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THE BEGGING-LETTER WRITER
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THE amount of money he annually1 diverts from wholesome2 and useful purposes in the United Kingdom, would be a set-off against the Window Tax. He is one of the most shameless frauds and impositions of this time. In his idleness, his mendacity, and the immeasurable harm he does to the deserving, — dirtying the stream of true benevolence3, and muddling4 the brains of foolish justices, with inability to distinguish between the base coin of distress5, and the true currency we have always among us, — he is more worthy6 of Norfolk Island than three-fourths of the worst characters who are sent there. Under any rational system, he would have been sent there long ago.
I, the writer of this paper, have been, for some time, a chosen receiver of Begging Letters. For fourteen years, my house has been made as regular a Receiving House for such communications as any one of the great branch Post-Offices is for general correspondence. I ought to know something of the Begging-Letter Writer. He has besieged7 my door at all hours of the day and night; he has fought my servant; he has lain in ambush9 for me, going out and coming in; he has followed me out of town into the country; he has appeared at provincial10 hotels, where I have been staying for only a few hours; he has written to me from immense distances, when I have been out of England. He has fallen sick; he has died and been buried; he has come to life again, and again departed from this transitory scene: he has been his own son, his own mother, his own baby, his idiot brother, his uncle, his aunt, his aged11
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1 annually | |
adv.一年一次,每年 | |
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2 wholesome | |
adj.适合;卫生的;有益健康的;显示身心健康的 | |
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3 benevolence | |
n.慈悲,捐助 | |
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4 muddling | |
v.弄乱,弄糟( muddle的现在分词 );使糊涂;对付,混日子 | |
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5 distress | |
n.苦恼,痛苦,不舒适;不幸;vt.使悲痛 | |
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6 worthy | |
adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的 | |
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7 besieged | |
包围,围困,围攻( besiege的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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8 besiege | |
vt.包围,围攻,拥在...周围 | |
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9 ambush | |
n.埋伏(地点);伏兵;v.埋伏;伏击 | |
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10 provincial | |
adj.省的,地方的;n.外省人,乡下人 | |
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11 aged | |
adj.年老的,陈年的 | |
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12 phenomena | |
n.现象 | |
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13 astounding | |
adj.使人震惊的vt.使震惊,使大吃一惊astound的现在分词) | |
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14 measles | |
n.麻疹,风疹,包虫病,痧子 | |
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15 fuming | |
愤怒( fume的现在分词 ); 大怒; 发怒; 冒烟 | |
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16 revolving | |
adj.旋转的,轮转式的;循环的v.(使)旋转( revolve的现在分词 );细想 | |
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17 Christian | |
adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒 | |
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18 tune | |
n.调子;和谐,协调;v.调音,调节,调整 | |
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19 enunciated | |
v.(清晰地)发音( enunciate的过去式和过去分词 );确切地说明 | |
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20 incompatible | |
adj.不相容的,不协调的,不相配的 | |
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21 Oxford | |
n.牛津(英国城市) | |
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22 minor | |
adj.较小(少)的,较次要的;n.辅修学科;vi.辅修 | |
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23 allusion | |
n.暗示,间接提示 | |
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24 necessitate | |
v.使成为必要,需要 | |
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25 pampered | |
adj.饮食过量的,饮食奢侈的v.纵容,宠,娇养( pamper的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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26 minion | |
n.宠仆;宠爱之人 | |
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27 jocosely | |
adv.说玩笑地,诙谐地 | |
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28 expressive | |
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29 vivacious | |
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30 rattle | |
v.飞奔,碰响;激怒;n.碰撞声;拨浪鼓 | |
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31 enlisted | |
adj.应募入伍的v.(使)入伍, (使)参军( enlist的过去式和过去分词 );获得(帮助或支持) | |
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32 vice | |
n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的 | |
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33 prospects | |
n.希望,前途(恒为复数) | |
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34 regiment | |
n.团,多数,管理;v.组织,编成团,统制 | |
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35 gratitude | |
adj.感激,感谢 | |
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36 pretence | |
n.假装,作假;借口,口实;虚伪;虚饰 | |
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37 expiated | |
v.为(所犯罪过)接受惩罚,赎(罪)( expiate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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38 livelihood | |
n.生计,谋生之道 | |
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39 shafts | |
n.轴( shaft的名词复数 );(箭、高尔夫球棒等的)杆;通风井;一阵(疼痛、害怕等) | |
