8848cEn原版英语Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan SwiftMANYBOOKS.NETLIBRARYJONATHANSWIFTGULLIVER'STRAVELS有本本久ALETTERFROMCAPTAINGULLIVERTOHIS COUSINSYMPSON.WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1727.I hope you will be ready to own publicly,wheneveryou shall be called to it,that byyourgreatand frequent urgencyyouprevailed onmetopublish avery loose and uncorrect account of my travels,with directionsto hire some young gentleman of either university to put them in order, and correct the style, as mycousin Dampier did, bymy advice, in his book called"A Voyage round the world." But I do not remember I gave you power to consent that any thing should beomitted, and much less that any thing should be inserted; therefore, as to thelatter, I do here renounce every thing of that kind: particularly a paragraph abouther majesty QueenAnne,of most pious and gloriousmemory;although I didreverence and esteem her more than any of human species. But you,or your inter第1页共197页http://www.en8848.com.cn/原版英语阅读网
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift A LETTER FROM CAPTAIN GULLIVER TO HIS COUSIN SYMPSON. WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1727. I hope you will be ready to own publicly, whenever you shall be called to it, t hat by your great and frequent urgency you prevailed on me to publish a very lo ose and uncorrect account of my travels, with directions to hire some young gen tleman of either university to put them in order, and correct the style, as my cousin Dampier did, by my advice, in his book called "A Voyage round the worl d." But I do not remember I gave you power to consent that any thing should be omitted, and much less that any thing should be inserted; therefore, as to the latter, I do here renounce every thing of that kind; particularly a paragraph a bout her majesty Queen Anne, of most pious and glorious memory; although I did reverence and esteem her more than any of human species. But you, or your inter 第 1 页 共 197 页 http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原版英语阅读网
8848comEn原版英语polator, ought to have considered, that it was not my inclination, so was it not decent to praise any animal of our composition before my master Houyhnhnm: And besides, the fact was altogether false: for to my knowledge, being in Englandduring some part of her majesty's reign, she did govern by a chief minister:nay evenby two successively,thefirstwhereofwas thelordofGodolphin,and the second the lord of Oxford:so that you havemademe saythe thingthat was not.Likewise in the account of the academy of projectors, and several passages ofmydiscoursetomymasterHouyhnhnm,youhave either omitted somematerial circumstances, or minced or changed them in such a manner, that I do hardly knowmy own work. When I formerly hinted to you something of this in a letter, you were pleased to answer that you were afraid of giving offence: that people in power were very watchful over the press, and apt not only to interpret, but to punish every thing which looked like an innuendo (as I think you call it). But, pray how could thatwhich I spoke somany years ago,and at aboutfive thousandleagues distance,in another reign,be applied to any of the Yahoos, who now are said to govern the herd; especially at a time when I little thought, or feared, the unhappiness of living under them? Have not I the most reason to complain,when I see these very Yahoos carried by Houyhnhnms in a vehicle, as if they were brutes, and those the rational creatures? And indeed to avoid so monstrous and detestable a sight was one principal motive of my retirement hither.Thus much I thought proper to tell you in relation to yourself, and to the trust I reposed in you.I do,in the next place,complain of my own greatwant of judgment, in beingprevailed upon by the entreaties and false reasoning of you and some others, verymuch against my own opinion, to suffer my travels to be published. Pray bring to your mind how often I desired you to consider, when you insisted on the motive of public good,that the Yahooswere a species of animalsutterly incapable of amendment byprecept or example:and so it has proved; for, instead of seeinga full stop put to all abuses and corruptions, at least in this little island,as I had reason to expectbehold, after above six months warning,I cannot learn that my book has produced one single effect according to my intentions.I desired you would let me know, by a letter,when party and faction were extinguished: judges learned and upright; pleaders honest and modest, with some tinctureof common sense,and Smithfield blazing with pyramids of lawbooks;the young nobilitys education entirely changed; the physicians banished;the female Yahoos abounding in virtue, honour, truth, and good sense: courts and levees of great ministers thoroughly weeded and swept: wit, merit, and learning rewarded; alldisgracers of the press in prose and verse condemned to eat nothing but their o第2页共197页http://www.en8848.com.cn/原版英语阅读网
