Swift: Works (ed. Scott), XVII, p. 385.
Swift: Works (ed. Scott), XVII, p. 436.
CHAPTER XIII
1732
DEATH
As time passed Gay became less satisfied with his condition. It may have been that his health became worse; or it may be that, like to many men who are idle and make no effort to work, he became annoyed at the ennui which is so often the result of an unoccupied life. Anyhow, in his letters there crept in a note of irritability, which has not previously been sounded.