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Here stand I tight and trim,
Quick of eye, though little of limb;
He who denieth the word I have spoken,
Betwixt him and me shall lances be broken.
LAY OF THE LITTLE JOHN DE SAINTRE.
When Charles had reconducted the Countess of Derby into the presence-chamber1, before he parted with her, he entreated2 her, in a whisper, to be governed by good counsel, and to regard her own safety; and then turned easily from her, as if to distribute his attentions equally among the other guests.
These were a good deal circumscribed3 at the instant, by the arrival of a party of five or six musicians; one of whom, a German, under the patronage4 of the Duke of Buckingham, was particularly renowned5 for his performance on the violoncello, but had been detained in inactivity in the antechamber by the non-arrival of his instrument, which had now at length made its appearance.
The domestic who placed it before the owner, shrouded6 as it was within its wooden case, seemed heartily7 glad to be rid of his load, and lingered for a moment, as if interested in discovering what sort of instrument was to be produced that could weigh so heavily. His curiosity was satisfied, and in a most extraordinary manner; for, while the musician was fumbling8 with the key, the case being for his greater convenience placed upright against the wall, the case and instrument itself at once flew open, and out started the dwarf9, Geoffrey Hudson — at sight of whose unearthly appearance, thus suddenly introduced, the ladies shrieked
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fiddle
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purveyor
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majesty
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pony
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poetical
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repose
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mighty
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burlesque
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witty
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knight
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asseverate
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fanatics
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conjecture
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criticise
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chapel
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doctrine
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determined
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conceal
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injustice
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aspiring
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pretext
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tumult
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conspirators
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impatience
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confinement
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lighter
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audacity
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gallant
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rascally
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odds
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withdrawn
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vt.收回;使退出;vi.撤退,退出 | |
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smacking
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活泼的,发出响声的,精力充沛的 | |
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forth
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hilarious
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exhortations
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prudence
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countenance
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bosom
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submission
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gracefully
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conciliation
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tapestry
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continental
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shrouds
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astonishment
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daggers
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ammunition
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saviour
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apprehensions
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intercepted
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deport
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concealed
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