polator, ought to have considered, that it was not my inclination, so was it no t decent to praise any animal of our composition before my master Houyhnhnm: An d besides, the fact was altogether false; for to my knowledge, being in England during some part of her majesty's reign, she did govern by a chief minister; na y even by two successively, the first whereof was the lord of Godolphin, and th e second the lord of Oxford; so that you have made me say the thing that was no t. Likewise in the account of the academy of projectors, and several passages o f my discourse to my master Houyhnhnm, you have either omitted some material ci rcumstances, or minced or changed them in such a manner, that I do hardly know my own work. When I formerly hinted to you something of this in a letter, you w ere pleased to answer that you were afraid of giving offence; that people in po wer were very watchful over the press, and apt not only to interpret, but to pu nish every thing which looked like an innuendo (as I think you call it). But, p ray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, and at about five thousand leagues distance, in another reign, be applied to any of the Yahoos, who now ar e said to govern the herd; especially at a time when I little thought, or feare d, the unhappiness of living under them? Have not I the most reason to complain, when I see these very Yahoos carried by Houyhnhnms in a vehicle, as if they we re brutes, and those the rational creatures? And indeed to avoid so monstrous a nd detestable a sight was one principal motive of my retirement hither. Thus much I thought proper to tell you in relation to yourself, and to the trus t I reposed in you. I do, in the next place, complain of my own great want of judgment, in being pr evailed upon by the entreaties and false reasoning of you and some others, very much against my own opinion, to suffer my travels to be published. Pray bring t o your mind how often I desired you to consider, when you insisted on the motiv e of public good, that the Yahoos were a species of animals utterly incapable o f amendment by precept or example: and so it has proved; for, instead of seeing a full stop put to all abuses and corruptions, at least in this little island, as I had reason to expect; behold, after above six months warning, I cannot lea rn that my book has produced one single effect according to my intentions. I de sired you would let me know, by a letter, when party and faction were extinguis hed; judges learned and upright; pleaders honest and modest, with some tincture of common sense, and Smithfield blazing with pyramids of law books; the young n obility's education entirely changed; the physicians banished; the female Yahoo s abounding in virtue, honour, truth, and good sense; courts and levees of grea t ministers thoroughly weeded and swept; wit, merit, and learning rewarded; all disgracers of the press in prose and verse condemned to eat nothing but their o 第 2 页 共 197 页 http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原版英语阅读网
8848comEn原版英语wn cotton, and quench their thirst with their own ink. These, and a thousand other reformations, I firmly counted upon by your encouragement; as indeed they were plainly deducible from the precepts delivered in my book.And itmust be owned, that seven months were a sufficient time to correct every vice and folly to which Yahoosare subject,if their natureshad been capable of the least disposition tovirtueorwisdom.Yet,so farhaveyou beenfrom answering myexpectation in any of your letters; that on the contrary you are loading our carriereveryweek withlibels,and keys, and reflections,andmemoirs,and secondparts; wherein I see myself accused of reflecting upon great state folk; of degrading human nature (for so they have still the confidence to style it), and of abusing the female sex. I find likewise that the writers of those bundles are notagreed amongthemselvesforsomeof themwillnot allowmetobetheauthorofmy own travels; and others make me author of books to which I amwhollya stranger.I find likewise that your printer has been so careless as to confound the times,and mistake the dates, of my several voyages and returns; neither assigning the true year, nor the true month, nor day of the month: and I hear the originalmanuscript is all destroyed since the publication of my book: neither have I any copyleft:however,Ihave sent you somecorrections,whichyou may insert,if ever there should be a second edition: and yet I cannot stand to them; but shall leave that matter to my judicious and candid readers to adjust it as they please.Ihear some of our sea Yahoos findfaultwithmy sea-language,as notproper inmany parts, nor now in use. I cannot help it. In my first voyages, while I wasyoung, I was instructed by the oldest mariners, and learned to speak as they did. But I have since found that the sea Yahoos are apt, like the land ones, to become new-fangled in their words, which the latter change every year; insomuch,as I remember upon each return tomy own country their old dialect was so altered, that I could hardly understand the new. And I observe, when any Yahoo comes from London out of curiosity to visit me at my house, we neither of us are ableto deliver our conceptions inamanner intelligible to the other.If the censure of the Yahoos could any way affect me, I should have great reason to complain, that some of them are so bold as to think my book of travels a merefiction out of mineownbrain,andhavegone so farastodrophints,thatthe Houyhnhnms and Yahoos have no more existence than the inhabitants of Utopia.第3页共197页http://www.en8848.com.cn/原版英语阅读网
