Answer:
1. Swift's criticism of the unfair devaluation of Irish coins ⇒ the subject of Drapier's Letters
2. Swift, Johnson, and Goldsmith's political party ⇒ Tory Party
3. The destruction of village life ⇒ the subject of The Deserted Village
4. A political satire growing ⇒ Gulliver's Travels
5. The appropriate audience for all literature, according to Johnson ⇒ Common man
6. Political events of second half of the 18th century ⇒ Growing British empire
7. A Dictionary of the English Language ⇒ published by Johnson
8. The Vicar of Wakefield ⇒ a novel by Oliver Goldsmith
9. simile ⇒ a comparison using like or as