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Black was that Friday for the daughters of Dixie. Farragut demanded surrender, Lovell declined. The mayor, the council, the Committee of Public Safety declined.
On Saturday the two sides parleyed while Lovell withdrew his forces. On Sunday the Foreign Legion preserved order of a sort highly displeasing1 to "a plain sailor," as Farragut, on the Hartford, called himself, and to all the plain sailors of his fleet--who by that time may have been hard to please. On Monday the "plain sailor" bade the mayor, who had once been a plain stevedore3, remove the city's women and children within forty-eight hours. But on Tuesday, in wiser mood, he sent his own blue-jackets, cutlasses, muskets4 and hand-dragged howitzers, lowered the red-and-yellow-striped flag of one star and on mint and custom-house ran up the stars and stripes. Constance and Miranda, from their distant roof, saw the emblem6 soar to the breeze, and persuaded Anna to an act which cost her as many hours as it need have taken minutes--the destruction of the diary. That was on the twenty-ninth of April.
Let us not get dates confused. "On the twenty-ninth of April," says Grant, "the troops were at Hard Times (Arkansas), and the fleet (another fleet), under Admiral Porter, made an attack upon Grand Gulf7 (Mississippi), while I reconnoitered." But that twenty-ninth was a year later, when New Orleans for three hundred and sixty-five separate soul-torturing days had been sitting in the twilight8 of her captivity9, often writhing10 and raving11 in it, starved to madness for news of Lee's and Stonewall's victories and of her boys, her
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displeasing
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不愉快的,令人发火的 | |
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Ford
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n.浅滩,水浅可涉处;v.涉水,涉过 | |
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stevedore
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n.码头工人;v.装载货物 | |
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muskets
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n.火枪,(尤指)滑膛枪( musket的名词复数 ) | |
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ragged
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adj.衣衫褴褛的,粗糙的,刺耳的 | |
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emblem
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n.象征,标志;徽章 | |
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gulf
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n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂 | |
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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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captivity
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n.囚禁;被俘;束缚 | |
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writhing
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(因极度痛苦而)扭动或翻滚( writhe的现在分词 ) | |
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adj.说胡话的;疯狂的,怒吼的;非常漂亮的;令人醉心[痴心]的v.胡言乱语(rave的现在分词)n.胡话;疯话adv.胡言乱语地;疯狂地 | |
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dubious
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adj.怀疑的,无把握的;有问题的,靠不住的 | |
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crumbs
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int. (表示惊讶)哎呀 n. 碎屑 名词crumb的复数形式 | |
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rumor
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n.谣言,谣传,传说 | |
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smuggled
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水货 | |
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tainted
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adj.腐坏的;污染的;沾污的;感染的v.使变质( taint的过去式和过去分词 );使污染;败坏;被污染,腐坏,败坏 | |
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confiscated
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没收,充公( confiscate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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dingy
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adj.昏暗的,肮脏的 | |
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distressing
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a.使人痛苦的 | |
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isolating
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adj.孤立的,绝缘的v.使隔离( isolate的现在分词 );将…剔出(以便看清和单独处理);使(某物质、细胞等)分离;使离析 | |
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apparently
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adv.显然地;表面上,似乎 | |
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authentic
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a.真的,真正的;可靠的,可信的,有根据的 | |
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battalion
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n.营;部队;大队(的人) | |
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brass
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n.黄铜;黄铜器,铜管乐器 | |
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determined
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adj.坚定的;有决心的 | |
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bowers
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n.(女子的)卧室( bower的名词复数 );船首锚;阴凉处;鞠躬的人 | |
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splendors
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n.华丽( splendor的名词复数 );壮丽;光辉;显赫 | |
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carnivals
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狂欢节( carnival的名词复数 ); 嘉年华会; 激动人心的事物的组合; 五彩缤纷的颜色组合 | |
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lure
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n.吸引人的东西,诱惑物;vt.引诱,吸引 | |
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belles
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n.美女( belle的名词复数 );最美的美女 | |
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cavalry
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n.骑兵;轻装甲部队 | |
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bugles
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妙脆角,一种类似薯片但做成尖角或喇叭状的零食; 号角( bugle的名词复数 ); 喇叭; 匍匐筋骨草; (装饰女服用的)柱状玻璃(或塑料)小珠 | |
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invader
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n.侵略者,侵犯者,入侵者 | |
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kinsman
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n.男亲属 | |
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capering
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v.跳跃,雀跃( caper的现在分词 );蹦蹦跳跳 | |
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v.低垂,下垂;凋萎,萎靡 | |
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mighty
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grove
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eastward
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adv.向东;adj.向东的;n.东方,东部 | |
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enraged
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使暴怒( enrage的过去式和过去分词 ); 歜; 激愤 | |
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blasphemous
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adj.亵渎神明的,不敬神的 | |
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exultation
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n.狂喜,得意 | |
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galloped
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(使马)飞奔,奔驰( gallop的过去式和过去分词 ); 快速做[说]某事 | |
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valor
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tenacity
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folly
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n.愚笨,愚蠢,蠢事,蠢行,傻话 | |
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withdrawn
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vt.收回;使退出;vi.撤退,退出 | |
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lieutenant
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n.陆军中尉,海军上尉;代理官员,副职官员 | |
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foe
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n.敌人,仇敌 | |
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scout
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n.童子军,侦察员;v.侦察,搜索 | |
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scouts
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侦察员[机,舰]( scout的名词复数 ); 童子军; 搜索; 童子军成员 | |
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entrenching
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v.用壕沟围绕或保护…( entrench的现在分词 );牢固地确立… | |
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blues
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n.抑郁,沮丧;布鲁斯音乐 | |
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solitude
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n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方 | |
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strife
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n.争吵,冲突,倾轧,竞争 | |
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bind
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vt.捆,包扎;装订;约束;使凝固;vi.变硬 | |
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toil
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vi.辛劳工作,艰难地行动;n.苦工,难事 | |
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perils
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极大危险( peril的名词复数 ); 危险的事(或环境) | |
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mettlesome
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adj.(通常指马等)精力充沛的,勇猛的 | |
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banished
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v.放逐,驱逐( banish的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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