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Moral reflections by Joseph Andrews; with the hunting adventure, and parson Adams’s miraculous1 escape.
“I have often wondered, sir,” said Joseph, “to observe so few instances of charity among mankind; for though the goodness of a man’s heart did not incline him to relieve the distresses2 of his fellow-creatures, methinks the desire of honour should move him to it. What inspires a man to build fine houses, to purchase fine furniture, pictures, clothes, and other things, at a great expense, but an ambition to be respected more than other people? Now, would not one great act of charity, one instance of redeeming4 a poor family from all the miseries5 of poverty, restoring an unfortunate tradesman by a sum of money to the means of procuring6 a livelihood7 by his industry, discharging an undone8 debtor9 from his debts or a gaol10, or any suchlike example of goodness, create a man more honour and respect than he could acquire by the finest house, furniture, pictures, or clothes, that were ever beheld11? For not only the object himself who was thus relieved, but all who heard the name of such a person, must, I imagine, reverence12 him infinitely13 more than the possessor of all those other things; which when we so admire, we rather praise the builder, the workman, the painter, the lace-maker, the taylor, and the rest, by whose

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braying
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v.发出驴叫似的声音( bray的现在分词 );发嘟嘟声;粗声粗气地讲话(或大笑);猛击 | |
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innocence
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decency
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muse
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delightful
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foe
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n.侍从;随员 | |
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v.求助于(神、法律);恳求,乞求 | |
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manly
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adj.有男子气概的;adv.男子般地,果断地 | |
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dedication
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n.奉献,献身,致力,题献,献辞 | |
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mighty
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gorgon
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n.丑陋女人,蛇发女怪 | |
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