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CHAPTER IV. MUSICAL SUFFERINGS OF JOHN KREISLER.
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"They are all gone! I might have known it by the whispering, shuffling1, coughing, buzzing through all the notes of the gamut2. It was a true swarm3 of bees, leaving the old hive. Gottlieb has lighted fresh candles for me, and placed a bottle of Burgundy on the piano-forte. I can play no more, I am perfectly4 exhausted5. My glorious old friend here on the music-stand is to blame for that. Again he has borne me away through the air, as Mephistopheles did Faust, and so high, that I took not the slightest notice of the little men under me, though I dare say they made noise enough. A rascally6, worthless, wasted evening! But now I am well and merry! However, while I was playing, I took out my pencil, and on pagesixty-three, under the last system, noted7 down a couple of good flourishes in cipher8 with my right hand, while the left was struggling away in the torrent9 of sweet sounds. Upon the blank page at the end I go on writing. I leave all ciphers10 and sweet tones, and with true delight, like a sick man restored to health, who can never stop relating what he has suffered, I note down here circumstantially the dire11 agonies of this evening's tea-party. And not for myself alone, but likewise for all those who from time to time may amuse and edify12 themselves with my copy of John Sebastian Bach's Variations for the Piano-forte, published by Nägeli in Zürich, and who find my marks at the end of the thirtieth variation, and, led on by the great Latin Verte, (I will write it down the moment I get through this doleful statement of grievances,) turn over the leaf and read.
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shuffling
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adj. 慢慢移动的, 滑移的 动词shuffle的现在分词形式 | |
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n.全音阶,(一领域的)全部知识 | |
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n.(昆虫)等一大群;vi.成群飞舞;蜂拥而入 | |
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perfectly
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adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地 | |
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adj.极其疲惫的,精疲力尽的 | |
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rascally
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adj. 无赖的,恶棍的 adv. 无赖地,卑鄙地 | |
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n.激流,洪流;爆发,(话语等的)连发 | |
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ciphers
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edify
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aria
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muses
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elegance
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n.优雅;优美,雅致;精致,巧妙 | |
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refreshments
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pounce
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tumult
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n.喧哗;激动,混乱;吵闹 | |
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hoarse
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tune
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n.尴尬;使人为难的人(事物);障碍;窘迫 | |
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squeak
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n.吱吱声,逃脱;v.(发出)吱吱叫,侥幸通过;(俚)告密 | |
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groan
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vi./n.呻吟,抱怨;(发出)呻吟般的声音 | |
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v.使受苦,使苦闷 | |
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cuffing
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v.掌打,拳打( cuff的现在分词 );袖口状白血球聚集 | |
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lamed
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trumpet
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surfeit
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v.使饮食过度;n.(食物)过量,过度 | |
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bass
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n.男低音(歌手);低音乐器;低音大提琴 | |
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tenor
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unison
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tragic
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sundry
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entreat
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torment
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n.折磨;令人痛苦的东西(人);vt.折磨;纠缠 | |
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毁坏或亵渎( desecrate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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wager
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obliquely
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flute
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drawn
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v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的 | |
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acoustic
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adj.听觉的,声音的;(乐器)原声的 | |
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chromatic
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sip
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v.小口地喝,抿,呷;n.一小口的量 | |
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beset
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v.镶嵌;困扰,包围 | |
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banish
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vt.放逐,驱逐;消除,排除 | |
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canvass
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v.招徕顾客,兜售;游说;详细检查,讨论 | |
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伟大的( sublime的最高级 ); 令人赞叹的; 极端的; 不顾后果的 | |
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