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always as Moreparke, or More Parke. Even T. P- 

 Courtenay, his most painstaking biographer, (whose 

 work was the text of Macaulay's rhetorical Review,) 

 confused the two, or rather believed there was only 

 one, and made Temple the purchaser of the Countess 

 of Bedford's property ; nay, in reprinting the Will he 

 once converts " More " into " Moore." This little fact 

 alone perhaps excuses the official copy of the Will 

 being given in its entirety. 1 But lovers of the history 

 of our Literature will find a higher justification than a 

 lawyer's pedantry in the whole style of the Will 

 cest de rhomme meme Esther Johnson, Swift's Stella, 

 is described as " Servant to my sister GifFard " how 

 the bitter taste must have made Jonathan wince ! The 

 name of Dingley occurs Thomas Swift is one of the 

 witnesses Jonathan Swift "now dwelling with me " - 

 is mentioned in the codicil for a legacy of ioo pounds 

 and Temple specifies the exact spot where his 



1 See Appendix to Introduction. 



a " The fine gentleman " Temple "spoiled" perhaps by 

 allowing himself to be addressed (June 1689) in an Ode as 

 learn d, good, and great and as combining This great triumvirate 

 of Souls Virgil, Epicurus and Caesar ! And Swift's self-dis- 

 paraging apostrophe is equally disproportioned 



Thy few ill-presented graces seem 



To breed contempt where thou hadst hoped esteem. 



