Do you think Henry’s audience was more likely to listen to him after he said this? “No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the worthy gentleman who have just addressed the house” and

Published in 1849, by was inspired by the writer's experience of being arrested when he refused to pay a $1 poll tax as a protest against the mexican-american war.

How does the anonymous narrator’s first-person point of view in jonathan swift's “a modest proposal” affect its reading? a. it readers understand the social and political problems of the time. b. it indicates that the author is unbiased about the information provided. c. it leaves readers unsure about the credibility of the argument. d. it provides readers with a clear account of the political conditions of that time.

This is the political, social, cultural, and economic 'time and place' surrounding the creation of a literary text.