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  2. Jonathan Swift - Wikipedia

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    Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish [1] writer who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, [2] hence his common sobriquet, "Dean Swift". His deadpan , ironic writing style, particularly in A Modest Proposal , has led to such satire being subsequently termed "Swiftian".

  3. Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting - Wikipedia

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    Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting (1706) is the title of a satirical essay by Jonathan Swift (1667–1745). It also has appeared under the title Thoughts on Various Subjects . It consists of a series of short epigrams or apothegms with no particular connections between them.

  4. Gulliver's Travels - Wikipedia

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    Gulliver's Travels, originally Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships is a 1726 prose satire [1] [2] by the Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift, satirising both human nature and the "travellers' tales" literary subgenre.

  5. Sermons of Jonathan Swift - Wikipedia

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    1744 title page of Swift's Three Sermons. Jonathan Swift, as Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, produced many sermons during his tenure from 1713 to 1745. [1] Although Swift is better known today for his secular writings such as Gulliver's Travels, A Tale of a Tub or the Drapier's Letters, Swift was known in Dublin for his sermons that were delivered every fifth Sunday.

  6. A Tale of a Tub - Wikipedia

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    A Tale of a Tub was the first major work written by Jonathan Swift, composed between 1694 and 1697 and published in 1704.The Tale is a prose parody divided into sections of "digression" and a "tale" of three brothers, each representing one of the main branches of western Christianity from the 17th-century English perspective.

  7. A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation

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    A Complete Collection of genteel and ingenious Conversation, according to the most polite mode and method now used at Court, and in the best Companies of England, commonly known as A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation, or more simply as Polite Conversation, is a book by Jonathan Swift offering an ironic and satirical commentary on the perceived banality of conversation ...

  8. Everything You Need to Know About Taylor Swift - AOL

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    Her Spotify and YouTube earnings brought in around $120 million and her music royalties provide about $80 million. Also, per Forbes , she boasts an impressive real estate portfolio that's worth ...

  9. The Engine - Wikipedia

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    The Engine is a fictional device described in the 1726 satirical novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. It is possibly the earliest known reference to a device in any way resembling a modern computer. [1] The Engine is a device that generates permutations of word sets. It is found at the Academy of Projectors in Lagado and is described ...