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ALONG the Paris streets, the death-carts rumble1, hollow and harsh. Six tumbrils carry the day's wine to La Guillotine. All the devouring2 and insatiate Monsters imagined since imagination could record itself, are fused in the one realisation, Guillotine. And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity3 under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror. Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms. Sow the same seed of rapacious4 licence and oppression over again, and it will surely yield the same fruit according to its kind.
Six tumbrils roll along the streets. Change these back again to what they were, thou powerful enchanter, Time, and they shall be seen to be the carriages of absolute monarchs5, the equipages of feudal6 nobles, the toilettes of flaring7 Jezebels, the churches that are not my father's house but dens8 of thieves, the huts of millions of starving peasants! No; the great magician who majestically9 works out the appointed order of the Creator, never reverses his transformations10. `If thou be changed into this shape by the will of God,' say the seers to the enchanted11, in the wise Arabian stories, `then remain so! But, if thou wear this form through
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rumble
n.隆隆声;吵嚷;v.隆隆响;低沉地说
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devouring
吞没( devour的现在分词 ); 耗尽; 津津有味地看; 狼吞虎咽地吃光
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maturity
n.成熟;完成;(支票、债券等)到期
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rapacious
adj.贪婪的,强夺的
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monarchs
君主,帝王( monarch的名词复数 )
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feudal
adj.封建的,封地的,领地的
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flaring
a.火焰摇曳的,过份艳丽的
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dens
n.牙齿,齿状部分;兽窝( den的名词复数 );窝点;休息室;书斋
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majestically
雄伟地; 庄重地; 威严地; 崇高地
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transformations
n.变化( transformation的名词复数 );转换;转换;变换
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enchanted
adj. 被施魔法的,陶醉的,入迷的
动词enchant的过去式和过去分词
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mere
adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过
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crooked
adj.弯曲的;不诚实的,狡猾的,不正当的
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furrow
n.沟;垄沟;轨迹;车辙;皱纹
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ridges
n.脊( ridge的名词复数 );山脊;脊状突起;大气层的)高压脊
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steadily
adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地
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onward
adj.向前的,前进的;adv.向前,前进,在先
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inmate
n.被收容者;(房屋等的)居住人;住院人
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exponent
n.倡导者,拥护者;代表人物;指数,幂
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drooping
adj. 下垂的,无力的
动词droop的现在分词
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miserable
adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的
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sundry
adj.各式各样的,种种的
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abreast
adv.并排地;跟上(时代)的步伐,与…并进地
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bent
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的
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converse
vi.谈话,谈天,闲聊;adv.相反的,相反
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aristocrats
n.贵族( aristocrat的名词复数 )
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hush
int.嘘,别出声;n.沉默,静寂;v.使安静
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entreats
恳求,乞求( entreat的第三人称单数 )
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forfeit
vt.丧失;n.罚金,罚款,没收物
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attentively
adv.聚精会神地;周到地;谛;凝神
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crumble
vi.碎裂,崩溃;vt.弄碎,摧毁
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vengeance
n.报复,报仇,复仇
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shrill
adj.尖声的;刺耳的;v尖叫
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petulantly
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dread
vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧
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questionable
adj.可疑的,有问题的
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wink
n.眨眼,使眼色,瞬间;v.眨眼,使眼色,闪烁
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descends
v.下来( descend的第三人称单数 );下去;下降;下斜
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elevation
n.高度;海拔;高地;上升;提高
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faltering
犹豫的,支吾的,蹒跚的
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relinquished
交出,让给( relinquish的过去式和过去分词 ); 放弃
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throng
n.人群,群众;v.拥挤,群集
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bosom
n.胸,胸部;胸怀;内心;adj.亲密的
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orphan
n.孤儿;adj.无父母的
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outskirts
n.郊外,郊区
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swells
增强( swell的第三人称单数 ); 肿胀; (使)凸出; 充满(激情)
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beheld
v.看,注视( behold的过去式和过去分词 );瞧;看呀;(叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现)哎哟
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sublime
adj.崇高的,伟大的;极度的,不顾后果的
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remarkable
adj.显著的,异常的,非凡的,值得注意的
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utterance
n.用言语表达,话语,言语
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expiation
n.赎罪,补偿
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aged
adj.年老的,陈年的
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tranquilly
adv. 宁静地
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sanctuary
n.圣所,圣堂,寺庙;禁猎区,保护区
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blots
污渍( blot的名词复数 ); 墨水渍; 错事; 污点