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A MODEST PROPOSAL. FOR PREVENTING THE CHILDREN OF POOR PEOPLE IN IRELAND FROM BEING A BURDEN TO THEIR PARENTS OR COUNTRY, AND FOR MAKING THEM BENEFICIAL TO THE PUBLIC. It is a melancholy object to those who walk through this great town or travel in the country, when they see the streets, the roads, and cabin doors, crowded with beggars of the ...
The full title of Swift's pamphlet is "A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burthen to their Parents, or the Country, and for Making them Beneficial to the Publick." The tract is an ironically conceived attempt to "find out a fair, cheap, and easy Method" for converting the starving children of Ireland into ...
Oct 1, 1997 · Author. Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. Title. A Modest Proposal. For preventing the children of poor people in Ireland, from being a burden on their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the publick. Credits. An Anonymous Volunteer and David Widger. Language. English.
1 contributor. A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People From Being a Burden on Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick, commonly referred to as ...
A Modest Proposal is an essay written by Jonathan Swift. The full title of the essay is ‘For preventing the children of poor people in Ireland, from being a burden on their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the publick’ and is commonly known as ‘A Modest Proposal’ in its short form. It was published in 1729 anonymously.
Nov 30, 2023 · A Modest Proposal satirizes politicians and officials who sought to "solve" the food shortages in Ireland with figures and calculations. Swift's essay presents an absurd idea (the consumption of ...
A MODEST PROPOSAL. For preventing the children of poor people in Ireland, from being a burden on their. parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the public. by. Dr. Jonathan Swift. 1729. It is a melancholy object to those, who walk through this great town1, or travel in. the country, when they see the streets, the roads and cabin ...