wn cotton, and quench their thirst with their own ink. These, and a thousand ot her reformations, I firmly counted upon by your encouragement; as indeed they w ere plainly deducible from the precepts delivered in my book. And it must be ow ned, that seven months were a sufficient time to correct every vice and folly t o which Yahoos are subject, if their natures had been capable of the least disp osition to virtue or wisdom. Yet, so far have you been from answering my expect ation in any of your letters; that on the contrary you are loading our carrier every week with libels, and keys, and reflections, and memoirs, and second part s; wherein I see myself accused of reflecting upon great state folk; of degradi ng human nature (for so they have still the confidence to style it), and of abu sing the female sex. I find likewise that the writers of those bundles are not agreed among themselves; for some of them will not allow me to be the author of my own travels; and others make me author of books to which I am wholly a stran ger. I find likewise that your printer has been so careless as to confound the times, and mistake the dates, of my several voyages and returns; neither assigning th e true year, nor the true month, nor day of the month: and I hear the original manuscript is all destroyed since the publication of my book; neither have I an y copy left: however, I have sent you some corrections, which you may insert, i f ever there should be a second edition: and yet I cannot stand to them; but sh all leave that matter to my judicious and candid readers to adjust it as they p lease. I hear some of our sea Yahoos find fault with my sea-language, as not proper in many parts, nor now in use. I cannot help it. In my first voyages, while I was young, I was instructed by the oldest mariners, and learned to speak as they di d. But I have since found that the sea Yahoos are apt, like the land ones, to b ecome new- fangled in their words, which the latter change every year; insomuch, as I remember upon each return to my own country their old dialect was so alte red, that I could hardly understand the new. And I observe, when any Yahoo come s from London out of curiosity to visit me at my house, we neither of us are ab le to deliver our conceptions in a manner intelligible to the other. If the censure of the Yahoos could any way affect me, I should have great reaso n to complain, that some of them are so bold as to think my book of travels a m ere fiction out of mine own brain, and have gone so far as to drop hints, that the Houyhnhnms and Yahoos have no more existence than the inhabitants of Utopia. 第 3 页 共 197 页 http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原版英语阅读网
En4原版英语Indeed I must confess,that as to the people of Lilliput, Brobdingrag (for so the word should have been spelt, and not erroneously Brobdingnag), and Laputa, Ihave never yet heard of any Yahoo so presumptuous as to dispute their being, orthe facts I have related concerning them; because the truth immediately strikeseveryreader with conviction.And is thereless probability inmy account of the Houyhnhnms or Yahoos, when it is manifest as to the latter, there are so manythousands even in this country, who only differ from their brother brutes in Houyhnhnmland,because theyuse a sort of jabber,and do not go naked? I wrote for their amendment, and not their approbation. The united praise of the whole race would be of less consequence to me, than the neighing of those two degenerate Houyhnhnms I keep in my stable:because from these, degenerate as they are,Istill improve in somevirtueswithout anymixture of vice.Do these miserable animals presume to think, that I am so degenerated as to defend my veracity? Yahoo as I am, it is well known through all Houyhnhnmland, that, by the instructions and example of my illustrious master, I was able in thecompass of two years (although I confess with the utmost difficulty) to removethat infernal habit of lying, shuffling, deceiving, and equivocating, so deeplyrooted in thevery souls of all my species;especiallytheEuropeans.I have other complaints to make upon this vexatious occasion; but I forbear troubling myself or you any further. I must freely confess, that since my last return, some corruptions of my Yahoo naturehaverevived in meby conversing witha few of your species, and particularly those of my own family, by an unavoidable necessity: else I should never have attempted so absurd a project as that ofreforming the Yahoo race in this kingdom: But I have now done with all such visionary schemes for ever.April 2, 1727CHAPTERL(PART1--AVOYAGETOLILLIPUT.)第4页共197页http://www.en8848.com.cn/原版英语阅读网
