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XII.—THE ADVENTURERS.
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WE sailed away from Smyrna Sunday morning, with the Achille more crowded than when we entered that port. The second-class passengers still further encroached upon the first-class. The Emir of Damascus, with all his rugs and beds, had been pushed farther towards the stern, and more harems occupied temporary pens on our deck, and drew away our attention from the natural scenery.
The venerable, white-bearded, Greek bishop1 of Smyrna was a passenger, also the tall noble-looking pasha of that city, just relieved and ordered to Constantinople, as pashas are continually, at the whim2 of the Sultan. We had three pashas on board,—one recalled from Haifa, who had been only twenty days at his post. The pasha of Smyrna was accompanied by his family, described on the register as his wife and "four others," an indefinite expression to define an indefinite condition. The wife had a room below; the "four others" were penned up in a cushioned area on the saloon deck, and there they squatted3 all day, veiled and robed in white, poor things, without the least occupation for hand or mind. Near them, other harems of Greeks and Turks, women, babies, slaves, all in an Oriental mess, ate curds4 and green lettuce5.
We coasted along the indented6, picturesque8 shore of Asia, having in view the mountains about ancient Pergamus, the seat of one of the seven churches; and before noon came to Mitylene, the ancient Lesbos, a large island which bears another Mount Olympus, and cast anchor in the bay upon which the city stands.
By the bend of the bay and the opposite coast, the town is charmingly land-locked. The site of Mitylene, like so many of these island cities, is an amphitheatre, and the mountain-slopes, green and blooming with fruit-trees, are dotted with white houses and villages. The scene is Italian rather than Oriental, and gives one the general impression of Castellamare or Sorrento; but the city is prettier to look at than to explore, as its broad and clean streets, its ordinary houses and European-dressed inhabitants, take us out of our ideal voyaging, and into the regions of the commonplace. The shops were closed, and the country people, who in all countries appear to
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bishop
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n.一时的兴致,突然的念头;奇想,幻想 | |
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v.像动物一样蹲下( squat的过去式和过去分词 );非法擅自占用(土地或房屋);为获得其所有权;而占用某片公共用地。 | |
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lettuce
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derive
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naught
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pretence
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copper
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fortress
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hazy
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peril
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disturbance
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lyric
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primitive
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joyful
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frankly
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homely
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refinement
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bounty
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织物( fabric的名词复数 ); 布; 构造; (建筑物的)结构(如墙、地面、屋顶):质地 | |
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武士,勇士,战士( warrior的名词复数 ) | |
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foe
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proprietor
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dame
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lavished
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n.作乐( revel的名词复数 );狂欢;着迷;陶醉v.作乐( revel的第三人称单数 );狂欢;着迷;陶醉 | |
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quenched
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解(渴)( quench的过去式和过去分词 ); 终止(某事物); (用水)扑灭(火焰等); 将(热物体)放入水中急速冷却 | |
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voluptuous
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busts
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半身雕塑像( bust的名词复数 ); 妇女的胸部; 胸围; 突击搜捕 | |
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celebrated
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virgin
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orphan
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guardian
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maturity
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retirement
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n.退休,退职 | |
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conspired
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密谋( conspire的过去式和过去分词 ); 搞阴谋; (事件等)巧合; 共同导致 | |
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reigned
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potentates
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n.君主,统治者( potentate的名词复数 );有权势的人 | |
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conspiracy
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poetic
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adj.富有诗意的,有诗人气质的,善于抒情的 | |
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crafty
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adj.狡猾的,诡诈的 | |
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tonsured
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throng
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n.人群,群众;v.拥挤,群集 | |
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Christians
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withdrawn
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apparently
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spoke
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continental
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bazaar
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ballad
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conceit
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concealing
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growth; economy; management; and customer satisfaction 增长 | |
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