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1726, and 1727. Was in London, when an offer was made him of settling among his friends within twelve miles of it, i. 238.
Well received at court, i. 241. xiii. 122.
Had a long conversation with sir Robert Walpole on the affairs of Ireland, xii. 179; whom he saw twice, xix. 45.
Upon the news of Stella's sickness, returned to Ireland, i. 241; where he was received with triumph, 250; and, on her recovery, to England again, 253.
1727. Saw the princess Caroline twice in one week, by her own command, xii. 228.
Proposed to set out on a visit to lord Bolingbroke in France; but was prevented by the king's death, i. 254. xii. 228. 237.
Kissed the hands of king George II and his queen, on their accession to the throne, i. 294; and was solicited by his friends to engage in several schemes, but approved of none ot them, 256.
Informs Mrs. Howard how he first got his giddiness and deafness, xix. 56.
Returned again to Ireland, on the news of Stella's last sickness, i. 257.
1728. After her death (which happened Jan. 28, 1728), grew a recluse and morose, and described himself in a Latin verse, xviii. 441. See Vertiginosus.
His answer to a man who told him he had found out the longitude, xii. 258.
1730. Humorously rallied by lord Bathurst, upon his writings, xii. 346; upon his expensive and intemperate way of living, 393.
1731. Wrote the Verses on his own Death, occasioned by a maxim in Rochefoucault, xii. 453; Polite Conversation, begun about 1702; and Directions to Servants, xii. 426. xiv. 123.
1732. Lord Bolingbroke proposed to him an exchange of his deanery for a living in England, xii. 477.
Gave an assignment of some of his works to Mr. Pilkington, ii. xxiii. xix. 124. 125.
1733. The resolution of many of the principal inhabitants of Dublin, to defend him against the insults of Bettesworth, i. 418. xiii. 109. 114.
Duchess of Queensberry's advice to him, xiii. 34.
His condolence with her grace for the death of Mr. Gay, with a brief character of him, 38.
Rallied by lord Bathurst for the course of life he was got into, 47.
1734. Threatened to be murdered by one Bettesworth, a counsellor, whom he had provoked by his writings, xiii. 114.
1735. His reflections upon the melancholy state of publick affairs both in England and Ireland, xiii. 167.
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