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Chapter the Thirty-Eighth.
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My life was of a piece.
Spent in your service — dying at your feet.
DON SEBASTIAN.
Years rush by us like the wind. We see not whence the eddy1 comes, nor whitherward it is tending, and we seem ourselves to witness their flight without a sense that we are changed; and yet Time is beguiling2 man of his strength, as the winds rob the woods of their foliage3.
After the marriage of Alice and Markham Everard, the old knight4 resided near them, in an ancient manor-house, belonging to the redeemed5 portion of his estate, where Joceline and Phoebe, now man and wife, with one or two domestics, regulated the affairs of his household. When he tired of Shakspeare and solitude6, he was ever a welcome guest at his son-inlaw’s, where he went the more frequently that Markham had given up all concern in public affairs, disapproving7 of the forcible dismissal of the Parliament, and submitting to Cromwell’s subsequent domination, rather as that which was the lesser8 evil, than as to a government which he regarded as legal. Cromwell seemed ever willing to show himself his friend; but Everard, resenting highly the proposal to deliver up the King, which he considered as an insult to his honour, never answered such advances, and became, on the contrary, of the opinion, which was now generally prevalent in the nation, that a settled government could not be obtained without the recall of the banished9 family. There is no doubt that the personal kindness which he had received from Charles, rendered him the more readily disposed to such a measure. He was peremptory
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减少( abate的过去式和过去分词 ); 减去; 降价; 撤消(诉讼) | |
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prudence
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渴望,热望( crave的过去式 ); 恳求,请求 | |
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uncouth
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gad
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majesty
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villain
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n.反派演员,反面人物;恶棍;问题的起因 | |
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recollects
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wharf
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(通常指金属)(使)失去光泽,(使)变灰暗( tarnish的过去式和过去分词 ); 玷污,败坏 | |
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brass
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copper
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edify
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v.陶冶;教化;启发 | |
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corroboration
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n.进一步的证实,进一步的证据 | |
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joyful
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gratuity
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memorable
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gaily
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monarch
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craftsmen
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(使)作汽笛声响,作汽车喇叭声( hoot的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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monarchy
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