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CHAPTER XI
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Jan. 4.
Before the campaign closed in Germany, the great Minister who had revealed to England for the first time the plenitude of her strength in arms, and had turned that strength to such mighty1 enterprises, was fallen from power. The accession of the new King had brought with it a steady increase in the ascendency of John, Earl of Bute, long a trusted member of his household and now his chief adviser3 and friend. Blameless in private life and by no means lacking in culture or accomplishments4, Bute was both in council and debate a man of distressing5 mediocrity. Possessing neither sense of the ridiculous nor knowledge of his own limitations, and exalted6 by mere7 accident to a position of great influence, he interpreted the caprice of fortune as the reward of merit and aimed at once at the highest office. He was, in fact, one of the many men who, finding it no great exertion8 to climb up the winding9 stairs of a cathedral tower, press on, ducking, stooping, and crawling to the top, to find when they reach it that they dare not look down. Being weak as well as ambitious he was compelled to fall back on intrigue10 in default of ability to help him upward, and having succeeded in displacing Lord Holderness as Secretary of State in March 1761, he turned next to the ousting11 of Pitt himself. The opportunity soon came. The French Court, weary of the war, approached Pitt with proposals for peace. Resolved, as he said, that no Peace of Utrecht should again sully the annals of England, Pitt not only made large demands for the[536] benefit of Britain, but insisted that even a separate peace between Britain and France should not
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| n.造诣;完成( accomplishment的名词复数 );技能;成绩;成就 | |
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| vt.激起兴趣,迷住;vi.耍阴谋;n.阴谋,密谋 | |
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     deter   | |
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| v.憎恶( abhor的过去式和过去分词 );(厌恶地)回避;拒绝;淘汰 | |
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     solitary   | |
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| (军队的)团( regiment的名词复数 ); 大量的人或物 | |
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     secrecy   | |
| n.秘密,保密,隐蔽 | |
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     contemptible   | |
| adj.可鄙的,可轻视的,卑劣的 | |
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| vt.引诱,勾引,吸引,引起…的兴趣 | |
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     militia   | |
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| n.卫戍部队;驻地,卫戍区;vt.派(兵)驻防 | |
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     rangers   | |
| 护林者( ranger的名词复数 ); 突击队员 | |
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     leeward   | |
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     extremity   | |
| n.末端,尽头;尽力;终极;极度 | |
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     cannon   | |
| n.大炮,火炮;飞机上的机关炮 | |
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     embarked   | |
| 乘船( embark的过去式和过去分词 ); 装载; 从事 | |
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| n.城堡;堡垒;避难所 | |
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     infantry   | |
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     temerity   | |
| n.鲁莽,冒失 | |
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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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     swarming   | |
| 密集( swarm的现在分词 ); 云集; 成群地移动; 蜜蜂或其他飞行昆虫成群地飞来飞去 | |
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| 深思,沉思,冥想( meditate的过去式和过去分词 ); 内心策划,考虑 | |
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| vt.护送,护卫,护航;n.护送;护送队 | |
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     remains   | |
| n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹 | |
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| adv.向北;n.北方的地区 | |
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     westward   | |
| n.西方,西部;adj.西方的,向西的;adv.向西 | |
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     situated   | |
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     abruptly   | |
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     ridge   | |
| n.山脊;鼻梁;分水岭 | |
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     abutting   | |
| adj.邻接的v.(与…)邻接( abut的现在分词 );(与…)毗连;接触;倚靠 | |
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     besiege   | |
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     annoyance   | |
| n.恼怒,生气,烦恼 | |
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     trenches   | |
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     obstinacy   | |
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     surmount   | |
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     shaft   | |
| n.(工具的)柄,杆状物 | |
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     provincial   | |
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     devoutly   | |
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     muster   | |
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     abate   | |
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     defective   | |
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     entrenching   | |
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     breach   | |
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     ransom   | |
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     incessant   | |
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| n.(严重的)危险;危险的事物 | |
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| n.进程,过程,议程;诉讼(程序);公报 | |
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| 证明…有理( justify的现在分词 ); 为…辩护; 对…作出解释; 为…辩解(或辩护) | |
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     predilection   | |
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     pretext   | |
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     Portuguese   | |
| n.葡萄牙人;葡萄牙语 | |
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     artillerist   | |
| 炮手,炮兵,炮术家 | |
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     allied   | |
| adj.协约国的;同盟国的 | |
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| adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的 | |
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     detailed   | |
| adj.详细的,详尽的,极注意细节的,完全的 | |
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     defensive   | |
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     prominence   | |
| n.突出;显著;杰出;重要 | |
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| adj.灾难性的,造成灾害的;极坏的,很糟的 | |
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| v.(彻底)消灭( annihilate的过去式和过去分词 );使无效;废止;彻底击溃 | |
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     villa   | |
| n.别墅,城郊小屋 | |
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     scattered   | |
| adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的 | |
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     forage   | |
| n.(牛马的)饲料,粮草;v.搜寻,翻寻 | |
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| adj.名义上的;(金额、租金)微不足道的 | |
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     devastated   | |
| v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词);摧毁;毁灭;在感情上(精神上、财务上等)压垮adj.毁坏的;极为震惊的 | |
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     negligence   | |
| n.疏忽,玩忽,粗心大意 | |
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| adj.坚定的;有决心的 | |
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     corps   | |
| n.(通信等兵种的)部队;(同类作的)一组 | |
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     hereditary   | |
| adj.遗传的,遗传性的,可继承的,世袭的 | |
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     fixed   | |
| adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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     unintelligible   | |
| adj.无法了解的,难解的,莫明其妙的 | |
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| 推测,猜测,猜想( conjecture的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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     isolation   | |
| n.隔离,孤立,分解,分离 | |
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     ascended   | |
| v.上升,攀登( ascend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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     cavalry   | |
| n.骑兵;轻装甲部队 | |
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     contrived   | |
| adj.不自然的,做作的;虚构的 | |
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     miscarriage   | |
| n.失败,未达到预期的结果;流产 | |
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     brook   | |
| n.小河,溪;v.忍受,容让 | |
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     swampy   | |
| adj.沼泽的,湿地的 | |
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     hampered   | |
| 妨碍,束缚,限制( hamper的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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     lamentable   | |
| adj.令人惋惜的,悔恨的 | |
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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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     disposition   | |
| n.性情,性格;意向,倾向;排列,部署 | |
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| adj.英勇的,豪侠的;(向女人)献殷勤的 | |
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     feat   | |
| n.功绩;武艺,技艺;adj.灵巧的,漂亮的,合适的 | |
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     evacuated   | |
| 撤退者的 | |
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     junction   | |
| n.连接,接合;交叉点,接合处,枢纽站 | |
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| adv.显然地;表面上,似乎 | |
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     repulsed   | |
| v.击退( repulse的过去式和过去分词 );驳斥;拒绝 | |
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| n.(军)火炮,大炮;炮兵(部队) | |
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