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CHAPTER XVI—SAFE ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND
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It was talking one night with a certain prince, one of the banished1 ministers of state belonging to the Czar, that the discourse2 of my particular case began. He had been telling me abundance of fine things of the greatness, the magnificence, the dominions3, and the absolute power of the Emperor of the Russians: I interrupted him, and told him I was a greater and more powerful prince than ever the Czar was, though my dominion4 were not so large, or my people so many. The Russian grandee5 looked a little surprised, and, fixing his eyes steadily6 upon me, began to wonder what I meant. I said his wonder would cease when I had explained myself, and told him the story at large of my living in the island; and then how I managed both myself and the people that were under me, just as I have since minuted it down. They were exceedingly taken with the story, and especially the prince, who told me, with a sigh, that the true greatness of life was to be masters of ourselves; that he would not have exchanged such a state of life as mine to be Czar of Muscovy; and that he found more felicity in the retirement7 he seemed to be banished to there, than ever he found in the highest authority he enjoyed in the court of his master the Czar; that the height of human wisdom was to bring our tempers down to our circumstances, and to make a calm within, under the weight of the greatest storms without. When he came first hither, he said, he used to tear the hair from his head, and the clothes from his back, as others had done before him; but a little time and consideration had made him look into himself, as well as round him to things without; that he found the mind of man, if it was but once brought to reflect upon the state of universal life, and how little this world was concerned in its true felicity, was perfectly8 capable of making a felicity for itself,
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banished
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| n.论文,演说;谈话;话语;vi.讲述,著述 | |
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dominions
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| 统治权( dominion的名词复数 ); 领土; 疆土; 版图 | |
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dominion
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grandee
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retirement
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virtue
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| n.德行,美德;贞操;优点;功效,效力 | |
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banishment
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grandeur
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spoke
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| 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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sincerity
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monarch
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conqueror
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exorbitant
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entirely
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thaw
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mortify
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buffaloes
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| n.水牛(分非洲水牛和亚洲水牛两种)( buffalo的名词复数 );(南非或北美的)野牛;威胁;恐吓 | |
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mead
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secondly
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utterly
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garrisoned
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| 卫戍部队守备( garrison的过去式和过去分词 ); 派部队驻防 | |
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subsist
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procure
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| vt.获得,取得,促成;vi.拉皮条 | |
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retinue
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caravan
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stationary
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attentively
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ferment
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| vt.使发酵;n./vt.(使)激动,(使)动乱 | |
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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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snares
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| n.陷阱( snare的名词复数 );圈套;诱人遭受失败(丢脸、损失等)的东西;诱惑物v.用罗网捕捉,诱陷,陷害( snare的第三人称单数 ) | |
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heartily
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| adv.衷心地,诚恳地,十分,很 | |
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resolutely
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| adj.坚决地,果断地 | |
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bent
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| n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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avarice
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| n.贪婪;贪心 | |
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confinement
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| n.幽禁,拘留,监禁;分娩;限制,局限 | |
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mere
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overthrow
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| v.推翻,打倒,颠覆;n.推翻,瓦解,颠覆 | |
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acquiesce
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| vi.默许,顺从,同意 | |
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passionately
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| ad.热烈地,激烈地 | |
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sables
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hesitation
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cloves
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mightily
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proprietor
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| n.所有人;业主;经营者 | |
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steward
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| n.乘务员,服务员;看管人;膳食管理员 | |
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uneven
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garrisons
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| 守备部队,卫戍部队( garrison的名词复数 ) | |
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alteration
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idols
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| 偶像( idol的名词复数 ); 受崇拜的人或物; 受到热爱和崇拜的人或物; 神像 | |
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Christians
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superstition
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witchcraft
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hordes
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