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Swift has himself, in the pamphlets printed in the present volume, given a fairly accurate and no exaggerated account of the miserable condition of his country at this time and his writings are amply corroborated by other men who might be considered less passionate and more temperate.
The people had become degraded through the evil influ ence of a contemptuous and spendthrift landlord class, who considered the tenant in no other light than as a rent-paying creature. As Roman Catholics they found themselves the social inferiors of the ruling Protestant class - the laws had placed them in that invidious position. They were practic ally without any defence. They were ignorant, poor, and half-starved. Thriftless, like their landlords, they ate up in the autumn what harvests they gathered, and begged for their winter's support. Adultery and incest were common and bred a body of lawless creatures, who herded together like wild beasts and became dangerous pests.
Swift knew all this. He had time, between the years 1 7 14 and 1 720, to find it out, even if he had not known of it before. But the condition was getting worse, and his heart filled, as he told Pope in 1728, with a perfect rage and resentment at the mortifying sight of slavery, folly, and baseness about me, among which I am forced to live.
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Paperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. This book takes up the topic of Irish dependence on English goods and argues that Ireland should instead depend on its own internal economy. The author sees the over-reliance on English imports as a form of English oppression, and attempts to rouse the Irish people to action. The author's proposed solution is for Irish people to boycott English goods, and instead make all of their own clothes and furniture. This book is a significant document in Irish history as it expresses the growing sense of Irish nationalism in the early 18th century. It highlights the economic and political tensions that existed between Ireland and England during this period, and was a powerful influence on the subsequent development of Irish political thought. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780282144296_0
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