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CHAPTER XXIV. THE SENATOR'S SECOND LETTER.
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In the mean time our friend the Senator, up in London, was much distracted in his mind, finding no one to sympathise with him in his efforts, conscious of his own rectitude of purpose, always brave against others, and yet with a sad doubt in his own mind whether it could be possible that he should always be right and everybody around him wrong.
Coming away from Mr. Mainwaring's dinner he had almost quarrelled with John Morton, or rather John Morton had altogether quarrelled with him. On their way back from Dillsborough to Bragton the minister elect to Patagonia had told him, in so many words, that he had misbehaved himself at the clergyman's house. "Did I say anything that was untrue?" asked the Senator—"Was I inaccurate2 in my statements? If so no man alive will be more ready to recall what he has said and to ask for pardon." Mr. Morton endeavoured to explain to him that it was not his statements which were at fault so much as the opinions based on them and the language in which those opinions were given. But the Senator could not be made to understand that a man had not a right to his opinions, and a right also to the use of forcible language as long as he abstained4 from personalities5. "It was extremely personal,—all that you said about the purchase of livings," said Morton. "How was I to know that?" rejoined the Senator. "When in private society I inveigh6 against pickpockets8 I cannot imagine, sir, that there should be a pickpocket7 in the company." As the Senator said this he was grieving in his heart at the trouble he had occasioned, and was almost repenting9 the duties he had imposed on himself; but, yet, his voice was bellicose10 and antagonistic
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borough
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n.享有自治权的市镇;(英)自治市镇 | |
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inaccurate
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adj.错误的,不正确的,不准确的 | |
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abstain
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v.自制,戒绝,弃权,避免 | |
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abstained
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v.戒(尤指酒),戒除( abstain的过去式和过去分词 );弃权(不投票) | |
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n. 诽谤,(对某人容貌、性格等所进行的)人身攻击; 人身攻击;人格, 个性, 名人( personality的名词复数 ) | |
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pickpocket
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pickpockets
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n.扒手( pickpocket的名词复数 ) | |
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repenting
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adj.好战的;好争吵的 | |
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antagonistic
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constrained
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gastric
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intimacy
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mutual
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virtues
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美德( virtue的名词复数 ); 德行; 优点; 长处 | |
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phlegmatic
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vehement
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admiration
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orators
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perplexed
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adj.不知所措的 | |
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determined
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belongings
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n.私人物品,私人财物 | |
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rebuke
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sham
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penitence
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scatheless
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constituents
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suffrage
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ballot
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distinguished
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patronage
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n.赞助,支援,援助;光顾,捧场 | |
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opposition
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nominee
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patriotism
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n.爱国精神,爱国心,爱国主义 | |
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horrid
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prostrate
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wilfully
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peculiar
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peculiarities
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chamber
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n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所 | |
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nostrils
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鼻孔( nostril的名词复数 ) | |
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zealously
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adv.热心地;热情地;积极地;狂热地 | |
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qualified
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rudiments
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n.基础知识,入门 | |
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delude
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vt.欺骗;哄骗 | |
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spoke
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n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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vein
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distressing
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a.使人痛苦的 | |
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imperative
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n.命令,需要;规则;祈使语气;adj.强制的;紧急的 | |
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rankling
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eminent
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adj.显赫的,杰出的,有名的,优良的 | |
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deserted
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adj.荒芜的,荒废的,无人的,被遗弃的 | |
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iniquity
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n.邪恶;不公正 | |
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rascal
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n.流氓;不诚实的人 | |
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rascality
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流氓性,流氓集团 | |
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lessened
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减少的,减弱的 | |
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wretch
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n.可怜的人,不幸的人;卑鄙的人 | |
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deduction
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n.减除,扣除,减除额;推论,推理,演绎 | |
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grievance
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expended
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liquidation
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unreasonable
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reticent
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tyrant
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provincial
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solely
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sojourn
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revelled
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glide
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luxuriously
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evoked
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backbone
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whining
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futile
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grandeur
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marvel
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disorder
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boroughs
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majesty
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