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+ | ====== The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen ====== | ||
+ | From [[http:// | ||
+ | ==== Disclaimer ==== | ||
+ | [[Disclaimer for Project Gutenberg]] | ||
+ | ===== PREFACE | ||
+ | |||
+ | Baron Munnikhouson or Munchausen, of Bodenweder, near Hamelyn on the | ||
+ | Weser, belongs to the noble family of that name, which gave to the | ||
+ | King's German dominions the late prime minister and several other | ||
+ | public characters equally bright and illustrious. He is a man of great | ||
+ | original humour; and having found that prejudiced minds cannot be | ||
+ | reasoned into common sense, and that bold assertors are very apt to | ||
+ | bully and speak their audience out of it, he never argues with either | ||
+ | of them, but adroitly turns the conversation upon indifferent topics | ||
+ | and then tells a story of his travels, campaigns, and sporting | ||
+ | adventures, in a manner peculiar to himself, and well calculated to | ||
+ | awaken and shame the common sense of those who have lost sight of it | ||
+ | by prejudice or habit. | ||
+ | |||
+ | As this method has been often attended with good success, we beg leave | ||
+ | to lay some of his stories before the public, and humbly request those | ||
+ | who shall find them rather extravagant and bordering upon the | ||
+ | marvellous, which will require but a very moderate share of common | ||
+ | sense, to exercise the same upon every occurrence of life, and chiefly | ||
+ | upon our English politics, in which /old habits/ and /bold | ||
+ | assertions/, | ||
+ | constitutional mobs, associations, | ||
+ | have of late, we apprehend, but too successfully turned our brains, | ||
+ | and made us the laughing-stock of Europe, and of France and Holland in | ||
+ | particular. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== TO THE PUBLIC ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | Having heard, for the first time, that my adventures have been | ||
+ | doubted, and looked upon as jokes, I feel bound to come forward and | ||
+ | vindicate my character /for veracity/, by paying three shillings at | ||
+ | the Mansion House of this great city for the affidavits hereto | ||
+ | appended. | ||
+ | |||
+ | This I have been forced into in regard of my own honour, although I | ||
+ | have retired for many years from public and private life; and I hope | ||
+ | that this, my last edition, will place me in a proper light with my | ||
+ | readers. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== AT THE CITY OF LONDON, ENGLAND. ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | /We/, the undersigned, | ||
+ | solemnly affirm, that all the adventures of our friend Baron | ||
+ | Munchausen, in whatever country they may /lie/, are positive and | ||
+ | simple facts. /And/, as we have been believed, whose adventures | ||
+ | are tenfold more wonderful, /so/ do we hope all true believers | ||
+ | will give him their full faith and credence. | ||
+ | | ||
+ | | ||
+ | | ||
+ | /Sworn at the Mansion House | ||
+ | 9th Nov. last, in the absence | ||
+ | of the Lord Mayor./ | ||
+ | JOHN (/the Porter/). | ||
+ | ===== Contents ===== | ||
+ | [[Contents Page]] |
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