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The author gives some account of himself and family. His first inducements to travel. He is shipwrecked, and swims for his life. Gets safe on shore in the country of Lilliput; is made a prisoner, and carried up the country.
My father had a small estate in Nottinghamshire: I was the third of five sons. He sent me to Emanuel College in Cambridge at fourteen years old, where I resided three years, and applied1 myself close to my studies; but the charge of maintaining me, although I had a very scanty2 allowance, being too great for a narrow fortune, I was bound apprentice3 to Mr. James Bates, an eminent4 surgeon in London, with whom I continued four years. My father now and then sending me small sums of money, I laid them out in learning navigation, and other parts of the mathematics, useful to those who intend to travel, as I always believed it would be, some time or other, my fortune to do. When I left Mr. Bates, I went down to my father: where, by the assistance of him and my uncle John, and some other relations, I got forty pounds, and a promise of thirty pounds a year to maintain me at Leyden: there I studied physic two years and seven months, knowing it would be useful in long voyages.
Soon after my return from Leyden, I was recommended by my good master, Mr. Bates, to be surgeon to the Swallow, Captain Abraham Pannel, commander; with whom I continued three years and a half, making a voyage or two into the Levant, and some other parts. When I came back I resolved to settle in London; to which Mr. Bates, my master, encouraged me, and by him I was recommended to several patients. I took part of a small house in the Old Jewry; and being advised to alter my condition, I married Mrs. Mary Burton, second daughter to Mr. Edmund Burton, hosier, in Newgate-street, with whom I received four hundred pounds for a portion.
But my good master Bates dying in two years after, and I having few friends, my business began to fail; for my conscience would not suffer me to imitate the bad practice of too many among my brethren. Having therefore consulted with my wife, and some of my acquaintance, I determined5 to go again to sea. I was surgeon successively in two ships, and made several voyages, for six years, to the East and West Indies, by which I got some addition to my fortune. My hours of leisure I spent in reading the best authors, ancient and modern, being always provided with a good number of books; and when I was
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apprentice
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fetter
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advantageous
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antelope
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latitude
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| n.纬度,行动或言论的自由(范围),(pl.)地区 | |
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hazy
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seamen
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vessel
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| n.船舶;容器,器皿;管,导管,血管 | |
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abated
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| 减少( abate的过去式和过去分词 ); 减去; 降价; 撤消(诉讼) | |
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declivity
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conjectured
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| 推测,猜测,猜想( conjecture的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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pint
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tempted
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| v.怂恿(某人)干不正当的事;冒…的险(tempt的过去分词) | |
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posture
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downwards
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astonishment
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admiration
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strings
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wrench
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| v.猛拧;挣脱;使扭伤;n.扳手;痛苦,难受 | |
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| vt.捆,包扎;装订;约束;使凝固;vi.变硬 | |
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lark
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musket
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slung
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| n.拉,牵引,拖;一网(饮,吸,阵);顿服药量,通风;v.起草,设计 | |
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backwards
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| adv.往回地,向原处,倒,相反,前后倒置地 | |
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intrepidity
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diminutive
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prodigious
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| adj.惊人的,奇妙的;异常的;巨大的;庞大的 | |
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majesty
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retinue
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| n.侍从;随员 | |
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credentials
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| n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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blisters
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| n.水疱( blister的名词复数 );水肿;气泡 | |
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darts
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countenance
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conjecturing
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torrent
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victuals
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mathematicians
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| 数学家( mathematician的名词复数 ) | |
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| adj.著名的,有名望的,声誉鹊起的 | |
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| adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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metropolis
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| (使)发痒( tickle的过去式和过去分词 ); (使)愉快,逗乐 | |
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| adj.受人尊敬的v.尊敬( esteem的过去式和过去分词 );敬重;认为;以为 | |
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zeal
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| n.热心,热情,热忱 | |
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| adj.亵神的,亵渎的;vt.亵渎,玷污 | |
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| n.装饰( ornament的名词复数 );点缀;装饰品;首饰v.装饰,点缀,美化( ornament的第三人称单数 ) | |
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| n.宏伟的建筑物(如宫殿,教室) | |
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lodge
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| v.上升,攀登( ascend的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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melancholy
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| n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的 | |
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