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tenyearsagoaresomuchoutoftheusualroadthatnotonereaderina
million can ever fear they will happen to himself.
GentlemencriticsIthankyou.InthepresentvolumesIhaveserved
youwithadishagreeabletoyourownreceiptthoughIcannotsaywith
any sanguine hope of obtaining your approbation.
Thefollowingstoryconsistsofsuchadventuresasforthemostpart
haveoccurredtoatleastonehalfoftheEnglishmennowexistingwho
areofthesamerankoflifeasmyhero.Mostofthemhavebeenatcol-
legeandsharedincollegeexcesses;mostofthemhaveafterwardruna
certaingauntletofdissipation;mosthavemarriedandIamafraidthere
arefewofthemarriedtribewhohavenotatsometimeorotherhadcer-
tainsmallmisunderstandingswiththeirwives.1Tobesuretheyhave
notallofthemfeltandactedunderthesetriteadventuresasmyhero
does.Inthislittleworkthereaderwillscarcelyfindanythingto"elevate
andsurprise;"andifithasanymerititmustconsistintheliveliness
1.I confesshoweverthe inability I found to weave a catastrophesuch as I desired
out of these ordinary incidents. What I have here saidthereforemust not be inter-
preted as applicable to the concluding sheets of my work.
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withwhichitbringsthingshometotheimaginationandtherealityit
givestothescenesitpourtrays.Yeseveninthepre [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]

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