Gulliver says of one of the lilliputians "who seemed to be a person of quality, made me a long speech, whereof i understood not one syllable." what might swift be satirizing here?

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Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver says of one of the lilliputians "who seemed to be a person of quality, made me a long speech, whereof i understood not one syllable." what might swift be satirizing here?

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Asked by Xavier T #446990 on 5/26/2015 11:30 PM

Last updated by Aslan on 5/27/2015 1:00 AM

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Answered by Aslan on 5/27/2015 1:00 AM

I think Swift might have been satarizing the very impractical academic scientists in Europe who seemed to pride themselves on not making sense to the average person.

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