“We have hitherto,” said she, “known but little of the world; we have never yet been either great or mean. In our own country, though we had royalty4, we had no power; and in this we have not yet seen the private recesses5 of domestic peace. Imlac favours not our search, lest we should in time find him mistaken. We will divide the task between us; you shall try what is to be found in the splendour of Courts, and I will range the shades of humbler life. Perhaps command and authority may be the supreme6 blessings7, as they afford the most opportunities of doing good; or perhaps what this world can give may be found in the modest habitations of middle fortune — too low for great designs, and too high for penury8 and distress9.”

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n.调查( inquiry的名词复数 );疑问;探究;打听 | |
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演说(discourse的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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n.壁凹( recess的名词复数 );(工作或业务活动的)中止或暂停期间;学校的课间休息;某物内部的凹形空间v.把某物放在墙壁的凹处( recess的第三人称单数 );将(墙)做成凹形,在(墙)上做壁龛;休息,休会,休庭 | |
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n.苦恼,痛苦,不舒适;不幸;vt.使悲痛 | |
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