My hours of leisure I spent in reading the best authors, ancient and modern, being always provided with a good number of books; and when I was ashore… - Jonathan Swift
" "My hours of leisure I spent in reading the best authors, ancient and modern, being always provided with a good number of books; and when I was ashore, in observing the manners and dispositions of the people, as well as learning their language; wherein I had a great facility, by the strength of my memory.
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Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish writer and satirist. Acclaimed as one of the finest prose satirists in the English language, he was also well known for his poetry and essays.
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Isaac Bickerstaff
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Lemuel Gulliver
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M. B. Drapier
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Simon Wagstaff
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