there lives in a
neat thatched cabin, a parson, who is not poor; his wife is allowed
to be the best little woman in the world. Her chickens are the
fattest, and her ale the best in all the country. Besides, the
parson has a little cellar of his own, of which he keeps the key,
where he always has a hogshead of the best wine that can be got, in
bottles well corked, upon their side; and he cleans, and pulls out
the cork better, I think, than Robin. Here I design to meet you with
a coach; if you be tired, you shall stay all night; if not, after
dinner we will set out about four, and be at Cashell by nine; and by
going through fields and by-ways, which the parson will show us, we
shall escape all the rocky and stony roads that lie between this
place and that, which are certainly very bad. I hope you will be so
kind as to let me know a post or two before you set out, the very
day you will be at Kilkenny, that I may have all things prepared for
you. It may be, if you ask him, Cope will come: he will do nothing
for me. Therefore, depending upon your positive promise, I shall add
no more arguments to persuade you, and am, with the greatest truth,
your most faithful and obedient servant,

"THEO. CASHELL."

44 "Mr. Swift lived with him [Sir William Temple] some time, but
resolving to settle himself in some way of living, was inclined to
take orders. However, although his fortune was very small, he had a
scruple of entering into the Church merely for support."--_Anecdotes
of the Family of Swift_, by the DEAN.

45 "Dr. Swift had a natural severity of face, which even his smiles
could never soften, or his utmost gaiety render placid and serene;
but when that sternness of visage was increased by rage, it is
scarce possible to imagine looks or features that carried in them
more terror and austerity."--ORRERY.

46 "London, April 10th, 1713.

"Lady Masham's eldest boy is very ill: I doubt he will not live; and
she stays at Kensington to nurse him, which vexes us all. She is so
excessively fond, it makes me mad. She should never leave the queen,
but leave everything, to stick to what is so much the interest of
the public, as well as her own...."--_Journal._

47 "My health is somewhat mended, but at best I have an ill head and an