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THE DEATH OF JOHN.
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This is not a tale, but a true history.—ED.
HARDLY was I settled again, when the inevitable2 bowl appeared, and its bearer delivered a message I had expected, yet dreaded3 to receive:—
“John is going, ma'am, and wants to see you, if you can come.”
“The moment this boy is asleep; tell him so, and let me know if I am in danger of being too late.”
My Ganymede departed, and while I quieted poor Shaw, I thought of John. He came in a day or two after the others; and, one evening, when I entered my “pathetic room,” I found a lately emptied bed occupied by a large, fair man, with a fine face, and the serenest4 eyes I ever met. One of the earlier comers had often spoken of a friend, who had remained behind, that those apparently6 worse wounded than himself might reach a shelter first. It seemed a David and Jonathan sort of friendship. The man fretted7 for his mate, and was never tired of praising John,—his courage, sobriety, self-denial, and unfailing kindliness8 of heart; always winding9 up with, “He's an out an' out fine feller, ma'am; you see if he ain't.”
I had some curiosity to behold10 this piece of excellence11, and when he came, watched him for a night or two, before I made friends with him; for, to tell the truth, I was a little afraid of the stately looking man, whose bed had to be
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1 sketches | |
n.草图( sketch的名词复数 );素描;速写;梗概 | |
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serene(沉静的,宁静的,安宁的)的最高级形式 | |
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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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7 fretted | |
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8 kindliness | |
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10 behold | |
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11 excellence | |
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15 warrior | |
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16 comely | |
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17 vigor | |
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18 entirely | |
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25 piety | |
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26 rib | |
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37 magnetism | |
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56 manliest | |
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66 truthful | |
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67 ominous | |
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68 obedience | |
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69 dictated | |
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70 briefly | |
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73 sundering | |
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74 akin | |
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75 foretold | |
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76 spasm | |
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78 imploring | |
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100 knight | |
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