Excerpt from The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Vol. 5 Though I was thus, to my eternal grief, deprived of his converfation, he, for lome years, continued his cor refpoutlence, and communicated to me many ofhis pro jefls for the benefit of mankind. He (cut me fome of his writings, and recommended to my care the recovery of others, (haggling about the world and aflhmed by other men. The [alt timel heard from him, was on occafion of his firiet'ures on the Dunciad; fince when, feveral years being elapl'ed, l have reafon to believe this excellent per fon is either dead, or carried by his vehement thirit for knowledge, into fome remote, or perhaps undilcovered re gion of the world. In either cafe, I think it a debt no longer to be delayed, to reveal whati know of this pro digy of fcience, and to give the biliary of his life, and of his extenfive merits, to mankind in which I dare promife the reader, that, whenever he begins to think any one chapter dull, the fiile will be immediately changed in the Delft. 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.