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CHAPTER I
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Some time within the first ten years of the last century, there stood in the fair city of Dublin, and in one of those sinuous1 and narrow streets which lay in the immediate2 vicinity of the Castle, a goodly and capacious hostelry, snug3 and sound, and withal carrying in its aspect something staid and aristocratic, and perhaps in nowise the less comfortable that it was rated, in point of fashion, somewhat obsolete4. Its structure was quaint5 and antique; so much so, that had its counterpart presented itself within the precincts of "the Borough," it might fairly have passed itself off for the genuine old Tabard of Geoffry Chaucer.
The front of the building, facing the street, rested upon a row of massive wooden blocks, set endwise, at intervals6 of some six or eight feet, and running parallel at about the same distance, to the wall of the lower story of the house, thus forming a kind of rude cloister7 or open corridor, running the whole length of the building.
The spaces between these rude pillars were, by a light frame-work of timber, converted into a succession of arches; and by an application of the same ornamental8 process, the ceiling of this extended porch was made to carry a clumsy but not unpicturesque imitation of groining. Upon this open-work of timber, as we have already said, rested the second story of the building; protruding9 beyond which again, and supported upon beams whose projecting ends were carved into the semblance10 of heads
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sinuous
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snug
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obsolete
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intervals
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| n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 );间隔时间;[数学]区间;(戏剧、电影或音乐会的)幕间休息 | |
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grotesque
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fabric
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antiquity
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tenements
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deference
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prominence
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receded
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landmark
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indifference
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hospitable
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doorway
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perils
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| 极大危险( peril的名词复数 ); 危险的事(或环境) | |
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hues
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portraiture
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hoarse
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| 一阵强风( gust的名词复数 ); (怒、笑等的)爆发; (感情的)迸发; 发作 | |
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desolately
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deserted
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clattering
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| 发出咔哒声(clatter的现在分词形式) | |
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rattle
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dreary
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| adj.令人沮丧的,沉闷的,单调乏味的 | |
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genial
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| adj.亲切的,和蔼的,愉快的,脾气好的 | |
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bestowed
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| 赠给,授予( bestow的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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groom
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bridle
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betokened
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| v.预示,表示( betoken的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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knightly
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| adj. 骑士般的 adv. 骑士般地 | |
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forth
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chamber
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| n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所 | |
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hearth
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penetrated
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recess
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tinging
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| v.(使)发丁丁声( ting的现在分词 ) | |
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burnished
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| adj.抛光的,光亮的v.擦亮(金属等),磨光( burnish的过去式和过去分词 );被擦亮,磨光 | |
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laden
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cosy
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| adj.温暖而舒适的,安逸的 | |
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luxurious
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| adj.精美而昂贵的;豪华的 | |
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leisurely
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doffed
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melancholy
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| n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的 | |
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enjoyment
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jack
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promptly
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luxuriously
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bleak
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cork
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obstructed
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| 阻塞( obstruct的过去式和过去分词 ); 堵塞; 阻碍; 阻止 | |
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vengeance
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balk
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rascal
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jurisdiction
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