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deriving23 no higher pleasure from her conversation than occasional amusement, and _that_ often at the expense of her judgment24, when it was raised by pleasantry on people or subjects which she wished to be respected. She went, however, and they sauntered about together many an half-hour in Mrs. Grant's shrubbery, the weather being unusually mild for the time of year, and venturing sometimes even to sit down on one of the benches now comparatively unsheltered, remaining there perhaps till, in the midst of some tender ejaculation of Fanny's on the sweets of so protracted25 an autumn, they were forced, by the sudden swell26 of a cold gust27 shaking down the last few yellow leaves about them, to jump up and walk for warmth.
"This is pretty, very pretty," said Fanny, looking around her as they were thus sitting together one day; "every time I come into this shrubbery I am more struck with its growth and beauty. Three years ago, this was nothing but a rough hedgerow along the upper side of the field, never thought of as anything, or capable of becoming anything; and now it is converted into a walk, and it would be difficult to say whether most valuable as a convenience or an ornament28; and perhaps, in another three years, we may be forgetting--almost forgetting what it was before. How wonderful, how very wonderful the operations of time, and the changes of the human mind!" And following the latter train of thought, she soon afterwards added: "If any one faculty29 of our nature may be called _more_ wonderful than the rest, I do think it is memory. There seems something more speakingly incomprehensible in the powers, the failures, the inequalities of memory, than in any other of our intelligences. The memory is sometimes so retentive30, so serviceable, so obedient; at others, so bewildered and so weak; and at others again, so tyrannic, so beyond control! We are, to be sure, a miracle every way; but our powers of
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adj.谦卑的,恭顺的;地位低下的;v.降低,贬低 | |
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深思,细想,仔细考虑( contemplate的现在分词 ); 注视,凝视; 考虑接受(发生某事的可能性); 深思熟虑,沉思,苦思冥想 | |
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adj.阴沉的,凄凉的,令人忧郁的,差劲的 | |
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bustle
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blessing
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n.祈神赐福;祷告;祝福,祝愿 | |
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dressing
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perfectly
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harp
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confession
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spoke
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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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memento
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n.纪念品,令人回忆的东西 | |
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kindly
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intimacy
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fascination
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n.令人着迷的事物,魅力,迷恋 | |
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deriving
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n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见 | |
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vi.膨胀,肿胀;增长,增强 | |
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ornament
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n.才能;学院,系;(学院或系的)全体教学人员 | |
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retentive
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v.保留的,有记忆的;adv.有记性地,记性强地;n.保持力 | |
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recollect
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v.回忆,想起,记起,忆起,记得 | |
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recollecting
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simplicity
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frightful
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eldest
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detest
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entirely
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heroism
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knights
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骑士; (中古时代的)武士( knight的名词复数 ); 骑士; 爵士; (国际象棋中)马 | |
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chivalry
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n.骑士气概,侠义;(男人)对女人彬彬有礼,献殷勤 | |
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delightfully
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supplicated
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exorbitant
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n.悲叹,悔恨,恸哭;v.哀悼,悔恨,悲叹 | |
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mortify
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v.克制,禁欲,使受辱 | |
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precisely
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adv.恰好,正好,精确地,细致地 | |
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determined
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contented
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miserable
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adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的 | |
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embarrassment
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stammering
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