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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 / Jonathan Swift

 
dc.contributor Eris, Project Project Eris University of Notre Dame
dc.contributor.author Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745
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dc.date.accessioned 2018-07-27
dc.date.accessioned 2019-07-04T10:01:34Z
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dc.date.created 1729
dc.date.issued 1993-12-21
dc.identifier ota:2003
dc.identifier.citation http://purl.ox.ac.uk/ota/2003 http://purl.ox.ac.uk/ota/0309
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12024/2003
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dc.publisher University of Oxford
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dc.subject.lcsh Irish essays -- 18th century
dc.subject.other Essays
dc.title 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 / Jonathan Swift
dc.title.alternative A modest proposal
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identifier.ee Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 http://dx.doi.org/10.13051/ee:bio/swiftjonat003267
identifier.ee Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 http://dx.doi.org/10.13051/ee:bio/swiftjonat003267
identifier.lccn Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78096912
identifier.lccn Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78096912
otaterms.date.range 1700-1799

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1729 A MODEST PROPOSAL FOR PREVENTING THE CHILDREN OF POOR PEOPLE IN IRELAND FROM BEING ABURDEN TO THEIR PARENTS OR COUNTRY, AND FOR MAKING THEM BENEFICIAL TO THE PUBLIC by Jonathan Swift 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 female sex, followed by three, four, or six children, all in rags and importuning every passenger for an alms. These mothers, instead of being able to work for their honest livelihood, are forced to employ all their time in strolling to beg sustenance for their helpless infants: who as they grow up either turn thieves for want of work, or leave their dear native country to fight for the Pretender in Spain, or sell themselves to the Barbadoes. I think it is agreed by all parties . . .

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