Ibelieve no gentleman would repine to give ten shillings for the carcass of a good fat child, which, as i have said, will make four dishes of excellent nutritive based upon the context above, the meaning of the underlined word repine is

In this excerpt from Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal", based upon the context above, the meaning of the underlined word 'repine' is complain.  

Swift builds his argument that the wealthy will be willing to buy and consume children. He writes about how Ireland is suffering for being under British rule. How impoverished couples have trouble feeding their children. It is common to see mothers and children begging on the streets. To avoid this, Swift suggests in a satirical way that women should sell their children to rich English landowners, so they will serve them as meals.

make sure the topic of your persuasive essay is not something someone else is writing about.

identify the subordinate clause in each of the following sentences. tell whether each clause is used as an adjective, an adverb, or a noun.

11.) emily dickinson, who was born in 1830in amherst, massachusetts, was a great american poet.

12.) she appeared to lead a fairly normal life until she became a recluse in her family's home.

13.) there she wrote poems that literary critics now call "great american poetry".

14.) unfortunately, only a few of dickinson's poems were published while she was alive.

15.) after she died in 1886, her other poems were published.

16.) i think everyone should reaad at least some of dickonson's poetry.

17.) dickinson is a poet whose work i now read often.

18.) the poems i have just finished reading are "a narrow fellow in the grass" and "apparently with no surprise"

19.) the rythyms of dickonson's poems are best appreciated when you read the poems aloud.

20.) whatever i read by emily dickonson surprises amd inspires me.