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Their necromantic1 forms in vain
Haunt us on the tented plain;
We bid these spectre shapes avaunt,
Ashtaroth and Termagaunt.
WARTON.
The most profound silence, the deepest darkness, continued to brood for more than an hour over the chapel2 in which we left the Knight3 of the Leopard4 still kneeling, alternately expressing thanks to Heaven and gratitude5 to his lady for the boon6 which had been vouchsafed7 to him. His own safety, his own destiny, for which he was at all times little anxious, had not now the weight of a grain of dust in his reflections. He was in the neighbourhood of Lady Edith; he had received tokens of her grace; he was in a place hallowed by relics8 of the most awful sanctity. A Christian9 soldier, a devoted10 lover, could fear nothing, think of nothing, but his duty to Heaven and his devoir to his lady.
At the lapse11 of the space of time which we have noticed, a shrill12 whistle, like that with which a falconer calls his hawk13, was heard to ring sharply through the vaulted
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hawk
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frightful
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dwarf
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adorned
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bracelets
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dagger
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caverns
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cavern
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bosom
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subterranean
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exterior
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lustre
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toad
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countenance
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profaned
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v.不敬( profane的过去式和过去分词 );亵渎,玷污 | |
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n.呼喊( exclamation的名词复数 );感叹;感叹语;感叹词 | |
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coffin
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dame
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foul
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discordant
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appendages
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disappearance
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retired
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hermit
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dungeon
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agitation
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Moslem
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