. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . the diarj. Swift was servingtlie Tories in London, writing trenchant papers in the Examiner andtelling pamphlets, such as the Conduct of the Allies. In society,he was much sought after, but he rejected haughtily anything savour-ing of patronage, and consequently got few material benefits. At last,in 1713, he was made Dean of St. Patricks, and retired to Ireland, asif to banishment, a completely disillusioned and disappointed personal feelings and his view of mankind were closely inter-dependent ; hence, as his private trouble
. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . the diarj. Swift was servingtlie Tories in London, writing trenchant papers in the Examiner andtelling pamphlets, such as the Conduct of the Allies. In society,he was much sought after, but he rejected haughtily anything savour-ing of patronage, and consequently got few material benefits. At last,in 1713, he was made Dean of St. Patricks, and retired to Ireland, asif to banishment, a completely disillusioned and disappointed personal feelings and his view of mankind were closely inter-dependent ; hence, as his private troubles increased, his misanthropy. JONATHAN SWIFTFrom the portrait attributed to Charles Jcrvas in the Bodleian Gallery, Oxford ?<•/». 31J JONATHAN SWIFT 3^3 grew more sombre and morose. To the beginning of this period,1716, his supposed marriage with Stella is ascribed. Whether thisceremony was performed or not, they continued to live apart as before,but her company alone gave him any pleasure, save when Addisoncame to Ireland. Swifts tone in controversy grew constantly mon-bitter, and at length he found a worthy theme in the oppression ofIrish trade by the English Government. In 1724 he put forth hisfierce plea for liberty in Dmpicrs Letters. The patent known asWoods halfpence was swept away by their savage invective, andSwift became the idol of the Dublin populace. Three years later hepublished his satirical masterpiece, Gullivers Travel^, which he hadbeen writing since 1720. Its instantaneous success was, however,completely marred for him by the failing health of Stella, who diedin January 1728, leaving Swi
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