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Swift, Jonathan

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  1. An eighteenth-century Irish author known for his skill at satire. Two of his best-known works are Gulliver's Travels and “A Modest Proposal.”

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Editors: Rocky Swift, Jonathan Annells To contact the reporter on this story: Shiyin Chen in Singapore at [email protected].

From BusinessWeek

Editors: Rocky Swift, Jonathan Annells To contact the reporter on this story: Ron Harui in Singapore at [email protected].

From BusinessWeek

SWIFT, Jonathan.—Voyages de Gulliver dans des contrées lointaines par Swift.

From Project Gutenberg

SWIFT, Jonathan.—Travels into several remote Nations of the World.

From Project Gutenberg

SWIFT, Jonathan.—Travels into several remote Nations of the World   by Lemuel Gulliver first a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several ships with a preface by Henry Craik and one hundred illustrations by Charles E. Brock   London   Macmillan and Co. . . .

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