Read the quotation from "To the King's Most Excellent Majesty."
"Great God, direct, and guard him from on high,
And from his head let ev'ry evil fly!"
How does the couplet form support the meaning of the lines?
by completing the speaker's thought
by emphasizing the relationship between the speaker and the king
O by describing the king's actions
by expressing the speaker's sarcasm

What is the meaning of each underlined word in these excerpts from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift? i think it is agreed by all parties, that this prodigious number of children in the arms, or on the backs, or at the heels of their mothers, and frequently of their fathers, is in the present deplorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance; and therefore whoever could find out a fair, cheap and easy method of making these children sound and useful members of the common-wealth, would deserve so well of the publick, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. the word prodigious means . the word desponding means .

Review the previous excerpt from barbra jordan’s speech. answer the following 3 questions in the space below.

People who are frugal do well financially because they don’t