| Item Description: | "To which is added, 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 encreas'd, and no one person will be the poorer, or contribute one farthing to the charge. By A--- P---, Esq.". - Although the "Proposal" is ascribed to Alexande Pope, the style and treatment of the subject indicate that it was written by Swift.-- Teerink, H. A bibliography of ... Jonathan Swift. The Hague, 1937, p. 290. - Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 07055.3. - OCLC, 23103602. - Reproduction of original from British Library |
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