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CHAPTER II. FOOT-TRAVELLING.
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Tell me, my soul, why art thou restless? Why dost thou look forward to the future with such strong desire? The present is thine,--and the past;--and the future shall be! O that thou didst look forward to the great hereafter with half the longing1 wherewith thou longest for an earthly future,--which a few days at most will bring thee! to the meeting of the dead, as to the meeting of the absent! Thou glorious spirit-land! O, that I could behold2 thee as thou art,--the region of life, and light, and love, and the dwelling-place of those beloved ones, whose being has flowed onward3 like a silver-clear stream into the solemn-sounding main, into the ocean of Eternity4.
Such were the thoughts that passed through thesoul of Flemming, as he lay in utter solitude5 and silence on the rounded summit of one of the mountains of the Furca Pass, and gazed, with tears in his eyes, and ardent6 longing in his heart, up into the blue-swimming heaven overhead, and at the glaciers7 and snowy mountain-peaks around him. Highest and whitest of all, stood the peak of the Jungfrau, which seemed near him, though it rose afar off from the bosom9 of the Lauterbrunner Thal. There it stood, holy and high and pure, the bride of heaven, all veiled and clothed in white, and lifted the thoughts of the beholder10 heavenward. O, he little thought then, as he gazed at it with longing and delight, how soon a form was to arise in his own soul, as holy, and high, and pure as this, and like this point heavenward.
Thus lay the traveller on the mountain summit, reposing11
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1 longing | |
n.(for)渴望 | |
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2 behold | |
v.看,注视,看到 | |
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3 onward | |
adj.向前的,前进的;adv.向前,前进,在先 | |
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4 eternity | |
n.不朽,来世;永恒,无穷 | |
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5 solitude | |
n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方 | |
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6 ardent | |
adj.热情的,热烈的,强烈的,烈性的 | |
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7 glaciers | |
冰河,冰川( glacier的名词复数 ) | |
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8 glacier | |
n.冰川,冰河 | |
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9 bosom | |
n.胸,胸部;胸怀;内心;adj.亲密的 | |
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10 beholder | |
n.观看者,旁观者 | |
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11 reposing | |
v.将(手臂等)靠在某人(某物)上( repose的现在分词 ) | |
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12 moss | |
n.苔,藓,地衣 | |
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13 lone | |
adj.孤寂的,单独的;唯一的 | |
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14 solitudes | |
n.独居( solitude的名词复数 );孤独;荒僻的地方;人迹罕至的地方 | |
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15 enticed | |
诱惑,怂恿( entice的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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16 iceberg | |
n.冰山,流冰,冷冰冰的人 | |
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17 sublime | |
adj.崇高的,伟大的;极度的,不顾后果的 | |
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18 majestically | |
雄伟地; 庄重地; 威严地; 崇高地 | |
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19 compassion | |
n.同情,怜悯 | |
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20 erring | |
做错事的,错误的 | |
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21 countenance | |
n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同 | |
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22 judgment | |
n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见 | |
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23 virgin | |
n.处女,未婚女子;adj.未经使用的;未经开发的 | |
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24 zigzag | |
n.曲折,之字形;adj.曲折的,锯齿形的;adv.曲折地,成锯齿形地;vt.使曲折;vi.曲折前行 | |
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25 torrent | |
n.激流,洪流;爆发,(话语等的)连发 | |
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26 foam | |
v./n.泡沫,起泡沫 | |
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27 desolate | |
adj.荒凉的,荒芜的;孤独的,凄凉的;v.使荒芜,使孤寂 | |
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28 incessant | |
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29 cataract | |
n.大瀑布,奔流,洪水,白内障 | |
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30 shrieks | |
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31 chasm | |
n.深坑,断层,裂口,大分岐,利害冲突 | |
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32 beheld | |
v.看,注视( behold的过去式和过去分词 );瞧;看呀;(叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现)哎哟 | |
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33 athletic | |
adj.擅长运动的,强健的;活跃的,体格健壮的 | |
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34 rustic | |
adj.乡村的,有乡村特色的;n.乡下人,乡巴佬 | |
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35 garb | |
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36 dome | |
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37 tint | |
n.淡色,浅色;染发剂;vt.着以淡淡的颜色 | |
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38 mingled | |
混合,混入( mingle的过去式和过去分词 ); 混进,与…交往[联系] | |
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39 crevice | |
n.(岩石、墙等)裂缝;缺口 | |
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40 downwards | |
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41 crooked | |
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42 defiance | |
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43 brooks | |
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44 descended | |
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45 standing | |
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46 verge | |
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47 precipice | |
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48 perpendicular | |
adj.垂直的,直立的;n.垂直线,垂直的位置 | |
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49 halfway | |
adj.中途的,不彻底的,部分的;adv.半路地,在中途,在半途 | |
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50 cascade | |
n.小瀑布,喷流;层叠;vi.成瀑布落下 | |
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51 mingles | |
混合,混入( mingle的第三人称单数 ); 混进,与…交往[联系] | |
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52 dilated | |
adj.加宽的,扩大的v.(使某物)扩大,膨胀,张大( dilate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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53 dilating | |
v.(使某物)扩大,膨胀,张大( dilate的现在分词 ) | |
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54 dwellings | |
n.住处,处所( dwelling的名词复数 ) | |
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55 soothed | |
v.安慰( soothe的过去式和过去分词 );抚慰;使舒服;减轻痛苦 | |
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56 eyelids | |
n.眼睑( eyelid的名词复数 );眼睛也不眨一下;不露声色;面不改色 | |
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57 hems | |
布的褶边,贴边( hem的名词复数 ); 短促的咳嗽 | |
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58 yoke | |
n.轭;支配;v.给...上轭,连接,使成配偶 | |
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59 chafes | |
v.擦热(尤指皮肤)( chafe的第三人称单数 );擦痛;发怒;惹怒 | |
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60 fluted | |
a.有凹槽的 | |
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61 fretted | |
焦躁的,附有弦马的,腐蚀的 | |
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62 spires | |
n.(教堂的) 塔尖,尖顶( spire的名词复数 ) | |
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63 ornaments | |
n.装饰( ornament的名词复数 );点缀;装饰品;首饰v.装饰,点缀,美化( ornament的第三人称单数 ) | |
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64 inverted | |
adj.反向的,倒转的v.使倒置,使反转( invert的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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65 beholds | |
v.看,注视( behold的第三人称单数 );瞧;看呀;(叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现)哎哟 | |
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66 revelled | |
v.作乐( revel的过去式和过去分词 );狂欢;着迷;陶醉 | |
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67 laden | |
adj.装满了的;充满了的;负了重担的;苦恼的 | |
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68 tavern | |
n.小旅馆,客栈;小酒店 | |
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69 miraculous | |
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70 taverns | |
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71 extremity | |
n.末端,尽头;尽力;终极;极度 | |
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72 musing | |
n. 沉思,冥想 adj. 沉思的, 冥想的 动词muse的现在分词形式 | |
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