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1、TheLifeAndAdventuresOfRobinsonCrusoe,etcPart1IwasbornintheYear1632,intheCityofYork,ofagoodFamily,tho'notofthatCountry,myFatherbeingaForeignerofBremen,whosettledfirstatHull:HegotagoodEstatebyMerchandise,andleavingoffhisTrade,livedafterwardatYork,fromw
2、hencehehadmarriedmyMother,RelationswerenamedRobinson,averygoodFamilyatCountry,andfromwhomIwascalledRobinsonKeutznaer;butbytheusualCorruptionofWordsinEngland,wearenowcalled,naywecallourSelves,andwriterNameCrusoe,andsomyCompanionsalwayscall'dme.Ihadtwo
3、elderBrothers,oneofwhichwasLieutenantColloneltoanEnglishRegimentofFootinFlanders,formerlycommandedbythefamousColl.Lockhart,andwaskilledattheBattlenearDunkirkagainsttheSpaniards:WhatbecameofmysecondBrotherIneverknewanymorethanFatherorMotherdidknowwhat
4、wasbecomeofme.BeingthethirdSonoftheFamily,andnotbredtoanyTrade,myHeadbegantobefill'dveryearlywithramblingThoughts:MyFather,whowasveryancient,hadgivenmecompetentShareofLearning,asfarasHouse-Education,andaCountryFree-Schoolgenerallygoes,anddesign'dfort
5、heLaw;butIwouldbesatisfiedwithnothingbutgotoSea,andmyinclinationtothisledmesostronglyagainsttheWill,naytheCommandsofmyFather,andagainstalltheEntreatiesandPerswasionsofmyMotherandotherFriends,thatthereseem'dtobesomethingfatalinPropensionofNaturetendin
6、gdirectlytotheLifeofMiserywhichwastobefalme.MyFather,awiseandgraveMan,gavemeseriousexcellentCounselagainstwhatheforesawwasmyDesign.Hecall'dmeoneMorningintohisChamber,whereheconfinedbytheGout,andexpostulatedverywarmlymeuponthisSubject:Heask'dmewhatRea
7、sonsmoreameerwandringinclinationIhadforleavingmyFatherHouseandmynativeCountry,whereImightbewellintroduced,andhadaProspectofraisingmyFortunesApplicationandIndustry,withaLifeofEaseandPleasureHetoldmeitwasforMenofdesperateFortunesononeHand,orofaspiring,
8、SuperiorFortunesontheother,whowentabroaduponAdventures,torisebyEnterprize,andmakethemselvesfamousinUndertakingsofaNatureoutofthecommonRoad;thatthesethingswerealleithertoofaraboveme,ortoofarbelowme;thatminewasthemiddleState,orwhatmightbecalledtheupper