... archbishop [Boulter] charged the Dean with inflaming the mob, "I inflame them?" retorted Swift," were I to lift but a finger, they would tear you to pieces." (Jonathan Swift)

... archbishop [Boulter] charged the Dean with inflaming the mob, "I inflame them?" retorted Swift," were I to lift but a finger, they would tear you to pieces."

Jonathan Swift

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