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Arouse thee, youth! — it is no human call —
God’s church is leaguer’d — haste to man the wall;
Haste where the Redcross banners wave on high,
Signal of honour’d death, or victory!
James Duff.
Morton and his companion had attained1 some distance from the town before either of them addressed the other. There was something, as we have observed, repulsive2 in the manner of the stranger, which prevented Morton from opening the conversation, and he himself seemed to have no desire to talk, until, on a sudden, he abruptly3 demanded, “What has your father’s son to do with such profane4 mummeries as I find you this day engaged in?”
“I do my duty as a subject, and pursue my harmless recreations according to my own pleasure,” replied Morton, somewhat offended.
“Is it your duty, think you, or that of any Christian6 young man, to bear arms in their cause who have poured out the blood of God’s saints in the wilderness7 as if it had been water? or is it a lawful8 recreation to waste time in shooting at a bunch of feathers, and close your evening with winebibbing in public-houses and market-towns, when He that is mighty9 is come into the land with his fan in his hand, to purge10 the wheat from the chaff11?”
“I suppose from your style of conversation,” said Morton, “that you are one of those who have thought proper to stand out against the government. I must remind you that you are unnecessarily using dangerous language in the presence of a
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attained
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(通常经过努力)实现( attain的过去式和过去分词 ); 达到; 获得; 达到(某年龄、水平、状况) | |
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adj.亵神的,亵渎的;vt.亵渎,玷污 | |
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persuasion
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ministry
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severely
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censured
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rigid
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disdain
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equivocation
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n.模棱两可的话,含糊话 | |
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discourse
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scattering
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n.[物]散射;散乱,分散;在媒介质中的散播adj.散乱的;分散在不同范围的;广泛扩散的;(选票)数量分散的v.散射(scatter的ing形式);散布;驱散 | |
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gallant
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bosom
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pointed
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dreary
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desolate
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wan
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persecuted
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(尤指宗教或政治信仰的)迫害(~sb. for sth.)( persecute的过去式和过去分词 ); 烦扰,困扰或骚扰某人 | |
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dame
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sate
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scattered
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adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的 | |
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lodged
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n.(上帝的)祝福( blessing的名词复数 );好事;福分;因祸得福 | |
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v.相伴;结交 | |
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strictly
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intercourse
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n.性交;交流,交往,交际 | |
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loft
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planks
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(厚)木板( plank的名词复数 ); 政纲条目,政策要点 | |
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cedar
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n.雪松,香柏(木) | |
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justifiable
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avenger
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n. 复仇者 | |
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bloody
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adj.非常的的;流血的;残忍的;adv.很;vt.血染 | |
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peril
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n.(严重的)危险;危险的事物 | |
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perverse
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adj.刚愎的;坚持错误的,行为反常的 | |
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morsel
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n.一口,一点点 | |
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draught
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n.拉,牵引,拖;一网(饮,吸,阵);顿服药量,通风;v.起草,设计 | |
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refreshment
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n.恢复,精神爽快,提神之事物;(复数)refreshments:点心,茶点 | |
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thronged
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v.成群,挤满( throng的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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triumphant
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adj.胜利的,成功的;狂欢的,喜悦的 | |
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fanaticism
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n.狂热,盲信 | |
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sullen
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adj.愠怒的,闷闷不乐的,(天气等)阴沉的 | |
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regiment
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n.团,多数,管理;v.组织,编成团,统制 | |
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proprietor
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n.所有人;业主;经营者 | |
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mansion
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n.大厦,大楼;宅第 | |
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considerably
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chamber
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n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所 | |
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fugitive
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implements
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n.工具( implement的名词复数 );家具;手段;[法律]履行(契约等)v.实现( implement的第三人称单数 );执行;贯彻;使生效 | |
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repose
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parsimony
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refreshments
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procure
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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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housekeeper
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n.管理家务的主妇,女管家 | |
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sordid
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transgression
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solicit
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grumbling
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adj. 喃喃鸣不平的, 出怨言的 | |
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sage
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n.圣人,哲人;adj.贤明的,明智的 | |
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insolence
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syne
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擦[洗]净,冲刷,洗涤 | |
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vexed
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resentment
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lug
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heed
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capers
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harangues
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(房屋等的)固定装置( fixture的名词复数 ); 如(浴盆、抽水马桶); 固定在某位置的人或物; (定期定点举行的)体育活动 | |
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