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The Minister of Foreign Affairs M. de Boulogne, the Comptroller — M. le Duc de Choiseul — M. Paris du Vernai — Establishment of the Lottery1 — My Brother’s Arrival at Paris; His Reception by the Academy
Once more, then, I was in Paris, which I ought to regard as my fatherland, since I could return no more to that land which gave me birth: an unworthy country, yet, in spite of all, ever dear to me, possibly on account of early impressions and early prejudices, or possibly because the beauties of Venice are really unmatched in the world. But mighty2 Paris is a place of good luck or ill, as one takes it, and it was my part to catch the favouring gale3.
Paris was not wholly new to me, as my readers know I had spent two years there, but I must confess that, having then no other aim than to pass the time pleasantly, I had merely devoted4 myself to pleasure and enjoyment5. Fortune, to whom I had paid no court, had not opened to me her golden doors; but I now felt that I must treat her more reverently6, and attach myself to the throng7 of her favoured sons whom she loads with her gifts. I understood now that the nearer one draws to the sun the more one feels the warmth of its rays. I saw that to attain8 my end I should have to employ all my mental and physical talents, that I must make friends of the great, and take cue from all whom I found it to be my interest to please. To follow the plans suggested by these thoughts, I saw that I must avoid what is called bad company, that I must give up my old habits and pretensions9, which would be sure to make me enemies, who would have no scruple
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lodging
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benevolence
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philosophical
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tempted
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inaccurate
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embroiling
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授权,批准,委托( authorize的现在分词 ) | |
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mathematicians
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inspection
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vigour
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faculties
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n.能力( faculty的名词复数 );全体教职员;技巧;院 | |
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tormented
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abominable
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patronage
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conveyance
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administrator
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