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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. 14 withwhichitbringsthingshometotheimaginationandtherealityit givestothescenesitpourtrays.Yeseveninthepre christian louboutin bianca patent leather slingbacks |
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