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What can you logically infer was Swift's reason for not providing more detail about
Lilliput?

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There are many instances in Swift's life that the Lilliputians are used to parody. For example, Swift's model for Flimnap was Robert Walpole, the leader of the Whigs and England's first prime minister in the modern sense. Swift's Flimnap demonstrates that Walpole was a sly politician.

Step-by-step explanation:

(From: "Gulliver's Travel")

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