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CHAPTER IX
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THE "BLEEDING HORSE"—HOLLANDS AND PIPES FOR TWO—EVERY BULLET HAS ITS BILLET.
At the time in which the events that we have undertaken to record took place, there stood at the southern extremity1 of the city, near the point at which Camden Street now terminates, a small, old-fashioned building, something between an ale-house and an inn. It occupied the roadside by no means unpicturesquely; one gable jutted2 into the road, with a projecting window, which stood out from the building like a glass box held together by a massive frame of wood; and commanded by this projecting gable, and a few yards in retreat, but facing the road, was the inn door, over which hung a painted panel, representing a white horse, out of whose neck there spouted3 a crimson4 cascade5, and underneath6, in large letters, the traveller was informed that this was the genuine old "Bleeding Horse." Old enough, in all conscience, it appeared to be, for the tiled roof, except where the ivy7 clustered over it, was crowded with weeds of many kinds, and the boughs8 of the huge trees which embowered it had cracked and shattered one of the cumbrous chimney-stacks, and in many places it was evident that but for the timely interposition of the saw and the axe9, the giant limbs of the old timber would, in the gradual increase of years, have forced their way through the roof and the masonry10 itself—a tendency sufficiently11
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leisurely
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rhetoric
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bridle
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conceal
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proprietor
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mischief
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wink
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vista
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poking
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| n. 刺,戳,袋 vt. 拨开,刺,戳 vi. 戳,刺,捅,搜索,伸出,行动散慢 | |
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| 深思,沉思,冥想( meditate的过去式和过去分词 ); 内心策划,考虑 | |
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| 恳求或乞求(某人)( implore的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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trot
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manor
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conjectures
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| 推测,猜想( conjecture的名词复数 ) | |
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