D-Q5859

• Metadata: Item:Q5859
• Transcript and Commentary: Christian Wirkner

Transcript

Modesty [in relating a story] is so amiable
so infinuating a thing, that all the Rules of
Oratory cannot help Men to a more agreea#
Ornament of Discourse. A modest Proposal
will hoonest captivate Men's Reasons; and
a modest Relation their Belief.