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[Gulliver was soon being read] from the cabinet council to the nursery.

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John Gay
Age: 47 †
Born: 1685
Born: June 30
Died: 1732
Died: December 4
Librettist
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Barnstaple
Devon
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Council
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Soon
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Gulliver
Cabinet
Cabinets

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