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INTRODUCTION 1
THE DRAPIER'S LETTERS 25
THE ADDRESS TO THE JURY 131
SWIFT'S DESCRIPTION OF QUILCA 137
ANSWER TO A PAPER 142
A SHORT VIEW OF THE STATE OF IRELAND, 1727 162
THE STORY OF THE INJURED LADY 174
THE ANSWER TO THE INJURED LADY 184
A LETTER TO THE ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN, CONCERNING THE WEAVERS 187
TWO LETTERS ON SUBJECTS RELATIVE TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF IRELAND 198
THE PRESENT MISERABLE STATE OF IRELAND 216
"A PROPOSAL FOR THE UNIVERSAL USE OF IRISH MANUFACTURES." 1720 227
A MODEST PROPOSAL. 1729 240
A CHARACTER, PANEGYRIC, AND DESCRIPTION OF THE LEGION CLUB, 1736 254
ON DOING GOOD 264
IRELAND IN THE DAYS OF DEAN SWIFT.
INTRODUCTION.
The shifting combinations of party, from the settlement of the constitution at the Revolution to a later period, is an attractive study to any who wish to find the origin of abuses which have long vexed the political life of England. Besides, it is wholesome and instructive to be carried away from the modern difficulty to the broader issues which have gradually led to the present complication.
It was because the queen was fascinated by the Duchess of Marlborough that her reign was adorned by the glories of Ramillies and Blenheim: it was because Mrs. Abigail Masham artfully supplanted her benefactress in royal favour, that a stop was put to the war which ravaged the Continent, while by a chambermaid's intrigue Bolingbroke triumphed over his rival, the Earl of Oxford.
During the first part of Anne's reign, Marlborough was paramount in the Houses of Parliament and his wife in the closet. The Tories came into power on the queen's accession, with Marlborough and Godolphin as leaders. They substantially maintained the policy of King William in prosecuting the war with France, which resulted in making England illustrious in Europe.
Swift is condemned by many who are not conversant with his character, his writings, or the times in which he lived. In detached views, no man was more liable to be misunderstood; his individual acts must be compared with his entire conduct, in order to give him his proper place in the gallery of historical characters. The charge of deserting his party is answered by Dr. Johnson, whose evidence is of greater value as he never professed to be his friend. "Swift, by early education, had been associated with the Whigs; but he deserted them when they deserted their principles, yet he never ran into the opposite extreme; for he continued throughout his life to retain the disposition which he assigned to the Church of England man, of thinking commonly with the Whigs of the State and with the Tories of the Church."
When Swift's friends were out of power, Oxford no longer at Court and Bolingbroke in exile, he returned to Ireland, and after visiting several parts of the country, and making himself acquainted with the exact condition of the people, he took up the cause of Ireland with a vigour rarely exhibited by any patriot. The last twenty-five years of his sane life were given to his country, during which time he devoted almost all his energy to Irish concerns. His stern sense of justice prompted him to lay bare the wrongs of his native land with t
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