My harmonious padlet by Lori Pristera https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7 en-us 2025-02-25 19:17:31 UTC 2025-08-04 03:46:55 UTC hello@padlet.com swift invented the name vanessa in 1713 eweerakkody1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342506805 2025-02-25 19:20:37 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342506805 Suffered from Ménière’s disease, which caused dizziness and hearing loss. kmeister21 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342507070 2025-02-25 19:20:52 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342507070 Kailin Culp, Ian, Ella kculp11 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342507077 Left much of his wealth to establish a hospital for the mentally ill in Dublin (now St. Patrick’s University Hospital).

]]> 2025-02-25 19:20:52 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342507077 his wife's name is Esther Johnson mroot110 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342507299 2025-02-25 19:21:05 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342507299 A afoote12 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342507521 He was known for satire irony and political commentary

]]> 2025-02-25 19:21:15 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342507521 Taizo, Nick, Devan, Eduard cito21 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342507563 After his death, and according to his wishes, much of his fortune was used to found St. Patrick’s Hospital for Imbeciles (the mentally ill).

From Dublin Ireland

His father, Jonathan Swift, was a lawyer.



]]> 2025-02-25 19:21:17 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342507563 He was fatherless and under the care of his uncle rfenellere1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342507566 2025-02-25 19:21:17 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342507566 Author of a "Modest Proposal" in 1729 eweerakkody1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342507677 2025-02-25 19:21:23 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342507677 afoote12 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342507897 had a mental decline

]]> 2025-02-25 19:21:34 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342507897 Studied to be a priest, and in 1702 he received his doctor of Divinity Degree kmeister21 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342507941 2025-02-25 19:21:35 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342507941 afoote12 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342508181 he had 2 significant women in his life. never married

]]> 2025-02-25 19:21:47 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342508181 Jonathan Swift was exliled from England due to his his defense of the Oxford–Bolingbroke ministry nperez1416 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342508195 2025-02-25 19:21:48 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342508195 aelizarraraz1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342508324 died at the age of 77


]]> 2025-02-25 19:21:55 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342508324 afoote12 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342508397 After he died his fortune was used to fund st. patricks hospital

]]> 2025-02-25 19:21:59 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342508397 Swift has a dead pan ironic writing style https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342508481 2025-02-25 19:22:02 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342508481 suffered a stroke in 1742 leaving him unable to speak mroot110 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342508513 2025-02-25 19:22:04 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342508513 Jenn, Isabella, Luc, Sam jmauricio006 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342508539 He considered his birthday a curse because his dad died before he was born, leaving them in financial trouble

]]> 2025-02-25 19:22:05 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342508539 afoote12 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342508555 Wrote a book on farts

]]> 2025-02-25 19:22:06 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342508555 Wrote A Tale of a Tub (1704) – a satire on religious disputes. kmeister21 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342508633 2025-02-25 19:22:09 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342508633 He was a pamphleteer rfenellere1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342508659 2025-02-25 19:22:11 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342508659 afoote12 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342508762 He hated people but loved animals

]]> 2025-02-25 19:22:17 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342508762 Criticized british rule over Irelend and supported Ireland eweerakkody1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342508772 2025-02-25 19:22:17 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342508772 dbrinkman11 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342508850 Born November 30th, 1667. Died October 19th, 1745.

]]> 2025-02-25 19:22:22 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342508850 Ian Domme idomme1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342508978 Buried in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, with an epitaph he wrote himself\

]]> 2025-02-25 19:22:30 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342508978 He often published anonymous. https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342509070 2025-02-25 19:22:35 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342509070 kculp11 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342509145 Criticized British rule over Ireland and was deeply involved in Irish politics.


]]> 2025-02-25 19:22:40 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342509145 Nickname was the father of satire eweerakkody1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342509160 2025-02-25 19:22:41 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342509160 He was a man rfenellere1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342509227 2025-02-25 19:22:43 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342509227 enrolled at Trinity College at 14 mroot110 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342509662 2025-02-25 19:22:55 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342509662 Ian idomme1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342509746 Became Dean of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin in 1713


]]> 2025-02-25 19:22:58 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342509746 kculp11 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342509796 Became the Dean of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin in 1713.


]]> 2025-02-25 19:23:01 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342509796 regarded as the foremost prose satirist in the English language https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342509927 2025-02-25 19:23:06 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342509927 He had mysogynstic views in his writing eweerakkody1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342510026 2025-02-25 19:23:10 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342510026 After he died most of his fortune was used to found St Patricks hospital for the mentally ill. kmeister21 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342510045 2025-02-25 19:23:11 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342510045 Ian idomme1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342510097 Influenced later satirists, including George Orwell and Aldous Huxley


]]> 2025-02-25 19:23:14 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342510097 afoote12 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342510322 wrote a poem on his own death

]]> 2025-02-25 19:23:24 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342510322 kculp11 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342510335 Born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1667 to an Anglo-Irish family.

