The Examiner (2)

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The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.05: English Writing and Culture from the Glorious Revolution to the French Revolution, 1689-1789.
Vol. editors: Paul Baines (University of Liverpool), Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Pat Rogers (University of South Florida), Nicholas Seager (University of Keele)

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was a government propaganda sheet devised by Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke and the first minister, Robert Harley, with the mission of defending “the present measures of her majesty”. It criticised the Whigs for having prolonged the war with Spain and praised Harley’s ministry for seeking a just peace (Ehrenpreis, II 410). It came out weekly, usually with one essay of about 2000 words. For 33 weeks from 2 November 1710 (no. 13) to 14 June 1711 (No. 45) it was written by Jonathan Swift who was succeeded as manager by Mary Delarivière Manley until the periodical closed in 1716. Other notable essays were contributed by Henry St John, first Viscount Bolingbroke, the poet Matthew Prior, and by Francis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester.

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