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Do you think I was born in a wood to be afraid of an owl?
Jonathan Swift
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Jonathan Swift
Age: 77 †
Born: 1667
Born: November 30
Died: 1745
Died: October 19
Essayist
Human Rights Activist
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Opinion Journalist
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Dublin city
Isaac Bickerstaff
M. B. Drapier
Lemuel Gulliver
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