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1、Gulliver'sTravelsintoSeveralRemoteNationsoftheWorldbyJonathanSwiftTHEPUBLISHERTOTHEREADER.[Asgivenintheoriginaledition.]TheauthoroftheseTravels,Mr.LemuelGulliver,ismyancientandintimatefriend;thereislikewisesomerelationbetweenusonthemother'sside.Aboutthreeyears
2、ago,Mr.GullivergrowingwearyoftheconcourseofcuriouspeoplecomingtohimathishouseinRedriff,madeasmallpurchaseofland,withaconvenienthouse,nearNewark,inNottinghamshire,hisnativecountry;wherehenowlivesretired,yetingoodesteemamonghisneighbours.AlthoughMr.Gulliverwasbo
3、rninNottinghamshire,wherehisfatherdwelt,yetIhaveheardhimsayhisfamilycamefromOxfordshire;toconfirmwhich,IhaveobservedinthechurchyardatBanburyinthatcounty,severaltombsandmonumentsoftheGullivers.BeforehequittedRedriff,heleftthecustodyofthefollowingpapersinmyhands
4、,withthelibertytodisposeofthemasIshouldthinkfit.Ihavecarefullyperusedthemthreetimes.Thestyleisveryplainandsimple;andtheonlyfaultIfindis,thattheauthor,afterthemanneroftravellers,isalittletoocircumstantial.Thereisanairoftruthapparentthroughthewhole;andindeedthea
5、uthorwassodistinguishedforhisveracity,thatitbecameasortofproverbamonghisneighboursatRedriff,whenanyoneaffirmedathing,tosay,itwasastrueasifMr.Gulliverhadspokenit.Bytheadviceofseveralworthypersons,towhom,withtheauthor'spermission,Icommunicatedthesepapers,Inowven
6、turetosendthemintotheworld,hopingtheymaybe,atleastforsometime,abetterentertainmenttoouryoungnoblemen,thanthecommonscribblesofpoliticsandparty.Thisvolumewouldhavebeenatleasttwiceaslarge,ifIhadnotmadeboldtostrikeoutinnumerablepassagesrelatingtothewindsandtides,a
7、swellastothevariationsandbearingsintheseveralvoyages,togetherwiththeminutedescriptionsofthemanagementoftheshipinstorms,inthestyleofsailors;likewisetheaccountoflongitudesandlatitudes;whereinIhavereasontoapprehend,thatMr.Gullivermaybealittledissatisfied.ButIwasr
8、esolvedtofittheworkasmuchaspossibletothegeneralcapacityofreaders.However,ifmyownignoranceinseaaffairsshallhaveledmetocommitsomemistakes,Ialoneamanswerableforthem.Andifanytravellerh
