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CHAPTER IV
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Oct. 9 20 .
April 1 12 .
Long before the enterprise against the Spanish Main had worn itself out to its tragical1 end, all Europe had been kindled2 into a blaze of war. On the 20th of October 1740, while Cathcart was still impatiently awaiting the fair wind which should carry him from Spithead, the Emperor Charles the Sixth died, leaving his daughter Maria Theresa sole heiress of his dominions3. Her succession had already been recognised by the powers of Europe through their guarantee of the Pragmatic Sanction, but on such guarantees little trust was to be reposed4. The principal rival to the Queen of Hungary was the Elector of Bavaria, and France, mindful of her old friendship with Bavaria, was ready enough to wreak5 her old hostility6 upon the House of Austria by upholding him. England and Holland alone, commercial nations to whom a contract was a thing not lightly to be broken, felt strongly as to their duty in supporting the young Queen. The various states of Germany were as usual self-seeking and disunited, watching greedily to make what profit they could out of the helpless House of Hapsburg. Frederick of Prussia, not yet named the Great, was the first to move. He had but recently come to the throne, inheriting together with it the most efficient army in Europe, and a large stock of ready money. Moving, as ever, promptly7, swiftly, and silently, he invaded Silesia, and by a signal victory over the Austrians at Mollwitz called the whole of Europe to arms.
France, with visions not only of acquiring new[81] territory in Germany, but of paying off old scores against England through Hanover, had begun to weave great schemes even before the fight of Mollwitz. The most remarkable8 of living French statesmen, Marshal Belleisle, having thought out his plans and obtained the royal sanction for them, started off in March 1741 on a tour of visits to the courts of Europe; his object being to persuade them, first to
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     breach   | |
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     allay   | |
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     faction   | |
| n.宗派,小集团;派别;派系斗争 | |
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     garrison   | |
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| n.(陆军的)一营(大约有一千兵士)( battalion的名词复数 );协同作战的部队;军队;(组织在一起工作的)队伍 | |
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     machinery   | |
| n.(总称)机械,机器;机构 | |
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     corrupt   | |
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     trifling   | |
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     penetrated   | |
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     incompetent   | |
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     denuding   | |
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     mischief   | |
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     junction   | |
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| n.失事,遇难;沉船;vt.(船等)失事,遇难 | |
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     acting   | |
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     chafing   | |
| n.皮肤发炎v.擦热(尤指皮肤)( chafe的现在分词 );擦痛;发怒;惹怒 | |
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     artillery   | |
| n.(军)火炮,大炮;炮兵(部队) | |
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     arsenal   | |
| n.兵工厂,军械库 | |
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     dictate   | |
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     uncommon   | |
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     chagrined   | |
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     fortresses   | |
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     eastward   | |
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| n.讥讽,讽刺,嘲弄,反话 (adj.sarcastic) | |
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     discomfort   | |
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     nominee   | |
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     forage   | |
| n.(牛马的)饲料,粮草;v.搜寻,翻寻 | |
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| n.(教堂的) 塔尖,尖顶( spire的名词复数 ) | |
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     apprehensions   | |
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     proceeding   | |
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| n.[总称]步兵(部队) | |
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| 公开声称的,伪称的,已立誓信教的 | |
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| n.雄伟,壮丽,庄严,威严;最高权威,王权 | |
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| adj. 直立的,竖立的,笔直的 vt. 使 ... 直立,建立 | |
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| n.(严重的)危险;危险的事物 | |
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| adv.不可避免地;必然发生地 | |
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     cannon   | |
| n.大炮,火炮;飞机上的机关炮 | |
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     rivulet   | |
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| v.玷污( defile的过去式和过去分词 );污染;弄脏;纵列行进 | |
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     allied   | |
| adj.协约国的;同盟国的 | |
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     cavalry   | |
| n.骑兵;轻装甲部队 | |
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     dreaded   | |
| adj.令人畏惧的;害怕的v.害怕,恐惧,担心( dread的过去式和过去分词) | |
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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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     inevitable   | |
| adj.不可避免的,必然发生的 | |
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     rout   | |
| n.溃退,溃败;v.击溃,打垮 | |
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| 四轮的运货马车( waggon的名词复数 ); 铁路货车; 小手推车 | |
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     capered   | |
| v.跳跃,雀跃( caper的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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| (使马)飞奔,奔驰( gallop的过去式和过去分词 ); 快速做[说]某事 | |
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     shuffled   | |
| v.洗(纸牌)( shuffle的过去式和过去分词 );拖着脚步走;粗心地做;摆脱尘世的烦恼 | |
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     stereotyped   | |
| adj.(指形象、思想、人物等)模式化的 | |
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| n.沼泽,困境 | |
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     scarlet   | |
| n.深红色,绯红色,红衣;adj.绯红色的 | |
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     blues   | |
| n.抑郁,沮丧;布鲁斯音乐 | |
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     disorder   | |
| n.紊乱,混乱;骚动,骚乱;疾病,失调 | |
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     dealing   | |
| n.经商方法,待人态度 | |
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| n.提升,晋级;促销,宣传 | |
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| n.缠作一团( morass的名词复数 );困境;沼泽;陷阱 | |
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