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| 1686. | Drew the first sketch of the Tale of a Tub, i. 6. | |
| 1688. | Came to Leicester, to take advice from his mother what course of life he should pursue; she advised him to go to sir William Temple, who immediately took him under his protection, 11. 12. | |
| 1689. | In June, addresses an ode to sir William, vii. 3. | |
| 1690. | Had the honour of conversing familiarly with king William at Sheen, who offered to make him a captain of horse, and probably promised him ecclesiastical preferment, i. 15. | |
| 1691. | By the advice of his physicians, went to Ireland, for his health, i. 526. | |
| Feb. 11. Having been returned seven weeks, asserts that he had, in that time, written on all manner of subjects, more than perhaps any other than in England, xi. 2. Suspected of an intention to marry a Leicester woman, which he with some warmth denies, i. 274. xi. 1. | ||
| 1692. | June 14. Admitted ad eundem at Oxford; and, July 5, took his master's degree there at the same time with his cousin Thomas, who was then of Baliol Colege, while our author was at Hart Hall, i. 15. See Pedigree, i. 541. | |
| Acknowledged the civility he met with at Oxford, xi. 5. | ||
| 1693. | Dispatched by sir William Temple to Kensington, to explain to the king the nature of the bill for shortening the duration of parliaments, i. 527. | |
| 1694. | Thinking himself neglected by his patron (who offered, however, to make him his deputy as master of the rolls in Ireland,) went to Ireland, and took orders, i. 18. 528. xi. 7. His letter to sir W. Temple, requesting a certificate for this purpose, xix. 1. | |
| June 3. Wished to have been chaplain to the factory at Lisbon, xi. 7. | ||
| Presented by lord Capel to the prebend of Kilroot; but was soon persuaded by sir William Temple to resign it, and return to him in England, i. 18. 528. xi. 9. | ||
| 1697. | Wrote the Battle of the Books, in compliment to his friend and patron, whom he makes his hero, and digressions in the Tale of a Tub, i. 24. His studies during this year, 23. | |
| 1699. | Sir William Temple dying, Swift presented a memorial to king William, reminding him of his promise to promote him to a prebend of Canterbury or Westminster, but without effect, 25. 30. 31. 528. | |
| Invited by the earl of Berkeley to go with him as chaplain and private secretary to Ireland; but turned out of the latter office, to make room for one Bush, 31. 32. 528. | ||
| Rejected from being made dean of Derry, and presented to the livings of Laracor and Rathbeggin, 32. 33. 529. | ||
| Wrote his Resolutions for Old Age, xvi. 326. |
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