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CHAPTER 1. LEVITICAL.
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Of late years an abundant shower of curates has fallen upon the north of England: they lie very thick on the hills; every parish has one or more of them; they are young enough to be very active, and ought to be doing a great deal of good. But not of late years are we about to speak; we are going back to the beginning of this century: late years—present years are dusty, sunburnt, hot, arid1; we will evade2 the noon, forget it in siesta3, pass the midday in slumber4, and dream of dawn.
If you think, from this prelude5, that anything like a romance is preparing for you, reader, you never were more mistaken. Do you anticipate sentiment, and poetry, and reverie? Do you expect passion, and stimulus7, and melodrama8? Calm your expectations; reduce them to a lowly standard. Something real, cool, and solid lies before you; something unromantic as Monday morning, when all who have work wake with the consciousness that they must rise and betake themselves thereto. It is not positively9 affirmed that you shall not have a taste of the exciting, perhaps towards the middle and close of the meal, but it is resolved that the first dish set upon the table shall be one that a Catholic—ay, even an Anglo-Catholic—might eat on Good Friday in Passion Week: it shall be cold lentils and vinegar without oil; it shall be unleavened bread with bitter herbs, and no roast lamb.
Of late years, I say, an abundant shower of curates has fallen upon the north of England; but in eighteen-hundred-eleven-twelve that affluent10 rain had not descended
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prelude
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positively
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教区牧师( incumbent的名词复数 ); 教会中的任职者 | |
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Oxford
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scarcity
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lodgings
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gale
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kindly
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regale
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diligent
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ennui
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weaver
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enjoyment
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allude
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inviting
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sufficiently
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mincing
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syllables
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gentry
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locusts
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distinguished
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elegy
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beverage
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n.(水,酒等之外的)饮料 | |
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contrived
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contented
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hilarious
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insolent
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convivial
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monotonous
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allusions
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sarcasms
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elegance
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n.优雅;优美,雅致;精致,巧妙 | |
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bantered
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v.开玩笑,说笑,逗乐( banter的过去式和过去分词 );(善意地)取笑,逗弄 | |
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stature
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mere
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allied
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anatomy
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bowels
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clergy
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retaliation
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innate
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refinement
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(谄上傲下的)势利小人( snob的名词复数 ); 自高自大者,自命不凡者 | |
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pestilence
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duel
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virulent
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