I wasn't able to find this, but I did find Volume 2 of Miscellanies which is a collection of essays and stories by the same authors: Jonathan Swift, John Arbuthnot, Alexander Pope and John Gay. It includes A Modest Proposal (see #21). The text has been poorly edited after scanning but is legible.
I enjoyed some of the essays more than I expected to, particularly "A letter to a young clergyman lately entered into holy orders" which has some excellent advice on public speaking; and "A letter to a young lady, on her marriage" about behaving modestly, cultivating her mind and choosing her company carefully.
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