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Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift (c. 1667-1745)

“Of so little weight are the greatest services to princes, when put into the balance with a refusal to gratify their passions.”

  • Gulliver’s Travels (Voyage to Lilliput, chapter 5) by Jonathan Swift. New York: Washington Square Press, 1970.

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