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In a work by this author, a father’s order to preserve three coats is disregarded by Peter, who eventually evicts his brothers, Jack and Martin, for objecting. (10[2])A character created by this author rejects human society after he meets a talking race of horses, the (10[2])Houyhnhnms (10[1])(“WIN-ims”). An essay by (10[1])this author, (10[1])which imagines making “admirable gloves for ladies and summer boots for gentlemen,” (10[1])calculated that a nation contained one hundred twenty thousand impoverished breeders. (10[1])In that essay, this author of A Tale of a Tub suggested “greatly lessen[ing] the number of Papists” (10[1])by cannibalizing Irish babies. For 10 points, (10[1])name this Anglo-Irish author of A Modest Proposal and Gulliver’s Travels. (10[1])■END■

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