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The Honourable1 John Yates, this new friend, had not much to recommend him beyond habits of fashion and expense, and being the younger son of a lord with a tolerable independence; and Sir Thomas would probably have thought his introduction at Mansfield by no means desirable. Mr. Bertram's acquaintance with him had begun at Weymouth, where they had spent ten days together in the same society, and the friendship, if friendship it might be called, had been proved and perfected by Mr. Yates's being invited to take Mansfield in his way, whenever he could, and by his promising2 to come; and he did come rather earlier than had been expected, in consequence of the sudden breaking-up of a large party assembled for gaiety at the house of another friend, which he had left Weymouth to join. He came on the wings of disappointment, and with his head full of acting3, for it had been a theatrical4 party; and the play in which he had borne a part was within two days of representation, when the sudden death of one of the nearest connexions of the family had destroyed the scheme and dispersed5 the performers. To be so near happiness, so near fame, so near the long paragraph in praise of the private theatricals6 at Ecclesford, the seat of the Right Hon. Lord Ravenshaw, in Cornwall, which would of course have immortalised the whole party for at least a twelvemonth! and being so near, to lose it all, was an injury to be keenly felt, and Mr. Yates could talk of nothing else. Ecclesford and its theatre, with its arrangements and dresses, rehearsals7 and jokes, was his never-failing subject, and to boast of the past his only consolation8.
Happily for him, a love of the theatre is so general, an itch9 for acting so strong among young people, that he could hardly out-talk the interest of his hearers. From the first casting of the parts to the epilogue it was all bewitching, and there were few who did not wish to have been a party concerned, or would have hesitated to try their skill. The play had been Lovers'
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honourable
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adj.可敬的;荣誉的,光荣的 | |
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n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的 | |
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adj.剧场的,演戏的;做戏似的,做作的 | |
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adj. 被驱散的, 被分散的, 散布的 | |
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n.(业余性的)戏剧演出,舞台表演艺术;职业演员;戏剧的( theatrical的名词复数 );剧场的;炫耀的;戏剧性的 | |
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n.练习( rehearsal的名词复数 );排练;复述;重复 | |
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n.痒,渴望,疥癣;vi.发痒,渴望 | |
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vows
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誓言( vow的名词复数 ); 郑重宣布,许愿 | |
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trifling
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determined
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baron
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n.男爵;(商业界等)巨头,大王 | |
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hoarse
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amends
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farce
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n.闹剧,笑剧,滑稽戏;胡闹 | |
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scarlet
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rant
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v.咆哮;怒吼;n.大话;粗野的话 | |
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precisely
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conversing
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chattering
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n. (机器振动发出的)咔嗒声,(鸟等)鸣,啁啾 adj. 喋喋不休的,啾啾声的 动词chatter的现在分词形式 | |
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justified
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a.正当的,有理的 | |
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dissuade
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censure
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fascination
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purport
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eldest
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bustle
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v.喧扰地忙乱,匆忙,奔忙;n.忙碌;喧闹 | |
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vi.起源;由来;衍生;导出v.得到( derive的过去式和过去分词 );(从…中)得到获得;源于;(从…中)提取 | |
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adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的 | |
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abode
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