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J O NAT HA N SWIFT A Modest Proposal and Other Writings Edited with an Introduction by • CAROLE FABRICANT Contents Acknowledgements ix Chronology xi Abbreviations - xvi Introduction xxi Further Reading xxxix Note on the Text xlvi List of Illustrations xlix A MODEST PROPOSAL AND OTHER WRITINGS When I come to be old (1699) 3 A Meditation upon a Broom-Stick (?i7O3) 5 The Story of the Injured Lady. In a Letter to her Friend, with his Answer (1707) 7 from The Bickerstaff Papers (1708-1709): 15 Predictions for the Year 1708 15 The Accomplishment of the First of Mr. Bickerstaff's Predictions 24 A Vindication of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq. 27 A Famous Prediction of Merlin, the British Wizard 3 2 An Argument against the Abolishing of Christianity in England (1708) 38 The Tatler, Number CCXXX ['the continual Corruption of our English Tongue'] (28 September 1710) 51 VI CONTENTS from The Examiner (1710-11): 56 Number 13 (2 November 1710) 56 Number 14 (9 November 1710) 61 Number 20 (21 December 1710) 66 from the Journal toStella(i7io-i7i3): 72 Letter V (30 September-10 October 1710) 72 Letter XVII (24 February-10 March 1711) 79 A Hue and Cry after Dismal (1712) 89 Letter from Swift to the Earl of Oxford (3 July 1714) 92 A Modest Defence of Punning (1716) 94 Sermon, On False Witness (c. 1717) 100 A Letter to a Young Gentleman, Lately entered into Holy Orders (1720) 109 Letter from Swift to Charles Ford (4 April 1720) 128 A Proposal for the Universal Use of Irish Manufacture (1720) 130 A Letter from Dr. Swift to Mr. Pope (10 January 1721) 138 Letter from Swift to Esther Vanhomrigh (5 July 1721) 147 The Last Speech and Dying Words of Ebenezor Elliston (1722) 149 from The Drapier's Letters (172.4): 155 Drapier's Letter I: To the Shop-Keepers, Tradesmen, Farmers, and Common-People of Ireland 155 Drapier's Letter IV: To the Whole People of Ireland 165 A full and true Account of ... the Execution of William Wood, Esquire, and Hard-Ware-man 182 Letter from Swift to Thomas Sheridan (11 September 1725) 187 Letter from Swift to Alexander Pope (29 September 172.5) l89 CONTENTS Vii Holyhead Journal (1727) 192 On the Death of Mrs. Johnson, [Stella] (1728) 200 A Short View of the State of Ireland (1728) 209 from The Intelligencer (1728): 217 Number III [Defence ofJThe Beggar's Opera] 217 Number IX [On Modern Education] 222 A Modest Proposal (1729) 230 An Examination of Certain Abuses, Corruptions, and Enormities, in the City of Dublin (1732) 240 Letter from Swift to Sir Andrew Fountaine (30 July 1733) 255 Letter from Swift to John Arbuthnot [November 1734] 257 from Directions to Servants (c. 1704-p. 1738): 260 Rules that Concern All Servants in General 260 Directions to the Footman 268 from A Compleat Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation [Polite Conversation] (c. 1703-c. 1738): 280 Second Conversation 280 Notes 305 Glossary 379 Biographical Dictionary 397.

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