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"Hard students are commonly troubled with gowts, catarrhs, rheums, cachexia, bradypepsia, bad eyes, stone, and collick, crudities, oppilations, vertigo1, winds, consumptions, and all such diseases as come by over-much sitting: they are most part lean, dry, ill-colored . . . and all through immoderate pains and extraordinary studies. If you will not believe the truth of this, look upon great Tostatus and Thomas Aquainas' works; and tell me whether those men took pains."--BURTON'S Anatomy2 of Melancholy3, P. I, s. 2.
This was Mr. Casaubon's letter.
MY DEAR MISS BROOKE,--I have your guardian4's permission to address you on a subject than which I have none more at heart. I am not, I trust, mistaken in the recognition of some deeper correspondence than that of date in the fact that a consciousness of need in my own life had arisen contemporaneously with the possibility of my becoming acquainted with you. For in the first hour of meeting you, I had an impression of your eminent5 and perhaps exclusive fitness to supply that need (connected, I may say, with such activity of the affections as even the preoccupations of a work too special to be abdicated6 could not uninterruptedly dissimulate); and each succeeding opportunity for observation has given the impression an added depth by convincing me more emphatically of that fitness which I had preconceived, and thus evoking8 more decisively those affections to which I have but now referred. Our conversations have, I think, made sufficiently9 clear to you the tenor10 of my life and purposes: a tenor unsuited, I am aware, to the commoner order of minds. But I have discerned in you an
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vertigo
n.眩晕
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anatomy
n.解剖学,解剖;功能,结构,组织
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melancholy
n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的
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guardian
n.监护人;守卫者,保护者
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eminent
adj.显赫的,杰出的,有名的,优良的
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abdicated
放弃(职责、权力等)( abdicate的过去式和过去分词 ); 退位,逊位
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emphatic
adj.强调的,着重的;无可置疑的,明显的
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evoking
产生,引起,唤起( evoke的现在分词 )
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sufficiently
adv.足够地,充分地
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tenor
n.男高音(歌手),次中音(乐器),要旨,大意
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elevation
n.高度;海拔;高地;上升;提高
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capability
n.能力;才能;(pl)可发展的能力或特性等
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devotedness
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notably
adv.值得注意地,显著地,尤其地,特别地
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labors
v.努力争取(for)( labor的第三人称单数 );苦干;详细分析;(指引擎)缓慢而困难地运转
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labor
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
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solitariness
n.隐居;单独
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presentiment
n.预感,预觉
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consecration
n.供献,奉献,献祭仪式
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arduous
adj.艰苦的,费力的,陡峭的
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solitude
n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方
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sobbed
哭泣,啜泣( sob的过去式和过去分词 ); 哭诉,呜咽地说
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sob
n.空间轨道的轰炸机;呜咽,哭泣
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possessed
adj.疯狂的;拥有的,占有的
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neophyte
n.新信徒;开始者
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initiation
n.开始
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peremptoriness
n.专横,强制,武断
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reverence
n.敬畏,尊敬,尊严;Reverence:对某些基督教神职人员的尊称;v.尊敬,敬畏,崇敬
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joyous
adj.充满快乐的;令人高兴的
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maiden
n.少女,处女;adj.未婚的,纯洁的,无经验的
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admiration
n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕
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transfused
v.输(血或别的液体)( transfuse的过去式和过去分词 );渗透;使…被灌输或传达
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impetus
n.推动,促进,刺激;推动力
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inclination
n.倾斜;点头;弯腰;斜坡;倾度;倾向;爱好
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tinkling
n.丁当作响声
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symbolized
v.象征,作为…的象征( symbolize的过去式和过去分词 )
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aesthetic
adj.美学的,审美的,有美感
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defer
vt.推迟,拖延;vi.(to)遵从,听从,服从
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illegible
adj.难以辨认的,字迹模糊的
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piqued
v.伤害…的自尊心( pique的过去式和过去分词 );激起(好奇心)
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conjecture
n./v.推测,猜测
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accomplishment
n.完成,成就,(pl.)造诣,技能
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worthy
adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的
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devotedly
专心地; 恩爱地; 忠实地; 一心一意地
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entirely
ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地
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immediate
adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的
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disposition
n.性情,性格;意向,倾向;排列,部署
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recur
vi.复发,重现,再发生
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spoke
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
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proceeding
n.行动,进行,(pl.)会议录,学报
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meditation
n.熟虑,(尤指宗教的)默想,沉思,(pl.)冥想录
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intonation
n.语调,声调;发声
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pathos
n.哀婉,悲怆
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fervently
adv.热烈地,热情地,强烈地
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luncheon
n.午宴,午餐,便宴
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remarkable
adj.显著的,异常的,非凡的,值得注意的
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peculiar
adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的
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dread
vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧
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darted
v.投掷,投射( dart的过去式和过去分词 );向前冲,飞奔
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vex
vt.使烦恼,使苦恼
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mingled
混合,混入( mingle的过去式和过去分词 ); 混进,与…交往[联系]
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sitting-room
n.(BrE)客厅,起居室
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diligent
adj.勤勉的,勤奋的
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cedar
n.雪松,香柏(木)
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precipitately
adv.猛进地
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momentous
adj.重要的,重大的
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odious
adj.可憎的,讨厌的
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corrosiveness
侵蚀作用,腐蚀性
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banished
v.放逐,驱逐( banish的过去式和过去分词 )
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persevering
a.坚忍不拔的
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hurled
v.猛投,用力掷( hurl的过去式和过去分词 );大声叫骂
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javelin
n.标枪,投枪
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avalanche
n.雪崩,大量涌来
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habitual
adj.习惯性的;通常的,惯常的
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perfectly
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地
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gathering
n.集会,聚会,聚集
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surmount
vt.克服;置于…顶上
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agitated
adj.被鼓动的,不安的
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decided
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
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awed
adj.充满敬畏的,表示敬畏的v.使敬畏,使惊惧( awe的过去式和过去分词 )
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funereal
adj.悲哀的;送葬的
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subdued
adj. 屈服的,柔和的,减弱的
动词subdue的过去式和过去分词
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astonishment
n.惊奇,惊异
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ardor
n.热情,狂热
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excellences
n.卓越( excellence的名词复数 );(只用于所修饰的名词后)杰出的;卓越的;出类拔萃的
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ardent
adj.热情的,热烈的,强烈的,烈性的
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solitary
adj.孤独的,独立的,荒凉的;n.隐士
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wither
vt.使凋谢,使衰退,(用眼神气势等)使畏缩;vi.枯萎,衰退,消亡
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bosom
n.胸,胸部;胸怀;内心;adj.亲密的
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thoroughly
adv.完全地,彻底地,十足地
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frigid
adj.寒冷的,凛冽的;冷淡的;拘禁的
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rhetoric
n.修辞学,浮夸之言语
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amorous
adj.多情的;有关爱情的
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sonnets
n.十四行诗( sonnet的名词复数 )
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omission
n.省略,删节;遗漏或省略的事物,冗长
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sublime
adj.崇高的,伟大的;极度的,不顾后果的
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persevere
v.坚持,坚忍,不屈不挠
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candid
adj.公正的,正直的;坦率的
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vouchsafed
v.给予,赐予( vouchsafe的过去式和过去分词 );允诺
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blessing
n.祈神赐福;祷告;祝福,祝愿
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wrought
v.引起;以…原料制作;运转;adj.制造的
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metaphorically
adv. 用比喻地
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mansion
n.大厦,大楼;宅第