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Chapter Twenty Seven.
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Describes several Interesting and somewhat Violent Proceedings1.
Over the flowering plains! Oh, there is something soul-stirring in a free, furious, prolonged gallop2, where obstructions3 are few, where the land is almost level, and Nature reigns5 unfettered by the influence of man! No fences, no ditches, no ploughed lands, no enclosed estates, nothing to check even for a moment the grand onward6 sweep through illimitable space save the capacity of endurance in steed and rider.
Of course it has its drawbacks, but we will not pause to meditate7 on these. Life has its drawbacks everywhere, and if we were to attempt an enumeration8 of them our tale would become unreasonably9 long, and also somewhat unprofitable.
Perhaps it adds to the zest10 of life the fact that many of its incidents are of such a nature that we find it difficult to say whether they are drawbacks or advantages. For instance, the jovial11 garrulity12 of Quashy was a drawback at times. At other times it was a decided13 advantage, and his friends and companions held such interchangeable opinions on the point that they could not readily have expressed them if called on to do so at a moment’s notice.
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n.乐趣;滋味,风味;兴趣 | |
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disposition
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gauchos
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fatigue
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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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mound
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n.土墩,堤,小山;v.筑堤,用土堆防卫 | |
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n.瓶,火药筒,砂箱 | |
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countenance
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n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同 | |
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gratitude
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adj.感激,感谢 | |
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adj.范围广大的,一扫无遗的 | |
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concealed
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a.隐藏的,隐蔽的 | |
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gorged
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hawks
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鹰( hawk的名词复数 ); 鹰派人物,主战派人物 | |
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savagery
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savage
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mansion
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etiquette
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fowl
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obedience
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