The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 12/From William Pulteney to Alexander Pope - 1

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ELEVEN O'CLOCK, TUESDAY MORNING.


I AM obliged to you all for your compliments, and when the dean is well enough, I hope to see you in town. You will probably find me a much happier man than when you saw me last; for I flatter myself, that in an hour or two I shall be once more blessed with a son. Mrs. Pulteney is now in labour: if she does well, and brings me a boy, I shall not care one sixpence how much longer sir Robert governs England, or Horace governs France. I am ever yours,