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40 extremity | |
n.末端,尽头;尽力;终极;极度 | |
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41 mutual | |
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42 misgivings | |
n.疑虑,担忧,害怕;疑虑,担心,恐惧( misgiving的名词复数 );疑惧 | |
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43 penitent | |
adj.后悔的;n.后悔者;忏悔者 | |
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44 bereaved | |
adj.刚刚丧失亲人的v.使失去(希望、生命等)( bereave的过去式和过去分词);(尤指死亡)使丧失(亲人、朋友等);使孤寂;抢走(财物) | |
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45 delightful | |
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46 testimony | |
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47 magistrate | |
n.地方行政官,地方法官,治安官 | |
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48 excellence | |
n.优秀,杰出,(pl.)优点,美德 | |
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49 attainments | |
成就,造诣; 获得( attainment的名词复数 ); 达到; 造诣; 成就 | |
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50 lodged | |
v.存放( lodge的过去式和过去分词 );暂住;埋入;(权利、权威等)归属 | |
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51 dungeon | |
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52 chary | |
adj.谨慎的,细心的 | |
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53 positively | |
adv.明确地,断然,坚决地;实在,确实 | |
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54 compliance | |
n.顺从;服从;附和;屈从 | |
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55 literally | |
adv.照字面意义,逐字地;确实 | |
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56 garrison | |
n.卫戍部队;驻地,卫戍区;vt.派(兵)驻防 | |
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57 prodigious | |
adj.惊人的,奇妙的;异常的;巨大的;庞大的 | |
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58 probity | |
n.刚直;廉洁,正直 | |
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59 virtue | |
n.德行,美德;贞操;优点;功效,效力 | |
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60 modesty | |
n.谦逊,虚心,端庄,稳重,羞怯,朴素 | |
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61 smitten | |
猛打,重击,打击( smite的过去分词 ) | |
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62 contagion | |
n.(通过接触的疾病)传染;蔓延 | |
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63 tempting | |
a.诱人的, 吸引人的 | |
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64 catching | |
adj.易传染的,有魅力的,迷人的,接住 | |
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65 ascertain | |
vt.发现,确定,查明,弄清 | |
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66 steadily | |
adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地 | |
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67 inquiry | |
n.打听,询问,调查,查问 | |
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68 misery | |
n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦 | |
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69 intervals | |
n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 );间隔时间;[数学]区间;(戏剧、电影或音乐会的)幕间休息 | |
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70 prosecutions | |
起诉( prosecution的名词复数 ); 原告; 实施; 从事 | |
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71 relatively | |
adv.比较...地,相对地 | |
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72 virtues | |
美德( virtue的名词复数 ); 德行; 优点; 长处 | |
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73 proceedings | |
n.进程,过程,议程;诉讼(程序);公报 | |
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74 professing | |
声称( profess的现在分词 ); 宣称; 公开表明; 信奉 | |
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75 admiration | |
n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕 | |
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76 treatise | |
n.专著;(专题)论文 | |
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77 entreats | |
恳求,乞求( entreat的第三人称单数 ) | |
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78 infinitely | |
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79 perfectly | |
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地 | |
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80 inflicted | |
把…强加给,使承受,遭受( inflict的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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81 knaves | |
n.恶棍,无赖( knave的名词复数 );(纸牌中的)杰克 | |
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82 alley | |
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83 soothed | |
v.安慰( soothe的过去式和过去分词 );抚慰;使舒服;减轻痛苦 | |
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84 lamented | |
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85 lame | |
adj.跛的,(辩解、论据等)无说服力的 | |
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86 contemplated | |
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87 farce | |
n.闹剧,笑剧,滑稽戏;胡闹 | |
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88 testament | |
n.遗嘱;证明 | |
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89 unnaturally | |
adv.违反习俗地;不自然地;勉强地;不近人情地 | |
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90 prematurity | |
n.早熟,过早,早开花 | |
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91 mighty | |
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92 pestilence | |
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93 depredations | |
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94 joyful | |
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95 pervert | |
n.堕落者,反常者;vt.误用,滥用;使人堕落,使入邪路 | |
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96 miserable | |
adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的 | |
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97 corruption | |
n.腐败,堕落,贪污 | |
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