Swift, Jonathan

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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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They know they will face either a swift backlash or deafening silence.
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Taylor Swift – 1989 A change has, it seems, done Taylor Swift good.
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You talk in the book about meeting some of your idols, including Taylor Swift.
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And he was gone, and out of sight on the swift galloping Benito, before Father Gaspara bethought himself.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
Dean Swift was indeed a misanthrope by theory, however he may have made exception to private life.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
Sanson's Atlas: a very large atlas by a French geographer in use in Swift's time.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
The sound of the swift beating of horse-hoofs was heard from the south, and soon three men came riding up.
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Long before reason found the answer, instinct—swift, merciless interpreter—told him plainly.
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