Excerpt from Letters, Written by the Late Jonathan Swift, D. D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, and Several of His Friends, Vol. 4: From the Year 1710 to 1742 To the beft of my recollection, when I talked to you lafi Novemeer of a Pre face to thefe Volumes, I had fome thoughts of opening a fcene, which would have expofed to view feveral things which are fiill involved in dark nefs. But, as I have neither youth, leifure, nor inclination, to engage in altercations of any fort, I think it is better to pofipone what I have prin cipally to fay relating to thefe matters, and particularly to the fubjee't of Dr. Swrrt's Writings, until a more conve nient and proper feafon; when per haps it will be thought early enough to inform the curious, by what a firange variety of accidents the Do cron's Works have happened to make their appearance in (0 diforderly, uncouth, and miferable a condition (to fay nothing of a thou. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.