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"Sermon VIII. On the causes of the wretched conditions of Ireland," in The sermons of the Reverend Dr. Jonathan Swift (Glasgow : Urie, 1763)
Swift is remarked that "if he did sometimes exert himself in the pulpit, he could never rise higher than preaching pamphlets." Certainly that is true of this sermon in Ireland. It is a sober statement of reasons for widespread beggary and want. Swift gives as the primary reason, the oppression of Irish trade by "our rigorous neighbours", the English.
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