He was a bold Man that first eat an oyster.

Jonathan Swift

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Topic

Oysters Food

Author

Jonathan Swift

Source

Polite Conversation

Language

English

Time

1738 1730s 18th century

Occupation

Writer

From

Ireland Europe

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Original Citation

Swift, Johnathan. "Dialogue III." Polite Conversation. London: Charles Wittinham & Co., 1738.

Current Citation

Swift, Jonathan. "Polite Conversation." Parodies, Hoaxes, Mock Treatises: Polite Conversation, Directions Servants and Other Works, edited by Valerie Rumbold. Cambridge University Press, 2013, no. 2.

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Genre
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