Jonathan Swift Quotes:
Ocupation: Pamphleteer
Life: November 30, 1667 - October 19, 1745
Birthday: November 30
Death: October 19
Seamen have a custom, when they meet a whale, to fling him out an empty tub by way of amusement, to divert him from laying violent hands upon the ship.
source: Jonathan Swift, William Wotton (1811). “A tale of a tub,: written for the universal improvement of mankind. To which is added, An account of a battle between the ancient and modern books in St. James's Library”, p.43
topic: Hands, Whales, Amusement, Fling, Seamen
