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Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift was an Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet and cleric who became Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin. He is remembered for works such as Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal, A Journal to Stella, Drapier's Letters, The Battle of the Books, An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity, and A Tale of a Tub.

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Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist (1667–1745)

Born 30 November 1667
Died 19 October 1745

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  • Cover of: The works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin ...

    First published in 1765 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Gulliver's travels in the kingdom of Lilliput

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  • Cover of: Vertelsel van de Ton: behelzende het Merg van alle Kunsten en Weetenschappen : geschreeven tot algemeen Nut des menschelyken Geslachts : mitsgaders een Verhaal van den Strydt der Boeken in de Boekzaal van St. James

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  • Cover of: Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces Annotated Illustrated

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  • Cover of: Select Works of Jonathan Swift ...: Containing the Whole of His Poetical Works ... Embellished with Engravings

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  • Cover of: Works of Jonathan Swift, D. D. , Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Including the Whole of His Posthumous Pieces, Letters, &C

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  • Cover of: The beasts confession to the priest: on observing how most men mistake their own talents. By J. S. D.S.P.

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  • Cover of: The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift - D.D. Volume 10 (Large Print Edition)

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  • Cover of: A discourse of the contests and dissentions between the nobles and the commons in Athens and Rome: with the consequences they had upon both those states. Edited with an introd. and notes textual, critical, and historical by Frank H. Ellis.

    First published in 1728 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The Works of Jonathan Swift. D.D: D.S.P.D. with Notes Historical and Critical by J. Hawkesworth. L.L.D. and Others. ... of 17; Volume 4

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  • Cover of: The Works Of Jonathan Swift: Epistolary Correspondence. Letters From May 19, 1732, To October 23, 1736

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Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist (1667–1745)

Born 30 November 1667
Died 19 October 1745

Subjects

Politics and government, Early works to 1800, Imaginary Voyages, Fiction, History, English literature, Travelers, Humor, English Satire, Coinage, Correspondence, Lemuel Gulliver (Fictitious character), Poetry, Swift, jonathan, 1667-1745, Spanish Succession, War of, 1701-1714, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Irish Authors, Money, Pamphlets, Irish authors, Juvenile fiction, English Political satire, Children's fiction, Voyages and travels, English language

Places

Great Britain, Ireland, Athens (Greece), England, Rome, Ying guo, Netherlands, Dublin, Araby, Araby bazaar, North Richmond Street, Calcutta, Carthage, Dublin (Ireland), Dunkerque (France), France, India, Italy, Lilliput, Lilliput and Blefuscu (Fictitious Islands), London, London (England), Milan, Naples, Rome (Italy)

People

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), William Wood (1671-1730), Esther Johnson (1681-1728), Richard Steele Sir (1672-1729), Anne Queen of Great Britain (1665-1714), John Partridge (1644-1715), Lemuel Gulliver (Fictitious character), Patrick Delany (1685 or 6-1768), Alexander Pope (1688-1744), Daniel Finch Nottingham Earl of (1647-1730), John Carteret Earl Granville (1690-1763), Anthony Collins (1676-1729), Horace, John Browne Sir, John Churchill Marlborough Duke of (1650-1722), Mangan's sister, Mary Toft (1703-1763), Matthew Prior (1664-1721), Nathanael St. André (1680-1776), Patrick Delany (1685 or 1686-1768), Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac, Thomas Wharton Wharton Marquess of (1648?-1715), William Shakespeare (1564-1616), (Fictitious Characters), Abel Roper (1665-1726)

Time

18th century, 1702-1714, Anne, 1702-1714, Jin dai, 1660-1714, 1714-1727, 15th and 16th centuries, 1603-1714, 1648-1714, 1689-1702, 1712, 1714-1837, 1724., 17th century, 1912, 510 B.C.-30 B.C., 510-30 B.C, Early works to 1800, Queen Anne's War, 1702-1713, Siglo XVIII, The Controversy of Wood's Halfpence, Xian dai

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Alternative names

  • Jonathan Swift
  • Jonathan SWIFT
  • Jonathan, Swift
  • Jonathan [Swift
  • Jonathan] [Swift
  • Jonathan swift
  • JONATHAN SWIFT
  • SWIFT, JONATHAN, 1667-1745.
  • Jonathan Jonathan Swift
  • J. Swift
  • Swift, Jonathan attributed author
  • Johnathan Swift
  • Swift,Jonathan スウィフト,ジョナサン (1667-1745)
  • Shi hui fu tuo (Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745)
  • (ying) Si, wei fu te (Swift, Jonathan
  • (ying) Siwei, Fute (Swift, Jonathan
  • Swift Jonathan 1667-1745
  • Jonathan Dean Swift
  • Si, Weifute Swift, Jonathan
  • Dr Jonathan Swift
  • Jonathan Swift Swift
  • Jonathan JONATHAN SWIFT
  • Swift Jonathan
  • Lemuel Gulliver
  • Joanthan Swift
  • Jonathan Swift dean of st. patrick's
  • Jonathan Swift Dean of st. patrick's
  • Jonathan Swift dean of st patrick's
  • Jonathan 1667-1745 Swift
  • (ying) Si, wei fu te
  • Джонатан Свифт
  • Д. Свифт

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June 28, 2023 Edited by Сергей Малышев Edited without comment.
September 27, 2022 Edited by AgentSapphire merge authors
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