"an account of dr. swift has been already collected, with great diligence and acuteness, by dr. hawkesworth, according to a scheme which i laid before him in the intimacy of our friendship. i cannot therefore be expected to say much of a life, concerning which i had long since communicated my thoughts to a man capable of dignifying his narrations with so much elegance of language and force of sentiment. jonathan swift was, according to an account said to be written by himself, the son of jonathan swift, an attorney, and was born at dublin on st. andrew's day, 1667: according to his own report, as delivered by pope to spence, he was born at leicester, the son of a clergyman who was minister of a parish in herefordshire. during his life the place of his birth was undetermined. he was contented to be called an irishman by the irish; but would occasionally call himself an englishman. the question may, without much regret, be left in the obscurity in which he delighted to involve it." what effect is accomplished through the author's choice to begin his account with this paragraph? a) it shows the author is bored with the subject b) it establishes that the author knew jonathan swift c) it lets the reader know not to take his account seriously d) it creates conflict between the author and swift’s biographer

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Hich line in this excerpt from jonathan swift's "a modest proposal" uses the rhetorical device of irony? and secondly, (there being a round million of creatures in humane figure throughout this kingdom, whose whole subsistence put into a common stock, would leave them in debt two million of pounds sterling), adding those who are beggars by profession, to the bulk of farmers, cottagers and labourers, with their wives and children, who are beggars in effect; i desire those politicians who dislike my overture, and may perhaps be so bold to attempt an answer, that they will first ask the parents of these mortals, whether they would not at this day think it a great happiness to have been sold for food at a year old, in the manner i prescribe, and thereby have avoided such a perpetual scene of misfortunes, as (they have since gone through, by the oppression of landlords, the impossibility of paying rent without money or trade, the want of common sustenance, with neither house nor cloaths to cover them from the inclemencies of the weather,) and the most inevitable prospect of intailing the like, or greater miseries, upon their breed for ever. i profess, in the sincerity of my heart, that( i have not the least personal interest in endeavouring to promote this necessary work, having no other motive than the publick good of my country,) by advancing our trade, providing for infants, relieving the poor, and giving some pleasure to the rich.( i have no children, by which i can propose to get a single penny; the youngest being nine years old, and my wife past child-bearing. reset next)