2points
read this excerpt from "a modest proposal by jonathan swift, in which he
describes the benefits of his proposal for ireland:
infant's flesh will be in season throughout the year, but
more plentiful in (there are more children born
in roman catholick countries about nine months after
lent, the markets will be more glutted than usual, because
the number of popish infants, is at least three to one in this
kingdom, and therefore it will have one other collateral
advantage, by lessening the number of papists among us.
which inference about ireland is best supported by evidence in the passage?
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a. the irish want to rid the country of catholics.
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b. most people in ireland practice catholicism.
c. swift's proposal can be successful only in ireland.
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d. many children in ireland are born in the summer.