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Life's little ironies1 are not always manifest. We hear distant rumbling2 sounds of its tragedies, but rarely are we permitted to witness the reality. Therefore the real incidents which I am about to relate may have some value.
I first called upon W.L.S——, Jr., in the winter of 1895. I had known of him before only by reputation, or, what is nearer the truth, by seeing his name in one of the great Sunday papers attached to several drawings of the most lively interest. These drawings depicted3 night scenes of the city of New York, and appeared as colored supplements, eleven by eighteen inches. They represented the spectacular scenes which the citizen and the stranger most delight in—Madison Square in a drizzle4; the Bowery lighted by a thousand lamps and crowded with "L" and surface cars; Sixth Avenue looking north from Fourteenth Street.
I was a youthful editor at the time and on the lookout5 for interesting illustrations of this sort, and when a little later I was in need of a colored supplement for the Christmas number I decided6 to call upon S——. I knew absolutely nothing about the world of art save what I had gathered from books and current literary comment of all sorts, and was, therefore, in a mood to behold7 something exceedingly bizarre in the atmosphere with which I should find my illustrator surrounded.
I was not disappointed. It was at the time when artists—I mean American artists principally—went in very strongly for that sort of thing. Only a few years before they had all been going to Paris, not so much to paint as to find out and imitate how artists do and live. I was greeted by a small, wiry, lean-looking individual arrayed in a bicycle suit, whose countenance8 could be best described as wearing a perpetual look of
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ironies
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n.反语( irony的名词复数 );冷嘲;具有讽刺意味的事;嘲弄 | |
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n. 隆隆声, 辘辘声 adj. 隆隆响的 动词rumble的现在分词 | |
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depicted
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描绘,描画( depict的过去式和过去分词 ); 描述 | |
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v.下毛毛雨;n.毛毛雨,蒙蒙细雨 | |
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lookout
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n.注意,前途,瞭望台 | |
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adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的 | |
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behold
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v.看,注视,看到 | |
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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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astonishment
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n.惊奇,惊异 | |
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fixed
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remarkable
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jovial
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considerably
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contemplated
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adj. 预期的 动词contemplate的过去分词形式 | |
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hesitation
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verging
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接近,逼近(verge的现在分词形式) | |
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realization
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affected
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necessitated
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使…成为必要,需要( necessitate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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previously
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adv.以前,先前(地) | |
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commissioner
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n.(政府厅、局、处等部门)专员,长官,委员 | |
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immediate
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adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的 | |
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steamship
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n.汽船,轮船 | |
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devoted
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adj.忠诚的,忠实的,热心的,献身于...的 | |
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warships
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军舰,战舰( warship的名词复数 ); 舰只 | |
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promptly
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adv.及时地,敏捷地 | |
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Undid
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v. 解开, 复原 | |
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细枝,嫩枝( twig的名词复数 ) | |
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afterward
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accomplished
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adj.有才艺的;有造诣的;达到了的 | |
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vessels
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n.血管( vessel的名词复数 );船;容器;(具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的)人 | |
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brass
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n.黄铜;黄铜器,铜管乐器 | |
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prows
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hearty
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adj.热情友好的;衷心的;尽情的,纵情的 | |
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apparently
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adv.显然地;表面上,似乎 | |
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mechanism
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n.机械装置;机构,结构 | |
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confided
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v.吐露(秘密,心事等)( confide的过去式和过去分词 );(向某人)吐露(隐私、秘密等) | |
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forerunner
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n.前身,先驱(者),预兆,祖先 | |
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rumor
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n.谣言,谣传,传说 | |
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n.失事,遇难;沉船;vt.(船等)失事,遇难 | |
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infancy
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n.婴儿期;幼年期;初期 | |
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gorge
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n.咽喉,胃,暴食,山峡;v.塞饱,狼吞虎咽地吃 | |
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underneath
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labored
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adj.吃力的,谨慎的v.努力争取(for)( labor的过去式和过去分词 );苦干;详细分析;(指引擎)缓慢而困难地运转 | |
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applied
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apparatus
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n.装置,器械;器具,设备 | |
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perfectly
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adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地 | |
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virility
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n.雄劲,丈夫气 | |
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sketched
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v.草拟(sketch的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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jersey
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n.运动衫 | |
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sleepers
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n.卧铺(通常以复数形式出现);卧车( sleeper的名词复数 );轨枕;睡觉(呈某种状态)的人;小耳环 | |
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mechanisms
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n.机械( mechanism的名词复数 );机械装置;[生物学] 机制;机械作用 | |
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sketches
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n.草图( sketch的名词复数 );素描;速写;梗概 | |
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marine
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adj.海的;海生的;航海的;海事的;n.水兵 | |
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illustrated
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adj. 有插图的,列举的 动词illustrate的过去式和过去分词 | |
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galley
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n.(飞机或船上的)厨房单层甲板大帆船;军舰舰长用的大划艇; | |
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conceal
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v.隐藏,隐瞒,隐蔽 | |
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jumbled
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adj.混乱的;杂乱的 | |
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plunging
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adj.跳进的,突进的v.颠簸( plunge的现在分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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accomplishments
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n.造诣;完成( accomplishment的名词复数 );技能;成绩;成就 | |
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envious
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adj.嫉妒的,羡慕的 | |
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tenor
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n.男高音(歌手),次中音(乐器),要旨,大意 | |
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exquisitely
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adv.精致地;强烈地;剧烈地;异常地 | |
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volatile
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adj.反复无常的,挥发性的,稍纵即逝的,脾气火爆的;n.挥发性物质 | |
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ripples
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逐渐扩散的感觉( ripple的名词复数 ) | |
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thoroughly
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adv.完全地,彻底地,十足地 | |
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converse
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vi.谈话,谈天,闲聊;adv.相反的,相反 | |
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baron
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n.男爵;(商业界等)巨头,大王 | |
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drooping
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adj. 下垂的,无力的 动词droop的现在分词 | |
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luster
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aristocrat
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n.贵族,有贵族气派的人,上层人物 | |
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philosophically
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adv.哲学上;富有哲理性地;贤明地;冷静地 | |
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philosophic
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adj.哲学的,贤明的 | |
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poised
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Christian
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wondrous
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adj.令人惊奇的,奇妙的;adv.惊人地;异乎寻常地;令人惊叹地 | |
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ramifications
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n.结果,后果( ramification的名词复数 ) | |
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demonstrations
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证明( demonstration的名词复数 ); 表明; 表达; 游行示威 | |
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polygon
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n.多边形;多角形 | |
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enlist
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vt.谋取(支持等),赢得;征募;vi.入伍 | |
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drizzly
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a.毛毛雨的(a drizzly day) | |
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glistening
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adj.闪耀的,反光的v.湿物闪耀,闪亮( glisten的现在分词 ) | |
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n.反应溅射法;飞溅;阴极真空喷镀;喷射v.唾沫飞溅( sputter的现在分词 );发劈啪声;喷出;飞溅出 | |
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intersection
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n.交集,十字路口,交叉点;[计算机] 交集 | |
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converging
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adj.收敛[缩]的,会聚的,趋同的v.(线条、运动的物体等)会于一点( converge的现在分词 );(趋于)相似或相同;人或车辆汇集;聚集 | |
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herald
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kaleidoscopic
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torpedoes
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鱼雷( torpedo的名词复数 ); 油井爆破筒; 刺客; 掼炮 | |
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hues
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