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REMARKS
OF THE
CHARACTERS
OF THE
COURT OF QUEEN ANNE.
[THE ORIGINAL CHARACTERS[1] ARE PRINTED IN ROMAN; SWIFT'S REMARKS[2] IN ITALICKS.]
A TALL, handsome man for his age, with a very obliging address, of a wonderful presence of mind,
so
- ↑ These characters, drawn up in the name of John Macky, (but written by Mr. Davis, an officer in the customs) were annexed to Memoirs of the Secret Services of John Macky, esq., during the reigns of king William, queen Anne, and king George I; printed in 1739, from a MS., said to be attested by his son, Spring Macky, esq.
- ↑ Dr. Swift's notes are transcribed from a copy formerly belonging to John Putland, esq., a near relation to the dean, who took them from Swift's own handwriting. This volume afterward came into the possession of Philip Carteret Webb, esq.; and is now the property of Thomas Astle, esq., a gentleman to whom the publick are indebted for some very accurate and curious publications
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