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XIX. BRITONS, ANGLO-SAXONS, ENGLISH.
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The social condition of the Britons previous to the invasion of C?sar was in all probability similar to that of their kindred Gauls. They lived in clans1; the soil was held by a tenure3 similar to that which prevailed among the Gauls, and was tilled by clansmen or free laborers5. Slavery was then, if possible, even more insignificant7 among the Britons than among the Gauls; and the slaves consisted of criminals and prisoners of war, and were the common property of the clan2. The laboring8 classes were not impoverished9, nor were they dependent upon the chiefs as in Gaul at the time of the Roman conquest. For various reasons Rome's influence did not operate so fatally on the Britons as it did on the Gauls; neither the culture of Rome nor her disorganizing and oppressive administration permeated10 Britain to the same extent as they did the rest of the empire. Still Roman rule seems to have altered somewhat the primitive11 relations between the chiefs and their clansmen, impoverishing12 the latter and corrupting13 the former. The Roman rule was propitious14 to slavery; it sur[Pg 224]rounded the powerful natives with dependents and
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clans
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宗族( clan的名词复数 ); 氏族; 庞大的家族; 宗派 | |
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clan
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n.氏族,部落,宗族,家族,宗派 | |
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n.终身职位;任期;(土地)保有权,保有期 | |
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laboring
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adj.穷困的,无力的,用尽了的v.使(某人)贫穷( impoverish的过去式和过去分词 );使(某物)贫瘠或恶化 | |
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permeated
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弥漫( permeate的过去式和过去分词 ); 遍布; 渗入; 渗透 | |
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impoverishing
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v.使(某人)贫穷( impoverish的现在分词 );使(某物)贫瘠或恶化 | |
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corrupting
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(使)败坏( corrupt的现在分词 ); (使)腐化; 引起(计算机文件等的)错误; 破坏 | |
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propitious
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chattels
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chattel
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n.动产;奴隶 | |
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impoverishment
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conqueror
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conquerors
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debtors
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scotch
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bondage
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promiscuously
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penal
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softened
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savage
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emancipation
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partially
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clergy
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baron
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barons
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eligible
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reclaim
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enlistment
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steadily
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obligatory
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evaded
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逃避( evade的过去式和过去分词 ); 避开; 回避; 想不出 | |
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payable
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tolls
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(缓慢而有规律的)钟声( toll的名词复数 ); 通行费; 损耗; (战争、灾难等造成的)毁坏 | |
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insurgent
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rustics
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afterward
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liens
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vestiges
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残余部分( vestige的名词复数 ); 遗迹; 痕迹; 毫不 | |
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lust
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hatred
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hideous
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reeking
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v.发出浓烈的臭气( reek的现在分词 );散发臭气;发出难闻的气味 (of sth);明显带有(令人不快或生疑的跡象) | |
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faction
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bloody
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reigns
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relics
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manors
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vassalage
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abolition
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paramount
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