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Chapter 17
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The Acquaintance.
‘Twixt us thus the difference trims:—
Using head instead of limbs,
You have read what I have seen;
Using limbs instead of head,
I have seen what you have read —
Which way does the balance lean?
BUTLER.
Our traveller, rapid in all his resolutions and motions, strode stoutly2 down the street, and arrived at the Manse, which was, as we have already described it, all but absolutely ruinous. The total desolation and want of order about the door, would have argued the place uninhabited, had it not been for two or three miserable3 tubs with suds, or such like sluttish contents, which were left there, that those who broke their shins among them might receive a sensible proof, that “here the hand of woman had been.” The door being half off its hinges, the entrance was for the time protected by a broken harrow, which must necessarily be removed before entry could be obtained. The little garden, which might have given an air of comfort to the old house had it been kept in any order, was abandoned to a desolation, of which that of the sluggard6 was only a type; and the minister’s man, an attendant always proverbial for doing half work, and who seemed in the present instance to do none, was seen among docks and nettles7, solacing8 himself with the few gooseberries which remained on some moss-grown bushes. To him Mr. Touchwood called loudly, enquiring9 after his master; but the clown, conscious of being taken in flagrant delict, as the law says, fled from him like a guilty thing, instead of obeying his summons, and was soon heard hupping and geeing10 to the cart, which he had left on the other side of the broken wall.
Disappointed in his application to the man-servant, Mr. Touchwood knocked with his cane
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countenance
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布的褶边,贴边( hem的名词复数 ); 短促的咳嗽 | |
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pastor
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Christian
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exclamation
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trotting
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vt.谋划,策划;设法做到;设计,想出 | |
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seclusion
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investigation
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闹哄哄地忙乱,奔忙( bustle的过去式和过去分词 ); 催促 | |
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长时间或辛苦地工作( toil的现在分词 ); 艰难缓慢地移动,跋涉 | |
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landlady
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vt.含沙射影地说,暗示 | |
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dune
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n.(由风吹积而成的)沙丘 | |
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procrastination
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n.拖延,耽搁 | |
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expended
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v.花费( expend的过去式和过去分词 );使用(钱等)做某事;用光;耗尽 | |
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darted
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v.投掷,投射( dart的过去式和过去分词 );向前冲,飞奔 | |
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pedantic
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