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[195]. See Archdeacon Coxe.
[196]. The Duchess herself remarks it, as an extraordinary occurrence, that her husband should, even upon a most trying occasion, be betrayed into anger. When he received from Queen Anne the letter containing his dismissal, he flung it, she says, “in a passion,” into the fire. Coxe, MS. vol. xliii.
[197]. Biog. Britannica.
[198]. Swift’s Works, vol. xiii. p. 36.
[199]. See Swift’s Letter.
[200]. Lediard, vol. ii. p. 399.
[201]. Lediard, p. 391.
[202]. See Appendix.
[203]. Lord Cowper’s Diary.