lord Clifford] had agreed
with his wife to take orders, and to aspire to a cardinal’s
hat.—Swift. Was he or she to
take orders?
P. 362. Burnet. I told him, what afterwards
happened, that most of these would make their own
terms, and leave him in the lurch.—Swift.
True sublime.
P. 370. Burnet. I was ever of Nazianzen’s
opinion, who never wished to see any more synods of
the clergy.—Swift. Dog!
P. 372. Burnet, when he was struck out of the
list of chaplains, says:—The King said,
he was afraid I had been too busy; and wished me to
go home to Scotland, and be more quiet.—Swift.
The King knew him right.
Ibid. Burnet. I preached in many
of the churches of London; and was so well received,
that it was probable I might be accepted of in any
that was to be disposed of by a popular election.—Swift.
Much to his honour.
P. 373. Burnet. This violent and groundless
prosecution lasted some months. And during that
time I said to some, that Duke Lauderdale had gone
so far in opening some wicked designs to me, that I
perceived he could not be satisfied, unless I was
undone. So I told what was mentioned before of
the discourses that passed between him and me.—Swift.
Scotch dog!
P. 374. Burnet. He [Lord Howard] went
over in the beginning of the war, and offered to serve
De Witt. But he told me, he found him a dry man.—Swift.
Who told who? I guess Howard told Burnet.
P. 378. Burnet. At least he [Sir William
Temple] thought religion was fit only for the mob.—Swift.
A word of dignity for an historian. Burnet.
He was a corrupter of all that came near him.
And he delivered himself up wholly to study, ease,
and pleasure.—Swift. Sir William
Temple was a man of virtue, to which Burnet was a stranger.
P. 380. Burnet, speaking of his being pressed,
before Parliament, to reveal what passed between him
and the Duke of Lauderdale in private; and
the Parliament, in case of refusal, threatening him,
says:—Upon this I yielded, and gave an
account of the discourse formerly mentioned.—Swift.
Treacherous villain.
Ibid. Burnet. My love to my country,
and my private friendships carried me perhaps too
far.—Swift. Right.
P. 382. Burnet. [Sir Harbottle Grimstone] had
always a tenderness to the Dissenters.—Swift.
Burnet’s test of all virtues.
Ibid. Burnet. [Lady Grimstone] was the
humblest, the devoutest, and best tempered person
I ever knew of that sort [having high notions
for Church and Crown].—Swift.
Rogue.
P. 384. Burnet, the country party maintained
that:—if a Parliament thought any law inconvenient
for the good of the whole, they must be supposed still
free to alter it: And no previous limitation could
bind up their legislature.—Swift.
Wrong arguing.
