“Je ne puis tirer qu'une conclusion : c'est que les gens de votre race forment, dans leur ensemble, la plus odieuse petite vermine à qui la Nature ait jamais permis de ramper à la surface de la terre.”
Les Voyages de Gulliver, 1726
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nature , gens , tir , terre , génération , conclusion , pluie , surface , ensemble , race , permis , rampeJonathan Swift 6
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