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The first event of any importance in the family was the death of Mr. Norris, which happened when Fanny was about fifteen, and necessarily introduced alterations1 and novelties. Mrs. Norris, on quitting the Parsonage, removed first to the Park, and afterwards to a small house of Sir Thomas's in the village, and consoled herself for the loss of her husband by considering that she could do very well without him; and for her reduction of income by the evident necessity of stricter economy.
The living was hereafter for Edmund; and, had his uncle died a few years sooner, it would have been duly given to some friend to hold till he were old enough for orders. But Tom's extravagance had, previous to that event, been so great as to render a different disposal of the next presentation necessary, and the younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder. There was another family living actually held for Edmund; but though this circumstance had made the arrangement somewhat easier to Sir Thomas's conscience, he could not but feel it to be an act of injustice2, and he earnestly tried to impress his eldest3 son with the same conviction, in the hope of its producing a better effect than anything he had yet been able to say or do.
"I blush for you, Tom," said he, in his most dignified4 manner; "I blush for the expedient5 which I am driven on, and I trust I may pity your feelings as a brother on the occasion. You have robbed Edmund for ten, twenty, thirty years, perhaps for life, of more than half the income which ought to be his. It may hereafter be in my power, or in yours (I hope it will), to procure6 him better preferment; but it must not be forgotten that no benefit of that sort would have been beyond his natural claims on us, and that nothing can, in fact, be an equivalent for the certain advantage which he is now obliged to forego through the urgency of your debts."
Tom listened with some shame and some sorrow; but escaping as quickly as possible, could soon with cheerful selfishness reflect, firstly, that he had not been half so much in debt as some of his friends;
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n.改动( alteration的名词复数 );更改;变化;改变 | |
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n.非正义,不公正,不公平,侵犯(别人的)权利 | |
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eldest
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adj.最年长的,最年老的 | |
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a.可敬的,高贵的 | |
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adj.有用的,有利的;n.紧急的办法,权宜之计 | |
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procure
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vt.获得,取得,促成;vi.拉皮条 | |
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adv.第二,其次 | |
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adj.成为责任的,有义务的;现任的,在职的 | |
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eligibility
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undesirable
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distress
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n.苦恼,痛苦,不舒适;不幸;vt.使悲痛 | |
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entirely
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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v.(in)干涉,干预;(with)妨碍,打扰 | |
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improperly
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adj.名义上的;(金额、租金)微不足道的 | |
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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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economist
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canvassed
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v.(在政治方面)游说( canvass的过去式和过去分词 );调查(如选举前选民的)意见;为讨论而提出(意见等);详细检查 | |
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pecuniary
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adj.金钱的;金钱上的 | |
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watchful
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fatiguing
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a.使人劳累的 | |
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shameful
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adj.可耻的,不道德的 | |
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mortification
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n.耻辱,屈辱 | |
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