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1、DICKORYCRONKEDICKORYCRONKEByDanielDefoe1DICKORYCRONKEPREFACETheformalityofaprefacetothislittlebookmighthavebeenverywellomitted,ifitwerenottogratifythecuriosityofsomeinquisitivepeople,who,Iforesee,willbeapttomakeobjectionsagainsttherealityofthenarrative.Indeedthep
2、ublichastoooftenbeenimposeduponbyfictitiousstories,andsomeofaverylatedate,sothatIthinkmyselfobligedbytheusualrespectwhichispaidtocandidandimpartialreaders,toacquaintthem,bywayofintroduction,withwhattheyaretoexpect,andwhattheymaydependupon,andyetwiththiscautiontoo
3、,thatitisanindicationofillnatureorillmanners,ifnotboth,topryintoasecretthatisindustriouslyconcealed.However,thattheremaybenothingwantingonmypart,Idoherebyassurethereader,thatthepapersfromwhencethefollowingsheetswereextracted,arenowintown,inthecustodyofapersonofun
4、questionablereputation,who,Iwillbeboldtosay,willnotonlybeready,butproud,toproducethemuponagoodoccasion,andthatIthinkisasmuchsatisfactionasthenatureofthiscaserequires.Astotheperformance,itcansignifylittlenowtomakeanapologyuponthataccount,anyfartherthanthis,thatift
5、hereaderpleaseshemaytakenoticethatwhathehasnowbeforehimwascollectedfromalargebundleofpapers,mostofwhichwerewritinshorthand,andveryill-digested.However,thismaybereliedupon,thatthoughthelanguageissomethingaltered,andnowandthenawordthrownintohelptheexpression,yetstr
6、ictcarehasbeentakentospeaktheauthor'smind,andkeepascloseaspossibletothemeaningoftheoriginal.Forthedesign,Ithinkthereisnothingneedbesaidinvindicationofthat.Hereisadumbphilosopherintroducedtoawickedanddegenerategeneration,asaproperemblemofvirtueandmorality;andifthe
7、worldcouldbepersuadedtolookuponhimwithcandourandimpartiality,andthentocopyafterhim,theeditorhasgainedhisend,andwouldthinkhimselfsufficiently2DICKORYCRONKErecompensedforhispresenttrouble.3DICKORYCRONKEPARTIAmongthemanystrangeandsurprisingeventsthathelptofilltheacc
8、ountsofthislastcentury,Iknownonethatmeritmoreanentirecredit,oraremorefittobepreservedandhandedtoposteritythanthoseIamnowgoingtolaybeforethepublic.DickoryCronke
