Category: A Modest Proposal
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Pinheads
Being the authentic proceedings of a theological disputation held in Rome, Anno Domini 1647, concerning the proper population of a pinhead, with sundry observations on angels, salvation, institutional safeguards, and the unfortunate tendency of the world to continue without waiting for a conclusion The Most Reverend Archbishop of Ferrara rose first. “Brethren, the question before…
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Triptych
THE CLERK There hath lately been much Complaint among the poorer Sort concerning the unequal Distribution of Money in this Kingdom, which I take to proceed chiefly from their not understanding the Nature of Money, nor the very considerable Advantages that may arise from entrusting its Manufacture to Persons of a suitable Character, and, what…
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A Letter from a Man of Letters to His Grace, Upon the Unjust Withdrawal of His Annuity
My Lord Duke, I have received the intelligence that your Grace, having lately taken out a subscription to the Great Encyclopedia itself, no longer sees the necessity of paying a man to explain it to you. I confess this arrangement strikes me as somewhat swift. For these several years I have stood, as it were,…