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Once again, let me pause upon a memorable1 period of my life. Let me stand aside, to see the phantoms2 of those days go by me, accompanying the shadow of myself, in dim procession.
Weeks, months, seasons, pass along. They seem little more than a summer day and a winter evening. Now, the Common where I walk with Dora is all in bloom, a field of bright gold; and now the unseen heather lies in mounds4 and bunches underneath5 a covering of snow. In a breath, the river that flows through our Sunday walks is sparkling in the summer sun, is ruffled6 by the winter wind, or thickened with drifting heaps of ice. Faster than ever river ran towards the sea, it flashes, darkens, and rolls away.
Not a thread changes, in the house of the two little bird-like ladies. The clock ticks over the fireplace, the weather-glass hangs in the hall. Neither clock nor weather-glass is ever right; but we believe in both, devoutly7.
I have come legally to man's estate. I have attained8 the dignity of twenty-one. But this is a sort of dignity that may be thrust upon one. Let me think what I have achieved.
I have tamed that savage9 stenographic10 mystery. I make a respectable income by it. I am in high repute for my accomplishment11 in all pertaining12 to the art, and am joined with eleven others in reporting the debates in Parliament for a Morning Newspaper. Night after night, I record predictions that never come to pass, professions that are never fulfilled, explanations that are only meant to mystify. I wallow in words. Britannia, that unfortunate female, is always before me, like a trussed

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devoutly
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skewered
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perfectly
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trifling
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portend
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inspection
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accustom
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friction
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solitary
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onward
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realization
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contemplates
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深思,细想,仔细考虑( contemplate的第三人称单数 ); 注视,凝视; 考虑接受(发生某事的可能性); 深思熟虑,沉思,苦思冥想 | |
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parental
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joyful
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inviting
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liking
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delightful
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supremely
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misty
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pagoda
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rustling
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bonnet
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sweeping
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trot
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sedative
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procurable
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disastrous
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vessels
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mariner
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homage
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