1. Jonathan Swift (斯威福特) Greatest master of English prose
A good education in reading his prose
Life: lived a poor life

2. Often at war with college authorities
Worked as secretary for a distant relative ; Treated as a servant

3. Helped young men of talent
Suffered brain disease, ended in madness
Well-known as a satirist: A Tale of a Tub （一只桶/浴盆的故事）, The Battle of Books（书籍之战）
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4. Gulliver’s Travels(格列佛游记)
Swift’s masterpiece
Part one: travel in Lilliput
Part two: voyage to Brobdingnag
Part three: satire on philosophers and projectors
Part four: travel in a country of horses and Yahoos, bitterest satire

5. Two of the most famous ones are
Pamphlets on Ireland
Two of the most famous ones are
The Drapier’s Letters, （布商来信）
A Modest Proposal （一个温和的建议）

6. The Drapier’s Letters, （布商来信）
Theme: point out the coins made by Wood are deficient in value and weight
Proclaim the freedom of Irish people

7. A Modest Proposal （一个温和的建议）
Tone: bitter irony
Theme: Suggest the sale of children to relieve the poverty of the Irish people

8. I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee(炖重汁肉丁) or ragout(蔬菜炖肉).

9. I grant this food will be somewhat dear, and therefore very proper for landlords, who, as they have already devoured most of the parents, seem to have the best title to the children.

10. Samuel Johnson(p )
Johnson’s “Dictionary”