]]> 2025-02-25 19:23:25 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342510335 He had an ear disease rfenellere1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342510404 2025-02-25 19:23:29 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342510404 5 feet 5 inches tall https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342510447 2025-02-25 19:23:32 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342510447 afoote12 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342510461 banned from british politics

]]> 2025-02-25 19:23:32 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342510461 One of the greatest satirists in English literature, using irony and wit to critique society. kmeister21 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342510502 2025-02-25 19:23:33 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342510502 A close friend of Alexander Pope ejertberg1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342510587 2025-02-25 19:23:36 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342510587 kculp11 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342510666 educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1686.

]]> 2025-02-25 19:23:40 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342510666 He used allusions in his poems rfenellere1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342510852 2025-02-25 19:23:49 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342510852 Hated the Irish Parliament ejertberg1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342510854 2025-02-25 19:23:49 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342510854 kculp11 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342510866 Moved to England during political unrest in Ireland and became secretary to Sir William Temple, a diplomat and writer.

]]> 2025-02-25 19:23:50 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342510866 dbrinkman11 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342510901 He is Anglican

]]> 2025-02-25 19:23:52 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342510901 Was born november 30th 1667 eweerakkody1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342510927 2025-02-25 19:23:53 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342510927 pseudonyms like Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, the Drapier mroot110 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342510936 2025-02-25 19:23:54 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342510936 His hair was black when he was a baby rfenellere1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342511020 2025-02-25 19:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342511020 he spent much of his early adult life in england https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342511110 2025-02-25 19:24:03 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342511110 His hair turned gray when he got older rfenellere1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342511207 2025-02-25 19:24:08 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342511207 Associated with Alexander Pope, John Gay, and other writers of the Scriblerus Club idomme1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342511255 2025-02-25 19:24:10 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342511255 Swift was born into a family with limited financial means, and his father passed away before he was born. His mother struggled to provide for him, and he was raised by his uncle. ejertberg1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342511258 2025-02-25 19:24:11 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342511258 Died october 19th 1745 eweerakkody1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342511273 2025-02-25 19:24:11 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342511273 kculp11 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342511395 His mental health declined in his later years, and he was declared insane in 1742.

]]> 2025-02-25 19:24:16 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342511395 10,000 copies of Gullivers Travels mroot110 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342511509 2025-02-25 19:24:23 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342511509 It’s speculated that he never married, though he had a close relationship with Esther Johnson, whom he called "Stella." ejertberg1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342511538 2025-02-25 19:24:24 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342511538 left to go to england because of political troubles in ireland https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342511683 2025-02-25 19:24:32 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342511683 He once said he would "always hate Ireland" and longed to live in England, though he later became a strong advocate for Irish rights. idomme1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342511695 2025-02-25 19:24:33 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342511695 He wrote The Day of Judgement rfenellere1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342511709 2025-02-25 19:24:33 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342511709 He had a lover named Esther Vanhomrigh who was 20 years older than him. kmeister21 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342511747 2025-02-25 19:24:36 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342511747 dbrinkman11 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342511845 Had Menieres Disease

]]> 2025-02-25 19:24:41 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342511845 He had a stroke in 1742 rfenellere1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342511866 2025-02-25 19:24:42 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342511866 Under the pen name Isaac Bickerstaff, he predicted (as a joke) that an astrologer named John Partridge would die on a certain date. Partridge denied it, but people believed Swift, ruining Partridge's career! idomme1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342511987 2025-02-25 19:24:46 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342511987 Gullivers Travels banned for critiquing gov mroot110 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342512073 2025-02-25 19:24:51 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342512073 He had a mom and dad rfenellere1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342512131 2025-02-25 19:24:54 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342512131 The term yahoo originated from his work refering to crude or uncivilized people eweerakkody1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342512152 2025-02-25 19:24:55 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342512152 When his grave was opened in the 1800s, doctors examined his skull and concluded he may have suffered from Paget’s disease, which could explain his headaches and dizziness. idomme1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342512185 2025-02-25 19:24:57 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342512185 He was buried at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin rfenellere1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342512400 2025-02-25 19:25:07 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342512400 dbrinkman11 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342512453 English Teacher at Tonbridge school

