Download or read book The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, Vol. 2 of 6 written by Walter Scott and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-20 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, Vol. 2 of 6: Life of Swift Swift's Journey to England, in 17 lo - His Quarrel with the Whigs, and Union with Harley and the Administra tion - He writes the Examiner - The Character of Lord Wharton - and other Political Tracts - Obtains the First Fruite and twentieth-parts for the Irish Clergy - His Correspondence with Archbishop King - His Intimacy with the Ministers - The services which he renders to them - Project for Improving the English Language His Protection of Literary Characters - Dificulties at tending his Church Preferment - He is made Dean of St Patrick's - And returns to Ireland. 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.