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Your patience, Sirs, the Devil took me up
To the burned mountain over Sicily,
(Fit place for me), and thence I saw my Earth —
Not all Earth’s splendour, ’twas beyond my need;
And that one spot I love — all Earth to me.
And her I love, my Heaven. What said I? . . .
My love was safe from all the powers of Hell —
For you — e’en you — acquit1 her of my guilt2.
But Sula, nestling by our sail-specked sea,
My city, child of mine, my heart, my home.
Mine and my pride — evil might visit there!
It was for Sula and her naked ports,
Prey3 to the galleys4 of the Algerine;
Our city Sula, that I drove my price —
For love of Sula and for love of her.
The twain were woven, gold on sackcloth, twined
Past any sundering5 — till God shall judge
The evil and the good.
— The Grand–Master’s Defence.
The president engaged rooms at the hotel beside the railroad track at Topaz, and stayed over the next day. Tarvin and Sheriff took possession of him, and showed him the town, and what they called its ‘natural resources.’ Tarvin caused the president to hold rein6 when he had ridden with him to a point outside the town, and discoursed7, in the midst of the open plain, and in the face of the snow-capped mountains, on the reasonableness and necessity of making Topaz the end of a division for the new railroad, and putting the division superintendent8, the workshops, and the round-house here.
In his heart he knew the president to be absolutely opposed to bringing the railroad to Topaz at all; but he preferred to assume the minor
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rustler
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broached
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solely
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outlet
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gulf
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impudence
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stolidity
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concession
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smelted
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v.熔炼,提炼(矿石)( smelt的过去式和过去分词 );合演( costar的过去式和过去分词 );闻到;嗅出 | |
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virtue
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dealing
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reins
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感情,激情; 缰( rein的名词复数 ); 控制手段; 掌管; (成人带着幼儿走路以防其走失时用的)保护带 | |
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scattered
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liking
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sprawling
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monstrous
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灌溉( irrigate的现在分词 ); 冲洗(伤口) | |
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subduing
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征服( subdue的现在分词 ); 克制; 制服; 色变暗 | |
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testimony
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n.证词;见证,证明 | |
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pointed
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modesty
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momentary
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tempt
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stiffen
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pang
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maxim
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n.损害;损害物,造成损害的根源 | |
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burrowing
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purely
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tugging
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gorge
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chasm
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n.深坑,断层,裂口,大分岐,利害冲突 | |
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hues
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色彩( hue的名词复数 ); 色调; 信仰; 观点 | |
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jaw
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salvation
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humble
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hideous
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bribe
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misery
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stifle
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scoop
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penetrating
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