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The professional gentleman who had given Kit1 the consolatory2 piece of information relative to the settlement of his trifle of business at the Old Bailey, and the probability of its being very soon disposed of, turned out to be quite correct in his prognostications. In eight days’ time, the sessions commenced. In one day afterwards, the Grand jury found a True Bill against Christopher Nubbles for felony; and in two days from that finding, the aforesaid Christopher Nubbles was called upon to plead Guilty or Not Guilty to an Indictment3 for that he the said Christopher did feloniously abstract and steal from the dwelling-house and office of one Sampson Brass4, gentleman, one Bank Note for Five Pounds issued by the Governor and Company of the Bank of England; in contravention of the Statutes5 in that case made and provided, and against the peace of our Sovereign Lord the King, his crown and dignity.
To this indictment, Christopher Nubbles, in a low and trembling voice, pleaded Not Guilty; and here, let those who are in the habit of forming hasty judgments6 from appearances, and who would have had Christopher, if innocent, speak out very strong and loud, observe, that confinement7 and anxiety will subdue8 the stoutest9 hearts; and that to one who has been close shut up, though it be only for ten or eleven days, seeing but stone walls and a very few stony10 faces, the sudden entrance into a great hall filled with life, is a rather disconcerting and startling circumstance. To this, it must be added, that life in a
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1 kit | |
n.用具包,成套工具;随身携带物 | |
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成文法( statute的名词复数 ); 法令; 法规; 章程 | |
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判断( judgment的名词复数 ); 鉴定; 评价; 审判 | |
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12 notary | |
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14 procured | |
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16 acquitted | |
宣判…无罪( acquit的过去式和过去分词 ); 使(自己)作出某种表现 | |
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17 pangs | |
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18 impeach | |
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19 testimony | |
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20 veneration | |
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21 prosecutor | |
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22 honourable | |
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23 remarkable | |
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24 virtuous | |
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25 discretion | |
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26 obdurate | |
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27 reluctance | |
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28 banish | |
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29 levity | |
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30 insinuating | |
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31 legitimate | |
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32 proceeding | |
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34 calves | |
n.(calf的复数)笨拙的男子,腓;腿肚子( calf的名词复数 );牛犊;腓;小腿肚v.生小牛( calve的第三人称单数 );(冰川)崩解;生(小牛等),产(犊);使(冰川)崩解 | |
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35 ingenuity | |
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36 humbly | |
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37 innocence | |
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38 rumoured | |
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39 pretence | |
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40 theatrical | |
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41 absurdities | |
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42 quotation | |
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43 monstrous | |
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44 misery | |
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45 drudgery | |
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46 licensed | |
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47 deduction | |
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48 delightful | |
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49 rambling | |
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50 aquatic | |
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51 steadily | |
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52 bowling | |
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53 portentous | |
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54 devoted | |
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55 precarious | |
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56 affected | |
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