]]> 2025-02-25 19:25:10 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342512453 He left money in his will to establish a mental hospital in Dublin (St. Patrick’s Hospital for the Insane), which still exists today. idomme1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342512462 2025-02-25 19:25:11 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342512462 he retired from Publix service to a country estate where he tended gardens and write memoirs https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342512498 2025-02-25 19:25:11 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342512498 He wrote a poem using the name Vanessa which was the first time Vanessa was used as a woman's name. kmeister21 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342512558 2025-02-25 19:25:14 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342512558 His complex relationships with these women have been the subject of much literary speculation. His "Journal to Stella", a series of letters, gives insight into his personal life. kculp11 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342512617 2025-02-25 19:25:18 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342512617 went to Trinity college https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342512645 2025-02-25 19:25:19 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342512645 He was a dean for the last 30 years of his life rfenellere1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342512973 2025-02-25 19:25:31 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342512973 Swift had a pen name under isacc Bickerstaff eweerakkody1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342513042 2025-02-25 19:25:35 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342513042 last words " i am a fool" mroot110 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342513080 2025-02-25 19:25:36 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342513080 He was an advocate for coffee ejertberg1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342513145 2025-02-25 19:25:38 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342513145 His political writings, like The Drapier’s Letters, made him a hero in Ireland. kculp11 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342513193 2025-02-25 19:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342513193 Some accounts suggest he rarely, if ever, laughed out loud, despite being one of the greatest satirists of all time. idomme1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342513220 2025-02-25 19:25:42 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342513220 he had fits of vertigo and giddiness throughout his life https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342513346 2025-02-25 19:25:46 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342513346 Swift’s handwriting was famously difficult to read ejertberg1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342513380 2025-02-25 19:25:48 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342513380 He married into William Shakespeare's family rfenellere1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342513405 2025-02-25 19:25:49 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342513405 Feared and respected by both political parties (Whigs and Tories). kculp11 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342513484 2025-02-25 19:25:54 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342513484 He was a dog lover ejertberg1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342513512 2025-02-25 19:25:56 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342513512 He worked as a secretary rfenellere1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342513516 2025-02-25 19:25:56 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342513516 entered college at 14 in 1682 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342513569 2025-02-25 19:25:59 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342513569 dbrinkman11 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342513610 Wrote "Wilfred and Eileen"

]]> 2025-02-25 19:26:01 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342513610 first job as a secretary of Sir Wiliam Temple mroot110 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342513622 2025-02-25 19:26:02 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342513622 He was hypersensitive to loud sounds and sometimes locked himself away in complete silence for long periods. idomme1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342513637 2025-02-25 19:26:03 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342513637 Swift’s personal library was impressive ejertberg1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342513764 2025-02-25 19:26:06 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342513764 He studied his MA before the glorious revolution rfenellere1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342514006 2025-02-25 19:26:14 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342514006 Inspired satirical writers like George Orwell (Animal Farm), Mark Twain, and Aldous Huxley (Brave New World). kculp11 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342514007 2025-02-25 19:26:14 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342514007 dbrinkman11 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342514036 Was a clergyman on a Catholic island

]]> 2025-02-25 19:26:15 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342514036 Though a clergyman, he often criticized religious leaders for their corruption and hypocrisy. idomme1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342514039 2025-02-25 19:26:15 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342514039 He hated being Irish but defended Ireland fiercely. kculp11 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342514263 2025-02-25 19:26:26 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342514263 maybe romantically involved with someone named varina, wanted to marry her https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342514358 2025-02-25 19:26:30 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342514358 He briefly worked as a secretary ejertberg1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342514440 2025-02-25 19:26:34 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342514440 He is Irish and english rfenellere1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342514482 2025-02-25 19:26:34 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342514482 Was rumored to have had a secret marriage to Stella, though no proof exists. kculp11 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342514713 2025-02-25 19:26:46 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342514713 His dad was also named Jonothan Swift, so they had the same name. kmeister21 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342514730 2025-02-25 19:26:47 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342514730 Conditions in Ireland reached a crisis point in 1729. Thousands of men, women, and children suffered homelessness and poverty as the result of crop failures, high unemployment, rising prices, and trade restrictions imposed by the British government. ejertberg1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342515323 2025-02-25 19:27:15 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342515323 He was declared insane in 1742 because of his mental health decline. kmeister21 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342516149 2025-02-25 19:27:44 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342516149 1729 dbrinkman11 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342517549 During this time, in Ireland, there was famine, poverty, and oppression from Britain.

]]> 2025-02-25 19:28:54 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342517549 Swift hated music and said, "I generally hate music, except when it is not played." kmeister21 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342517856 2025-02-25 19:29:09 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342517856 afoote12 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342518276 Trade restrictions were imposed on ireland, ireland was struck by famine due to poor harvests, cold weather, and food shortages. Ireland was under british control, and irish parliment was subordinate to england. King george the 3rd was ruling britain, robert walpole was britains first de facto prime minister.

]]> 2025-02-25 19:29:30 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342518276 Ireland under British for 500 years mroot110 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342518766 A Modest Proposal was published in 1729 as a response to the declining conditions of Ireland. Mothers begged for food for their children and some children became thieves. Swift suggested the poor sell children for food to end Irish poverty

]]> 2025-02-25 19:29:56 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342518766 Swift suffered a stroke in 1742, leaving him unable to speak. idomme1 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342519719 2025-02-25 19:30:47 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/wcjsr9u6s7t3g9y7/wish/3342519719