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CHAPTER III.
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“——Thy grave shall with fresh flowers be dressed,
And the green turf lie lightly on thy breast;
There the first roses of the year shall blow.”—Pope.
A gentle noise in her chamber2 roused Amanda from a light, refreshing3 slumber4, and she beheld5 her nurse standing6 by her bedside with a bowl of goat’s whey. Amanda took the salubrious draught7 with a smile, and instantly starting up, was dressed in a few minutes. She felt more composed than she had done for some time past; the transition from a narrow dark street to a fine open country, would have excited a lively transport in her mind, but for the idea of her father still remaining in the gloomy situation she had quitted.
On going out, she found the family all busily employed; Edwin and his sons were mowing8 in a meadow near the house, the nurse was churning, Ellen washing the milk-pails by the stream in the valley, and Betsey turning a cake for her breakfast. The tea-table was laid by a window, through which a woodbine crept, diffusing9 a delightful10 fragrance11; the bees feasted on its sweetness, and the gaudy12 butterflies fluttered around it; the
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avocations
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forefathers
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thorny
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pious
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submission
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solitude
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confinement
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retired
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dispelled
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diversified
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hoard
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distraction
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ballads
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immediate
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turrets
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| (六角)转台( turret的名词复数 ); (战舰和坦克等上的)转动炮塔; (摄影机等上的)镜头转台; (旧时攻城用的)塔车 | |
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grove
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spacious
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simplicity
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admiration
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recesses
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celebrated
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