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CHAPTER IX—DREADFUL OCCURRENCES IN MADAGASCAR
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I had no more business to go to the East Indies than a man at full liberty has to go to the turnkey at Newgate, and desire him to lock him up among the prisoners there, and starve him. Had I taken a small vessel1 from England and gone directly to the island; had I loaded her, as I did the other vessel, with all the necessaries for the plantation2 and for my people; taken a patent from the government here to have secured my property, in subjection only to that of England; had I carried over cannon3 and ammunition4, servants and people to plant, and taken possession of the place, fortified5 and strengthened it in the name of England, and increased it with people, as I might easily have done; had I then settled myself there, and sent the ship back laden6 with good rice, as I might also have done in six months’ time, and ordered my friends to have fitted her out again for our supply—had I done this, and stayed there myself, I had at least acted like a man of common sense. But I was possessed7 of a wandering spirit, and scorned all advantages: I pleased myself with being the patron of the people I placed there, and doing for them in a kind of haughty8, majestic9 way, like an old patriarchal monarch10, providing for them as if I had been father of the whole family, as well as of the plantation. But I never so much as pretended to plant in the name of any government or nation, or to acknowledge any prince, or to call my people subjects to any one nation more than another; nay
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plantation
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cannon
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ammunition
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benefactor
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sloop
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savages
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| 未开化的人,野蛮人( savage的名词复数 ) | |
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providence
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absurdity
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embarked
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virgin
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guardian
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sincerity
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missionaries
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covet
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| vt.垂涎;贪图(尤指属于他人的东西) | |
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Christian
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cape
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scourge
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meddle
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apprehensions
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latitudes
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treacherous
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dexterity
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thronging
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boughs
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truce
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converse
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javelins
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muskets
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| v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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barricade
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pelting
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| 微不足道的,无价值的,盛怒的 | |
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darts
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distress
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posture
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havoc
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fray
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seaman
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odds
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mischief
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brutality
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hazardous
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mischievous
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gallantly
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hangers
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muzzles
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| 枪口( muzzle的名词复数 ); (防止动物咬人的)口套; (四足动物的)鼻口部; (狗)等凸出的鼻子和口 | |
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shriek
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veins
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