Which phrase in the passage is an example of verbal
irony?
And as to the young labourers, they are now in almost as
hopeful a condition. They cannot get work, and
consequently pine away from want of nourishment, to a
degree, that if at any time they are accidentally hired to
common labour, they have not strength to perform it, and
thus the country and themselves are happily delivered
from the evils to come.
- A Modest Proposal,
Jonathan Swift

A."young labourers"
B. “Cannot get to work”
C. “If at any time”
D. “Happily delivered”