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Swift was born in Dublin, Ireland. His father's family was Anglo-Irish, and he was educated at Trinity college and ordained as a minister in the Anglican-Irish Church in 1694.

The Life of Jonathan Swift.

In 1688 the Catholic James II was deposed as king of England, but Ireland rose in rebellion and declared for him. Swift was sent to England for several years and during this period, tried, but was unable to find a position in London. He was, however, very disappointed in his situation, since he considered Ireland a depressing back-water, and turned to writing for solace.

In 1720 Swift published anonymously his Proposal for the Universal Use of Irish Manufactures, in which he urged the Irish to discontinue using English goods. The Drapier's Letters inflamed all Ireland, caused the cancellation of the coinage scheme, and made Swift into an Irish hero.

In the meantime he had grown tired of Irish life and was glad to accept Temple's proposal for his return to Moor Park, where he continued until Temple's death in January 1699. During this period he wrote much and burned most of what he had written. He read and learned even more than he wrote. Moor Park took him away from brooding and glooming in Ireland and brought him into the corridor of contemporary history, an intimate acquaintance with which became the chief passion of Swift's life. His Pindaric Odes, written at this period or earlier, in the manner of Cowley, indicate the rudiments of a real satirist, but a satirist struggling with a most uncongenial form of expression.

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