Indeed I must confess, that as to the people of Lilliput, Brobdingrag (for so t he word should have been spelt, and not erroneously Brobdingnag), and Laputa, I have never yet heard of any Yahoo so presumptuous as to dispute their being, or the facts I have related concerning them; because the truth immediately strikes every reader with conviction. And is there less probability in my account of th e Houyhnhnms or Yahoos, when it is manifest as to the latter, there are so many thousands even in this country, who only differ from their brother brutes in Ho uyhnhnmland, because they use a sort of jabber, and do not go naked? I wrote fo r their amendment, and not their approbation. The united praise of the whole ra ce would be of less consequence to me, than the neighing of those two degenerat e Houyhnhnms I keep in my stable; because from these, degenerate as they are, I still improve in some virtues without any mixture of vice. Do these miserable animals presume to think, that I am so degenerated as to def end my veracity? Yahoo as I am, it is well known through all Houyhnhnmland, tha t, by the instructions and example of my illustrious master, I was able in the compass of two years (although I confess with the utmost difficulty) to remove that infernal habit of lying, shuffling, deceiving, and equivocating, so deeply rooted in the very souls of all my species; especially the Europeans. I have other complaints to make upon this vexatious occasion; but I forbear tro ubling myself or you any further. I must freely confess, that since my last ret urn, some corruptions of my Yahoo nature have revived in me by conversing with a few of your species, and particularly those of my own family, by an unavoidab le necessity; else I should never have attempted so absurd a project as that of reforming the Yahoo race in this kingdom: But I have now done with all such vis ionary schemes for ever. April 2, 1727 CHAPTER I.( PART 1-A VOYAGE TO LILLIPUT.) 第 4 页 共 197 页 http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原版英语阅读网
En84原版英语[The authorgives some account of himself and family.Hisfirst inducements to travel. He isshipwrecked,and swimsforhis life.Getssafe on shore inthe country of Lilliput; is madeaprisoner, and carried up the country.]Myfather had a small estate in Nottinghamshire: I was the third offive sons. He sent me toEmanuel CollegeinCambridgeatfourteenyearsold,whereIresidedthreeyears,andapplied myself close to my studies; but the charge of maintaining me, although I had a veryscanty allowance, being too great for a narrow fortune, I was bound apprentice to Mr. JamesBates, an eminent surgeon in London, with whom I continued four years. My father now andthen sending me small sums of money,I laid them out in learning navigation,and other partsofthemathematics,useful tothosewho intend totravel,asIalwaysbelieved it would be,sometimeor other,myfortunetodo.WhenI leftMr.Bates, I wentdown tomyfather:where, by the assistance ofhim and my uncle John, and some other relations, I gotfortypounds, and a promise of thirty pounds a year to maintain me at Leyden: there I studiedphysic two years and seven months, knowing it would be useful in long voyages.Soon aftermyreturnfrom Leyden,I was recommended bymygoodmaster,Mr.Bates,tobesurgeon to the Swallow, Captain Abraham Pannel,commander; with whomIcontinued threeyears and a half, making a voyage or two into the Levant, and some other parts. When I cameback I resolved to settle in London; to which Mr. Bates, my master, encouraged me, and byhimI 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. MaryBurton, second daughter to Mr.Edmund Burton, hosier, in Newgate-street, with whom Ireceived four hundred pounds for aportion.But my good master Bates dying in two years after, and I having few friends, my businessbegantofail;formyconsciencewouldnotsuffermetoimitatethebadpracticeof toomanyamongmybrethren.Havingtherefore consultedwithmywife, and someofmyacquaintance,I determined to go again to sea. I was surgeon successively in two ships, and made severalvoyages, for six years, to the East and West Indies, by which I got some addition to myfortune.Myhours ofleisureI spentin reading thebest authors, ancient and modern,beingalways provided witha goodnumber ofbooks;and when Iwas ashore,in observing themanners and dispositions of the people,as well as learning theirlanguage; wherein I had agreatfacility,bythestrengthofmymemoryThe last of these voyages not proving very fortunate, I grew weary of the sea, and intended第5页共197页http://www.en8848.com.cn/原版英语阅读网
[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 applied myself close to my studies; but the charge of maintaining me, although I had a very scanty allowance, being too great for a narrow fortune, I was bound apprentice to Mr. James Bates, an eminent 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 determined 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 ashore, in observing the manners and dispositions of the people, as well as learning their language; wherein I had a great facility, by the strength of my memory. The last of these voyages not proving very fortunate, I grew weary of the sea, and intended 第 5 页 共 197 页 http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原版英语阅读网