A proposal for an act of Parliament : To pay off the debt of the nation, without taxing the subject, by which the number of landed gentry, and substantial farmers will be considerably encreased, and no one person will be the poorer, or contribute one farthing to the charge. By A---- P------, Esq.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Debt--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Debt.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

15 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

Dublin : [publisher not identified], Printed in the year M,DCC,XXXII. [1732]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Notes:

"Although the title says that the Proposal is by A[lexander] P[ope], Esq; the style and treatment of the subject clearly show that it was written by Swift" (Teerink-Scouten).

The text was first published as part of 'Considerations upon two bills, .. By the Rev. Dr. Swift', Dublin, 1732.

Half-title: 'A proposal for an a- of P-, &c. to sell the bishops lands.'.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from National Library of Ireland.

Cited in:

Hanson, 4304

Teerink-Scouten, 717A

English Short Title Catalog, T219081.

Access Restriction:

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