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1726, and 1727. | Was in London, when an offer was made him of settling among his friends within twelve miles of it, i. 238. | |
Well received at court, i. 241. xiii. 122. | ||
Had a long conversation with sir Robert Walpole on the affairs of Ireland, xii. 179; whom he saw twice, xix. 45. | ||
Upon the news of Stella's sickness, returned to Ireland, i. 241; where he was received with triumph, 250; and, on her recovery, to England again, 253. |
1727. | Saw the princess Caroline twice in one week, by her own command, xii. 228. | |
Proposed to set out on a visit to lord Bolingbroke in France; but was prevented by the king's death, i. 254. xii. 228. 237. | ||
Kissed the hands of king George II and his queen, on their accession to the throne, i. 294; and was solicited by his friends to engage in several schemes, but approved of none ot them, 256. | ||
Informs Mrs. Howard how he first got his giddiness and deafness, xix. 56. | ||
Returned again to Ireland, on the news of Stella's last sickness, i. 257. | ||
1728. | After her death (which happened Jan. 28, 1728), grew a recluse and morose, and described himself in a Latin verse, xviii. 441. See Vertiginosus. | |
His answer to a man who told him he had found out the longitude, xii. 258. | ||
1730. | Humorously rallied by lord Bathurst, upon his writings, xii. 346; upon his expensive and intemperate way of living, 393. | |
1731. | Wrote the Verses on his own Death, occasioned by a maxim in Rochefoucault, xii. 453; Polite Conversation, begun about 1702; and Directions to Servants, xii. 426. xiv. 123. | |
1732. | Lord Bolingbroke proposed to him an exchange of his deanery for a living in England, xii. 477. | |
Gave an assignment of some of his works to Mr. Pilkington, ii. xxiii. xix. 124. 125. | ||
1733. | The resolution of many of the principal inhabitants of Dublin, to defend him against the insults of Bettesworth, i. 418. xiii. 109. 114. | |
Duchess of Queensberry's advice to him, xiii. 34. | ||
His condolence with her grace for the death of Mr. Gay, with a brief character of him, 38. | ||
Rallied by lord Bathurst for the course of life he was got into, 47. | ||
1734. | Threatened to be murdered by one Bettesworth, a counsellor, whom he had provoked by his writings, xiii. 114. | |
1735. | His reflections upon the melancholy state of publick affairs both in England and Ireland, xiii. 167. |
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