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BOOK III CHAPTER I
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Even before the Ordinance1 for the establishment of the New Model Army had been passed, Parliament had voted, on the motion of Oliver Cromwell, that the chief command should be given to Sir Thomas Fairfax. There is little difficulty in discovering the reason for this choice. If by the Self-denying Ordinance all members of both Houses were to be excluded from command in order to rid the country of incompetent2 officers, there could be no doubt that Fairfax was the man best fitted to be captain-general. He had been the soul of the Parliamentary cause in the north, and, though by no means uniformly successful in the field, had shown vigour3 in victory, constancy in defeat, and energy at all times. Though not comparable to Cromwell in military ability, and perhaps hardly equal either to Rupert on the one side or to George Monk4 on the other, he was none the less a good soldier and a gallant5 man, though if anything rather too fond of fighting with his own hand when he should have been directing the hands of others. He knew the value of discipline and was strong enough to enforce it, but he understood also the art of leading men as well as driving them to obedience6. Heir of a noble family and born to high station, he could fill a great position with naturalness and ease; being above all things a gentleman, honourable7, straightforward8, disinterested9, and abounding10 in good sense, he could occupy it without provoking envy or jealousy
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| n.法令;条令;条例 | |
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     submission   | |
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     lieutenants   | |
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     treatise   | |
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     scour   | |
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     tawny   | |
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     peculiar   | |
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     eminence   | |
| n.卓越,显赫;高地,高处;名家 | |
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     combustion   | |
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     imperative   | |
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     rammer   | |
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     withdrawal   | |
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     cartridges   | |
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     specially   | |
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| n.冒犯者( offender的名词复数 );犯规者;罪犯;妨害…的人(或事物) | |
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| v.集合,召集,集结(尤指部队)( muster的第三人称单数 );(自他人处)搜集某事物;聚集;激发 | |
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     victuals   | |
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| 平民,百姓( civilian的名词复数 ); 老百姓 | |
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     bodyguard   | |
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| n.西方,西部;adj.西方的,向西的;adv.向西 | |
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| adv.温顺地,逆来顺受地 | |
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     junction   | |
| n.连接,接合;交叉点,接合处,枢纽站 | |
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     victorious   | |
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| adv.向北;n.北方的地区 | |
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| n.圣人,哲人;adj.贤明的,明智的 | |
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     Oxford   | |
| n.牛津(英国城市) | |
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     withdrawn   | |
| vt.收回;使退出;vi.撤退,退出 | |
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| 安排( disposition的名词复数 ); 倾向; (财产、金钱的)处置; 气质 | |
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| 岛( isle的名词复数 ) | |
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| 清除(政敌等)( purge的过去式和过去分词 ); 涤除(罪恶等); 净化(心灵、风气等); 消除(错事等)的不良影响 | |
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