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Summon an hundred horse, by break of day,
To wait our pleasure at the castle gates.
Douglas.
Under the reign1 of the last Stewarts, there was an anxious wish on the part of government to counteract2, by every means in their power, the strict or puritanical3 spirit which had been the chief characteristic of the republican government, and to revive those feudal4 institutions which united the vassal5 to the liege lord, and both to the crown. Frequent musters7 and assemblies of the people, both for military exercise and for sports and pastimes, were appointed by authority. The interference, in the latter case, was impolitic, to say the least; for, as usual on such occasions, the consciences which were at first only scrupulous8, became confirmed in their opinions, instead of giving way to the terrors of authority; and the youth of both sexes, to whom the pipe and tabor in England, or the bagpipe9 in Scotland, would have been in themselves an irresistible10 temptation, were enabled to set them at defiance11, from the proud consciousness that they were, at the same time, resisting an act of council. To compel men to dance and be merry by authority, has rarely succeeded even on board of slave-ships, where it was formerly12 sometimes attempted by way of inducing the wretched captives to agitate
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reign
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n.统治时期,统治,支配,盛行;v.占优势 | |
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muster
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v.集合,召集,集结(尤指部队)( muster的第三人称单数 );(自他人处)搜集某事物;聚集;激发 | |
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adj.审慎的,小心翼翼的,完全的,纯粹的 | |
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bagpipe
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defiance
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condemnation
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manly
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profane
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promiscuous
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professed
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armour
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lieutenants
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remonstrance
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corps
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gentry
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acceded
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v.(正式)加入( accede的过去式和过去分词 );答应;(通过财产的添附而)增加;开始任职 | |
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doctrines
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inspection
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ward
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borough
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narrative
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conviviality
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auspices
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strife
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countenance
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gambols
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v.蹦跳,跳跃,嬉戏( gambol的第三人称单数 ) | |
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tarnished
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gilding
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recess
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projection
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slung
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抛( sling的过去式和过去分词 ); 吊挂; 遣送; 押往 | |
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vindicating
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v.澄清(某人/某事物)受到的责难或嫌疑( vindicate的现在分词 );表明或证明(所争辩的事物)属实、正当、有效等;维护 | |
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primitive
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adherence
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forth
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adv.向前;向外,往外 | |
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profusion
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n.挥霍;丰富 | |
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redeemed
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insipidity
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n.枯燥无味,清淡,无精神;无生气状 | |
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admiration
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n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕 | |
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distinguished
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quota
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deficient
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steward
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scruples
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evasions
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逃避( evasion的名词复数 ); 回避; 遁辞; 借口 | |
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hostilities
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incensed
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bestowing
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refractory
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stunned
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zeal
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mustered
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troupe
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groans
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dilemma
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expedient
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poultry
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urchin
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muffled
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