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"I remember, I remember,In the days of chill November,How the blackbird on the--"I forget the rest. It is the beginning of the first piece of poetry Iever learned; for"Hey, diddle diddle,The cat and the fiddle,"I take no note of, it being of a frivolous1 character and lacking inthe qualities of true poetry. I collected fourpence by the recital2 of"I remember, I remember." I knew it was fourpence, because they toldme that if I kept it until I got twopence more I should have sixpence,which argument, albeit3 undeniable, moved me not, and the money wassquandered, to the best of my recollection, on the very next morning,although upon what memory is a blank.
That is just the way with Memory; nothing that she brings to us iscomplete. She is a willful child; all her toys are broken. Iremember tumbling into a huge dust-hole when a very small boy, but Ihave not the faintest recollection of ever getting out again; and ifmemory were all we had to trust to, I should be compelled to believe Iwas there still.
At another time--some years later--I was assisting at an exceedinglyinteresting love scene; but the only thing about it I can call to minddistinctly is that at the most critical moment somebody suddenlyopened the door and said, "Emily, you're wanted," in a sepulchral6 tonethat gave one the idea the police had come for her. All the tenderwords she said to me and all the beautiful things I said to her areutterly forgotten.
Life altogether is but a crumbling7 ruin when we turn to look behind:
a shattered column here, where a massive portal stood; the brokenshaft of a window to mark my lady's bower8; and a moldering heap ofblackened stones where the glowing flames once leaped, and over allthe tinted9 lichen10 and the
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frivolous
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adj.轻薄的;轻率的 | |
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n.朗诵,独奏会,独唱会 | |
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conj.即使;纵使;虽然 | |
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v.(指钱,财产等)浪费,乱花( squander的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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softening
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变软,软化 | |
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n.霾,烟雾;懵懂,迷糊;vi.(over)变模糊 | |
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hoop
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glamour
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precisely
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aggravation
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remarkably
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ad.不同寻常地,相当地 | |
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delightful
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adj.令人高兴的,使人快乐的 | |
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v.否认,反驳( gainsay的现在分词 ) | |
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herds
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兽群( herd的名词复数 ); 牧群; 人群; 群众 | |
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渴望,盼望( longing的名词复数 ) | |
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v.注意,留意;n.注意,留心 | |
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knight
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n.骑士,武士;爵士 | |
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prick
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v.刺伤,刺痛,刺孔;n.刺伤,刺痛 | |
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v.使(某人的情绪、精神等)疑虑,担忧,害怕( misgive的过去式 ) | |
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adj.巨大的;恐怖的;可耻的,丢脸的 | |
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裂缝( chasm的名词复数 ); 裂口; 分歧; 差别 | |
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n.口部;嘴 | |
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mighty
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joyously
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ad.快乐地, 高兴地 | |
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eternity
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v.折回( retrace的过去式和过去分词 );回忆;回顾;追溯 | |
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knights
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骑士; (中古时代的)武士( knight的名词复数 ); 骑士; 爵士; (国际象棋中)马 | |
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eloquently
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adv. 雄辩地(有口才地, 富于表情地) | |
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knack
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trumps
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abbr.trumpets 喇叭;小号;喇叭形状的东西;喇叭筒v.(牌戏)出王牌赢(一牌或一墩)( trump的过去式 );吹号公告,吹号庆祝;吹喇叭;捏造 | |
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forth
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deviation
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n.背离,偏离;偏差,偏向;离题 | |
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probity
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n.刚直;廉洁,正直 | |
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folly
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n.愚笨,愚蠢,蠢事,蠢行,傻话 | |
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kindly
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asunder
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adj.分离的,化为碎片 | |
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phantoms
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n.鬼怪,幽灵( phantom的名词复数 ) | |
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dismal
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adj.阴沉的,凄凉的,令人忧郁的,差劲的 | |
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rustling
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chambers
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n.房间( chamber的名词复数 );(议会的)议院;卧室;会议厅 | |
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throng
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n.人群,群众;v.拥挤,群集 | |
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puny
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adj.微不足道的,弱小的 | |
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yearning
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a.渴望的;向往的;怀念的 | |
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twilight
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n.暮光,黄昏;暮年,晚期,衰落时期 | |
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whoops
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int.呼喊声 | |
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lurking
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bonnet
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dangling
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scented
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trots
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n.百灵科鸟(尤指云雀)( lark的名词复数 );一大早就起床;鸡鸣即起;(因太费力而不想干时说)算了v.百灵科鸟(尤指云雀)( lark的第三人称单数 );一大早就起床;鸡鸣即起;(因太费力而不想干时说)算了 | |
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miserable
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adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的 | |
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battered
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glossy
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sociably
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scraps
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smoothly
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