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Letter 33
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Castle Square, Tuesday (January 24).
My dear Cassandra,—I will give you the indulgence of a letter on Thursday this week, instead of Friday, but I do not require you to write again before Sunday, provided I may believe you and your finger going on quite well. Take care of your precious self; do not work too hard. Remember that Aunt Cassandras are quite as scarce as Miss Beverleys.[11]
I had the happiness yesterday of a letter from Charles, but I shall say as little about it as possible, because I know that excruciating Henry will have had a letter likewise, to make all my intelligence valueless. It was written at Bermuda on the 7th and 10th of December. All well, and Fanny still only in expectation of being otherwise. He had taken a small prize in his late cruise,—a French schooner1, laden2 with sugar; but bad weather parted them, and she had not yet been heard of. His cruise ended December 1st. My September letter was the latest he had received.
This day three weeks you are to be in London, and I wish you better weather; not but that you may have worse, for we have now nothing but[146] ceaseless snow or rain and insufferable dirt to complain of; no tempestuous3 winds nor severity of cold. Since I wrote last we have had something of each, but it is not genteel to rip up old grievances4.
You used me scandalously by not mentioning Edward Cooper's sermons. I tell you everything, and it is unknown the mysteries you conceal5 from me; and, to add to the rest, you persevere6 in giving a final "e" to "invalid," thereby7 putting it out of one's power to suppose Mrs. E. Leigh, even for a moment, a veteran soldier. She, good woman, is, I hope, destined8 for some further placid
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1 schooner | |
n.纵帆船 | |
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2 laden | |
adj.装满了的;充满了的;负了重担的;苦恼的 | |
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3 tempestuous | |
adj.狂暴的 | |
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4 grievances | |
n.委屈( grievance的名词复数 );苦衷;不满;牢骚 | |
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5 conceal | |
v.隐藏,隐瞒,隐蔽 | |
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6 persevere | |
v.坚持,坚忍,不屈不挠 | |
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7 thereby | |
adv.因此,从而 | |
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8 destined | |
adj.命中注定的;(for)以…为目的地的 | |
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9 placid | |
adj.安静的,平和的 | |
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10 enjoyment | |
n.乐趣;享有;享用 | |
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11 excellence | |
n.优秀,杰出,(pl.)优点,美德 | |
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12 solicitude | |
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13 metaphor | |
n.隐喻,暗喻 | |
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14 affected | |
adj.不自然的,假装的 | |
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15 purely | |
adv.纯粹地,完全地 | |
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16 interval | |
n.间隔,间距;幕间休息,中场休息 | |
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17 perfectly | |
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地 | |
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18 approbation | |
n.称赞;认可 | |
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19 flirt | |
v.调情,挑逗,调戏;n.调情者,卖俏者 | |
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20 grandeur | |
n.伟大,崇高,宏伟,庄严,豪华 | |
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21 judgment | |
n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见 | |
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22 venial | |
adj.可宽恕的;轻微的 | |
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23 attachment | |
n.附属物,附件;依恋;依附 | |
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24 immoral | |
adj.不道德的,淫荡的,荒淫的,有伤风化的 | |
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25 melancholy | |
n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的 | |
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26 confinement | |
n.幽禁,拘留,监禁;分娩;限制,局限 | |
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