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CHAPTER XIII
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RAMBLES AROUND BRIDPORT
I, who am a pagan child,
Who know how dying Plato smiled,
And how Confucius lessoned kings,
And of the Buddha's wanderings,
Find God in very usual things.
Toller Porcorum (Toller of the Swine) has a railway station on the Bridport branch line and is two miles from Maiden1 Newton. The name is explanatory, and great herds2 of swine were once bred here. The affix3 serves to distinguish this Toller from its next neighbour, Toller Fratrum (Toller of the Brethren, i.e. monks5), which is one mile from Maiden Newton station. The mansion6 of Sir Thomas Fulford still stands and is a fine instance of early seventeenth-century domestic architecture. The very first things I noticed about this house were the tall, narrow, thick windows—windows that any man might look upon with covetous7 eyes. Such tall stone-mullioned windows are an enchantment8, and, as Hilaire Belloc says, it is the duty of every man to keep up the high worship of noble windows till he comes down to the windowless grave. A building with a thatched roof near the house is a refectory, and appropriately cut in stone on the wall will be noticed a monk4 eating bread.
At Wynford Eagle, two miles south, the church still preserves a curious tympanum of a Norman door. It shows two ferocious9 and unspeakable-looking beasts, who are about to fight. They are said to be wyverns—which are heraldic monsters with two wings, two legs and tapering10 bodies. The most
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1 maiden | |
n.少女,处女;adj.未婚的,纯洁的,无经验的 | |
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兽群( herd的名词复数 ); 牧群; 人群; 群众 | |
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3 affix | |
n.附件,附录 vt.附贴,盖(章),签署 | |
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4 monk | |
n.和尚,僧侣,修道士 | |
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5 monks | |
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6 mansion | |
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7 covetous | |
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8 enchantment | |
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10 tapering | |
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11 remarkable | |
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12 curiously | |
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13 urn | |
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14 urns | |
n.壶( urn的名词复数 );瓮;缸;骨灰瓮 | |
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15 ingenuity | |
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16 antiquity | |
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17 saturated | |
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18 verge | |
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19 bleached | |
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20 desolate | |
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21 stratum | |
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22 quarry | |
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23 purport | |
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24 relic | |
n.神圣的遗物,遗迹,纪念物 | |
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25 stump | |
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26 fixed | |
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27 tempt | |
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28 relics | |
[pl.]n.遗物,遗迹,遗产;遗体,尸骸 | |
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29 creed | |
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30 dread | |
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31 rustic | |
adj.乡村的,有乡村特色的;n.乡下人,乡巴佬 | |
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32 malefactor | |
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33 underneath | |
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34 sequestered | |
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35 battered | |
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36 conjuring | |
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37 hardy | |
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38 rev | |
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39 rustics | |
n.有农村或村民特色的( rustic的名词复数 );粗野的;不雅的;用粗糙的木材或树枝制作的 | |
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40 ruse | |
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41 inflamed | |
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42 dealer | |
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43 withered | |
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44 profess | |
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45 affected | |
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46 warts | |
n.疣( wart的名词复数 );肉赘;树瘤;缺点 | |
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47 miraculously | |
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48 masonry | |
n.砖土建筑;砖石 | |
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49 kindly | |
adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地 | |
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50 commonwealth | |
n.共和国,联邦,共同体 | |
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51 ridge | |
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52 inscription | |
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53 remains | |
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹 | |
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54 crest | |
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55 pinnacles | |
顶峰( pinnacle的名词复数 ); 顶点; 尖顶; 小尖塔 | |
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56 obstinate | |
adj.顽固的,倔强的,不易屈服的,较难治愈的 | |
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57 virtue | |
n.德行,美德;贞操;优点;功效,效力 | |
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58 spoke | |
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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59 maple | |
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60 reign | |
n.统治时期,统治,支配,盛行;v.占优势 | |
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61 distinctive | |
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62 suite | |
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63 retired | |
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64 hemp | |
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65 hempen | |
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66 gallows | |
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67 dagger | |
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68 descended | |
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69 effigy | |
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70 knight | |
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71 nave | |
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72 facetious | |
adj.轻浮的,好开玩笑的 | |
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73 quaint | |
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74 trump | |
n.王牌,法宝;v.打出王牌,吹喇叭 | |
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75 genial | |
adj.亲切的,和蔼的,愉快的,脾气好的 | |
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76 manifestation | |
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77 quay | |
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78 syllogism | |
n.演绎法,三段论法 | |
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79 logic | |
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80 Oxford | |
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81 applied | |
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82 compulsory | |
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83 footpath | |
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84 microscopic | |
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85 shingle | |
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86 obstructed | |
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87 possessed | |
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88 vessels | |
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89 sluggishness | |
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90 picturesque | |
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91 scattering | |
n.[物]散射;散乱,分散;在媒介质中的散播adj.散乱的;分散在不同范围的;广泛扩散的;(选票)数量分散的v.散射(scatter的ing形式);散布;驱散 | |
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92 dwellings | |
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93 pebble | |
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94 pebbles | |
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95 ashore | |
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96 grove | |
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97 standing | |
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98 beacon | |
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99 mingle | |
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100 simplicity | |
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101 reaper | |
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