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CANUTE reigned1 eighteen years. He was a merciless King at first. After he had clasped the hands of the Saxon chiefs, in token of the sincerity3 with which he swore to be just and good to them in return for their acknowledging him, he denounced and slew4 many of them, as well as many relations of the late King. 'He who brings me the head of one of my enemies,' he used to say, 'shall be dearer to me than a brother.' And he was so severe in hunting down his enemies, that he must have got together a pretty large family of these dear brothers. He was strongly inclined to kill EDMUND and EDWARD, two children, sons of poor Ironside; but, being afraid to do so in England, he sent them over to the King of Sweden, with a request that the King would be so good as 'dispose of them.' If the King of Sweden had been like many, many other men of that day, he would have had their innocent throats cut; but he was a kind man, and brought them up tenderly.
Normandy ran much in Canute's mind. In Normandy were the two children of the late king - EDWARD and ALFRED by name; and their uncle the Duke might one day claim the crown for them. But the Duke showed so little inclination5 to do so now, that he proposed to Canute to marry his sister, the widow of The Unready; who, being but a showy flower, and caring for nothing so much as becoming a queen again, left her children and was wedded6 to him.
Successful and triumphant7, assisted by the valour of the English in his foreign wars, and with little strife8 to trouble him at home, Canute had a prosperous reign2, and made many improvements. He was a poet and a musician. He grew sorry, as he grew older, for the blood he had shed at first; and went to Rome in a Pilgrim's dress, by way of washing it out. He gave a great deal of money to foreigners on his journey; but he took it from the English before he started. On the whole, however, he certainly became a far better man when he had no
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vi.当政,统治(reign的过去式形式) | |
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2 reign | |
n.统治时期,统治,支配,盛行;v.占优势 | |
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3 sincerity | |
n.真诚,诚意;真实 | |
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4 slew | |
v.(使)旋转;n.大量,许多 | |
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5 inclination | |
n.倾斜;点头;弯腰;斜坡;倾度;倾向;爱好 | |
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6 wedded | |
adj.正式结婚的;渴望…的,执著于…的v.嫁,娶,(与…)结婚( wed的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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7 triumphant | |
adj.胜利的,成功的;狂欢的,喜悦的 | |
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8 strife | |
n.争吵,冲突,倾轧,竞争 | |
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9 opposition | |
n.反对,敌对 | |
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10 feigned | |
a.假装的,不真诚的 | |
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11 rebuked | |
责难或指责( rebuke的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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n.爱好;嗜好;喜欢 | |
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13 mighty | |
adj.强有力的;巨大的 | |
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adj. 震惊的,惊讶的 动词stun的过去式和过去分词 | |
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15 forth | |
adv.向前;向外,往外 | |
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