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  • As George Wittkowsky pointed out in a seminal article on the pamphlet, the very title Modest Proposal was common in the contemporary literature on poverty.

    On irony and narrative disinterest 2009

  • As George Wittkowsky pointed out in a seminal article on the pamphlet, the very title Modest Proposal was common in the contemporary literature on poverty.

    Archive 2009-05-01 2009

  • "Modest is one of his characteristics and talented is the other," Mets manager Bobby Valentine said.

    National League Baseball - Cardinals vs. Mets 2000

  • The observers of this law, are those we call Modest, and the breakers Arrogant Men.

    Leviathan Thomas Hobbes 1633

  • Reuters jeremiahnelson23 For First Time, AIDS Vaccine Shows Some Success aymericg H2O on moon, 30% aids vaccine, Sydney looking like another planet (but not mars, which has ice btw) ... wow! nomorehiding AIDS Vaccine | The Frisky govfresh AIDS Vaccine Success Is 'Modest' - WebMD

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

  • I am guessing that this one is called the Modest Sphinx Moth because the plum coloured underwing is generally hidden.

    I hate Canada Day… « Mudpuddle 2009

  • I thought of the Canaanite woman last week when I read an article about Keith Taylor, a Tennessee English teacher who started a charity called Modest Needs to help the working poor, people without the safety nets of savings accounts or government assistance.

    Archive 2008-08-01 Susan Palwick 2008

  • I thought of the Canaanite woman last week when I read an article about Keith Taylor, a Tennessee English teacher who started a charity called Modest Needs to help the working poor, people without the safety nets of savings accounts or government assistance.

    Modest Needs Susan Palwick 2008

  • Apology against a Pamphlet called A Modest Confutation of the Animadversions, etc.

    Life of John Milton Garnett, Richard, 1835-1906 1890

  • An apology against a Pamphlet [by J. Hall?] called A Modest Confutation of the Animadversions upon the Remonstrant against Smectymnuus.

    Life of John Milton Garnett, Richard, 1835-1906 1890

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