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Nightmare Abbey, a venerable family-mansion, in a highly picturesque1 state of semi-dilapidation, pleasantly situated2 on a strip of dry land between the sea and the fens3, at the verge4 of the county of Lincoln, had the honour to be the seat of Christopher Glowry, Esquire. This gentleman was naturally of an atrabilarious temperament6, and much troubled with those phantoms7 of indigestion which are commonly called blue devils. He had been deceived in an early friendship: he had been crossed in love; and had offered his hand, from pique8, to a lady, who accepted it from interest, and who, in so doing, violently tore asunder9 the bonds of a tried and youthful attachment10. Her vanity was gratified by being the mistress of a very extensive, if not very lively, establishment; but all the springs of her sympathies were frozen. Riches she possessed11, but that which enriches them, the participation12 of affection, was wanting. All that they could purchase for her became indifferent to her, because that which they could not purchase, and which was more valuable than themselves, she had, for their sake, thrown away. She discovered, when it was too late, that she had mistaken the means for the end — that riches, rightly used, are instruments of happiness, but are not in themselves happiness. In this wilful
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picturesque
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adj.美丽如画的,(语言)生动的,绘声绘色的 | |
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squire
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temperament
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phantoms
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pique
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attachment
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possessed
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participation
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wilful
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avarice
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disorder
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deserted
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simile
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attuned
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超出或超越(经验、信念、描写能力等)的范围( transcend的第三人称单数 ); 优于或胜过… | |
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discord
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unnatural
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shrillness
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parsimonious
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consulate
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widower
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maternal
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skull
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testimony
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approbation
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inscription
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lengthening
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elastic
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melancholy
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vowing
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起誓,发誓(vow的现在分词形式) | |
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everlasting
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tragical
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honourable
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tract
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preyed
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precedent
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mere
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judgment
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lottery
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bestows
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赠给,授予( bestow的第三人称单数 ) | |
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incurred
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[医]招致的,遭受的; incur的过去式 | |
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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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grievance
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n.怨愤,气恼,委屈 | |
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simplicity
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n.简单,简易;朴素;直率,单纯 | |
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retired
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adj.隐退的,退休的,退役的 | |
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dismal
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adj.阴沉的,凄凉的,令人忧郁的,差劲的 | |
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disconsolate
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ivy
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owls
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propriety
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n.正当行为;正当;适当 | |
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aviary
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n.大鸟笼,鸟舍 | |
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oblique
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militant
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prospect
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immediate
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raven
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steward
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grooms
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motive
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exuberant
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outrageous
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lachrymose
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morbid
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enthusiast
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banish
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vice
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misery
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deduction
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logic
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feudal
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fortresses
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堡垒,要塞( fortress的名词复数 ) | |
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superstition
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calamity
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plunged
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opacity
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billiards
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