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"No wise man ever wished to be younger."
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Jonathan SwiftHe is taller by almost the breadth of my nail, than any of his court, — Jonathan Swift
"He is taller by almost the breadth of my nail, than any of his court, which alone is enough to strike an awe into the beholders."
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Jonathan Swift
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Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish writer, essayist, satirist, and Anglican cleric. He was the author of the satirical prose novel Gulliver's Travels (1726) and the creator of the fictional island of Lilliput. He is regarded by many as the greatest satirist of the Georgian era and one of the foremost prose authors in the history of English and world literature.
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"As learned commentators view In Homer more than Homer knew."
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