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Preface.
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It is not my purpose to inform my readers how the manuscripts of that eminent1 antiquary, the Rev2. J. A. ROCHECLIFFE, D.D., came into my possession. There are many ways in which such things happen, and it is enough to say they were rescued from an unworthy fate, and that they were honestly come by. As for the authenticity3 of the anecdotes4 which I have gleaned5 from the writings of this excellent person, and put together with my own unrivalled facility, the name of Doctor Rochecliffe will warrant accuracy, wherever that name happens to be known.
With his history the reading part of the world are well acquainted; and we might refer the tyro6 to honest Anthony a Wood, who looked up to him as one of the pillars of High Church, and bestows7 on him an exemplary character in the Athenae Oxonienses, although the Doctor was educated at Cambridge, England’s other eye.
It is well known that Doctor Rochecliffe early obtained preferment in the Church, on account of the spirited share which he took in the controversy8 with the Puritans; and that his work, entitled Malleus Haeresis, was considered as a knock-down blow by all except those who received it. It was that work which made him, at the early age of thirty, Rector of Woodstock, and which afterwards secured him a place in the Catalogue of the celebrated9 Century White; — and worse than being shown up by that fanatic10, among the catalogues of scandalous and malignant
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赠给,授予( bestow的第三人称单数 ) | |
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distinguished
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n.君主,最高统治者;君主政体,君主国 | |
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audacity
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n.大胆,卤莽,无礼 | |
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judgment
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n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见 | |
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adj.微不足道的;没什么价值的 | |
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adv.不;n.反对票,投反对票者 | |
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n.密谋策划( intrigue的名词复数 );神秘气氛;引人入胜的复杂情节v.搞阴谋诡计( intrigue的第三人称单数 );激起…的好奇心 | |
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复得( regain的过去式和过去分词 ); 赢回; 重回; 复至某地 | |
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n.辩论术,辩论法;争论( polemic的名词复数 );辩论;辩论术;辩论法 | |
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v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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n.(有嘴和柄的)大水罐;(棒球)投手 | |
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obstinacy
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n.顽固;(病痛等)难治 | |
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adv.有求知欲地;好问地;奇特地 | |
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n.回忆录;回忆录传( mem,自oir的名词复数) | |
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n.迷宫;难解的事物;迷路 | |
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adj.经检验证明无病的,经检验证明无菌的v.证明( attest的过去式和过去分词 );证实;声称…属实;使宣誓 | |
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n.拱顶( vault的名词复数 );地下室;撑物跳高;墓穴 | |
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adj.即将发生的,临近的,逼近的 | |
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n.专员( commissioner的名词复数 );长官;委员;政府部门的长官 | |
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n.壁凹( recess的名词复数 );(工作或业务活动的)中止或暂停期间;学校的课间休息;某物内部的凹形空间v.把某物放在墙壁的凹处( recess的第三人称单数 );将(墙)做成凹形,在(墙)上做壁龛;休息,休会,休庭 | |
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君主,帝王( monarch的名词复数 ) | |
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adj. 直立的,竖立的,笔直的 vt. 使 ... 直立,建立 | |
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v.临时住宿,寄宿,寄存,容纳;n.传达室,小旅馆 | |
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n.动乱,骚动;打扰,干扰;(身心)失调 | |
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honourable
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adj.可敬的;荣誉的,光荣的 | |
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allude
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v.提及,暗指 | |
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adj.可接受的;可信任的;公认的;质量合格的v.相信( accredit的过去式和过去分词 );委托;委任;把…归结于 | |
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把…吊起,升起( hoist的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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inverted
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adj.反向的,倒转的v.使倒置,使反转( invert的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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(连续地)投掷( pelt的过去式和过去分词 ); 连续抨击; 攻击; 剥去…的皮 | |
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n.玩笑,恶作剧( prank的名词复数 ) | |
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功绩,伟业,技艺( feat的名词复数 ) | |
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conspiracy
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perfectly
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demon
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n.魔鬼,恶魔 | |
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n.奇迹( marvel的名词复数 );令人惊奇的事物(或事例);不平凡的成果;成就v.惊奇,对…感到惊奇( marvel的第三人称单数 ) | |
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machinery
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peculation
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conjure
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v.恳求,祈求;变魔术,变戏法 | |
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鹰( hawk的名词复数 ); 鹰派人物,主战派人物 | |
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