The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 13/From George Lyttleton to Jonathan Swift - 1

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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Volume 13
 (1739)
by George Lyttleton, edited by Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, John Boyle, Patrick Delany, John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift, William Bowyer, John Birch, and George Faulkner
From Mr. Lyttelton
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— From Mr. Lyttelton1739George Lyttleton
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FROM MR. SECRETARY LYTTELTON[1].


SIR,
LONDON, MAY 16, 1739.


I CANNOT let Mr. Swift return to Ireland without my acknowledgments to you for the favour you have done Mr. Lamb[2]. I know that I ought to ascribe it wholly to Mr. Pope's recommendation, as I have not the happiness to be known to you myself; but give me leave to take this occasion of assuring you how much I wish to be in the number of your friends. I think I can be so even at this distance, and though we should never come to a nearer acquaintance; for the reputation of some men is amiable, and one can love their characters, without knowing their persons.

​If it could ever be in my power to do you any service in this country, the employing me in it would be a new favour to, sir, your obliged humble servant,


  1. ↑ Afterward the first lord Lyttelton.
  2. ↑ One of the choir in the cathedrals of St. Patrick and Christ church.
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