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After this disastrous1 termination of court life Voltaire determined2 to try complete independence. Permission to establish himself in France being refused, he purchased an estate near Geneva. His residence here brought him into correspondence, at first amicable3, with the most famous of her citizens, Jean Jacques Rousseau. There was a natural incompatibility4 of temper which speedily led to a quarrel. Both were sensitive, and Rousseau could not bear even kindly-meant banter5. On Rousseau’s Social Contract Voltaire said it so convinced him of the beauty of man in a state of nature that, after reading it, he ran round me room on all fours. His reply to Rousseau’s rebuke6 for his pessimist7 poem on the earthquake of Lisbon was the immortal8 Candide, and Rousseau’s revenge was to say, slightingly, that he had not read it. When Rousseau thought fit to include Voltaire in the imaginary machinations against him, with which he absurdly changed Hume, Voltaire wrote to D’Alembert: “I have nothing to reproach myself with, save having thought and spoken too well of him.”
Voltaire at first seems to have been captivated by the doctrine9 of Pope’s Essay on Man. He, however, afterwards wrote: “Those who exclaim that all is well are charlatans10. Shaftesbury, who first made the fable11 fashionable, was a very unhappy man. I have seen Bolingbroke a
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disastrous
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amicable
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incompatibility
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pessimist
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doctrine
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charlatans
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confession
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| adj.怪诞的,丑陋的;n.怪诞的图案,怪人(物) | |
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wittiest
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| 机智的,言辞巧妙的,情趣横生的( witty的最高级 ) | |
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| v.嘲笑,嘲弄,奚落( ridicule的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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satire
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| n.讽刺,讽刺文学,讽刺作品 | |
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miseries
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| n.痛苦( misery的名词复数 );痛苦的事;穷困;常发牢骚的人 | |
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| 深思,细想,仔细考虑( contemplate的现在分词 ); 注视,凝视; 考虑接受(发生某事的可能性); 深思熟虑,沉思,苦思冥想 | |
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humanitarian
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persecution
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recital
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invalid
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| n.病人,伤残人;adj.有病的,伤残的;无效的 | |
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pessimism
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| n.悲观者,悲观主义者,厌世者 | |
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peculiarity
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| n.独特性,特色;特殊的东西;怪癖 | |
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abhorrence
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| n.憎恶;可憎恶的事 | |
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iniquity
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| n.邪恶;不公正 | |
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shams
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| 假象( sham的名词复数 ); 假货; 虚假的行为(或感情、言语等); 假装…的人 | |
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veneration
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majesty
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mordant
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lighter
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morose
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hearty
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| adj.热情友好的;衷心的;尽情的,纵情的 | |
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preposterous
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| adj.荒谬的,可笑的 | |
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absurdity
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| n.荒谬,愚蠢;谬论 | |
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shipwreck
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| n.船舶失事,海难 | |
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piracy
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| n.海盗行为,剽窃,著作权侵害 | |
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pertinacity
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| n.执拗,顽固 | |
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torrents
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| n.倾注;奔流( torrent的名词复数 );急流;爆发;连续不断 | |
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kindling
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| n. 点火, 可燃物 动词kindle的现在分词形式 | |
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dissect
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| v.分割;解剖 | |
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dissected
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| adj.切开的,分割的,(叶子)多裂的v.解剖(动物等)( dissect的过去式和过去分词 );仔细分析或研究 | |
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incision
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novice
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vice
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| n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的 | |
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noose
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shriek
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dissecting
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| v.解剖(动物等)( dissect的现在分词 );仔细分析或研究 | |
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Portuguese
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| n.葡萄牙人;葡萄牙语 | |
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knight
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| n.骑士,武士;爵士 | |
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mosque
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bosom
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| n.胸,胸部;胸怀;内心;adj.亲密的 | |
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anemones
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| n.银莲花( anemone的名词复数 );海葵 | |
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bouquet
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| n.花束,酒香 | |
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Christian
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| adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒 | |
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galley
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| n.(飞机或船上的)厨房单层甲板大帆船;军舰舰长用的大划艇; | |
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galleys
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lashes
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oar
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ransom
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tugging
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retract
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| vt.缩回,撤回收回,取消 | |
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withered
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baron
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vein
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smoothly
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faction
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hypocrisy
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intrigue
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secularism
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| n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦 | |
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benevolence
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vindicated
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impair
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irrational
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portrayal
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deity
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speculation
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rejection
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subtleties
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| 细微( subtlety的名词复数 ); 精细; 巧妙; 细微的差别等 | |
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atheist
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atheism
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