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Over my hayfield, that morning toward the last of June, a pleasant breeze was blowing, and from the southwest, as is the habit of breezes hereabout. A man clad in white flannels1, and wandering slowly about, would have found that hayfield cool enough and pleasant, I have no doubt. I found it pleasant, but not cool, for I was mowing2. For weeks I sought some one—any one—who would cut my grass, and cut it in June, for I have a prejudice in favor of June for cutting hay. In the last week of June the grass is in full flower—tiny blossoms of a pale violet color—and the stems are swollen3 with the juices, and rich and tender. I, in my[Pg 201] ignorance, believe that it makes more succulent hay than if cut in July, when the stalks have begun to dry up and become thin and wiry. Besides, if it is cut in June it is out of the way, and I can use my hayfield for a ball-field if I am so minded.
I am no mower4, and I have not known what a scythe5 should be. I was dimly aware that my old scythe was not everything that could be desired, for I remember that when I took it to be ground the man applied6 it lightly to his stone, then harder, then cursed and bore on with all his might, and cursed again and sweated for half an hour, and charged me ten cents, holding the scythe out to me as if he never wanted to see it again. He observed that it was the hardest scythe he ever see; and I smiled and[Pg 202] thanked him, and thought no more of the matter, and walked off with my scythe. And I struggled with that scythe for ten years, never being able to keep it sharp, and spending much more time with the whetstone than I did in mowing, but I did but little mowing, only trimming around here and there. I never got the scythe sharp. I know that now, but I did not know it then, attributing the fault to my own lack of skill.
I got a new scythe the other day, being unwilling8 to
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flannels
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| 法兰绒男裤; 法兰绒( flannel的名词复数 ) | |
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metallic
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clam
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grievance
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lottery
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crevices
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rivulet
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latch
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brass
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locker
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pitcher
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lockers
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galley
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contrived
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luncheon
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amazement
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lighter
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catching
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speck
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concealment
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jargon
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license
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meditations
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| 默想( meditation的名词复数 ); 默念; 沉思; 冥想 | |
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torpedoes
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| 鱼雷( torpedo的名词复数 ); 油井爆破筒; 刺客; 掼炮 | |
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acting
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naval
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entirely
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phantoms
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raisins
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copper
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wont
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marsh
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shimmering
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fables
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