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CHAPTER XVI A Rumour
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Through the passing of two years Osmonde's foot did not press English soil again, and his existence during that period was more vivid and changeful than it had ever been before. He saw Ramillies follow Blenheim, great Marlborough attain1 the height of renown2, and French Louis's arrogant3 ambitions end in downfall and defeat. Life in both camp and Court he knew at its highest tension, brilliant scenes he beheld4, strange ones, wicked ones, and lived a life so eventful and full of motion and excitement that there were few men who through its picturesque5 adventures would have been like to hold in mind one image and one thought. Yet this he did, telling himself that 'twas the thought which held him, not he the thought, it having been proven in the past 'twas one which would not have released him from its dominion6 even had he been inclined to withdraw himself from it. And this he was not. Nature had so built him, that on the day when he had found himself saying, "In two years' time I will come back to Gloucestershire and see what time has wrought7," he had reached a point from which there was no retreating. Through many an hour in time past there had been turmoil8 in his mind, but in a measure, at least, this ended the uncertainties9, and was no rash outburst but a resolve. It had not been made lightly, but had been like a plant which had grown from a seed, long hidden in dark earth and slowly fructifying10 till at last summer rain and warming sun had caused it to burst
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attain
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renown
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arrogant
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beheld
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turmoil
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uncertainties
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| 无把握( uncertainty的名词复数 ); 不确定; 变化不定; 无把握、不确定的事物 | |
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fructifying
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uproot
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haughty
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epicure
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| 罪恶,时事讽刺剧; 愚蠢,蠢笨,愚蠢的行为、思想或做法( folly的名词复数 ) | |
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vengeance
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yearning
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caustic
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condemnation
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resentment
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motive
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majestic
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pretence
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vile
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impudent
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| a.接受的,感受性强的 n.接受者,感受者,容器 | |
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naught
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kinsman
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dignified
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kindly
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mischievous
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consistency
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onlookers
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amazement
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honourable
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vigour
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snared
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languishes
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| 长期受苦( languish的第三人称单数 ); 受折磨; 变得(越来越)衰弱; 因渴望而变得憔悴或闷闷不乐 | |
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tormented
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modesty
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lavishness
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humility
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warfare
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