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CHAPTER XIII.
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PALMERSTON AS PRIME MINISTER, FROM 1859 TO HIS DEATH.
THE unification of Italy was the first matter of importance to which Lord Palmerston’s new Cabinet had to apply itself. Lord John Russell was Foreign Secretary, but we perceive that Palmerston kept a hold of the reins1 himself. The things chiefly to be done were as follows. Austria still held Venetia, but had been made to abandon Lombardy by Marshal Mac Mahon at the battle of Magenta2. Austria had to be put down and made to depart out of Venetia if possible. France had been victorious3; but the Emperor claimed as his reward Savoy and Nice. It was too late for Palmerston to save Savoy and Nice. That blot4 on poor Cavour’s name must remain a stain for ever. He had told our Minister at Turin that they were not to be given up, and had known when he said so that their doom5 had been spoken. But the Emperor must be stopped and not allowed to run headlong with the éclat of his victories. In this matter the Emperor, too, had deceived him. And Italy must be encouraged to take her place among the nations of Europe.
These were the matters as to which, in regard to Italy, the British Cabinet was at the present moment anxious. Palmerston’s dislike to Austria,—{189}we might almost call it hatred,—still remained hot as ever. In a memorandum7 prepared for the Cabinet, Lord Palmerston defended Napoleon as against Austria. “Austria took our subsidies8, bound herself by treaty not to make peace without our concurrence9, sustained signal defeat in battle, and precipitately10 made peace without our concurrence. But on what occasion has the Emperor Napoleon so acted?—on none.” This was written in January, 1860; but a little later on, when the story of Savoy and Nice was known, he shows his
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感情,激情; 缰( rein的名词复数 ); 控制手段; 掌管; (成人带着幼儿走路以防其走失时用的)保护带 | |
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audacity
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a.正当的,有理的 | |
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redoubtable
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halfway
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akin
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patriotic
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undoubtedly
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dominion
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destined
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envelop
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n.解释,说明,描述;艺术处理 | |
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tyrant
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fully
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expediency
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n.适宜;方便;合算;利己 | |
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tempted
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partially
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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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thereby
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chamber
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perpetuate
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worthies
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应得某事物( worthy的名词复数 ); 值得做某事; 可尊敬的; 有(某人或事物)的典型特征 | |
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