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CHAPTER IX.
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Visit in London.—Exhibition of Relics1.—The Lessons of Travel.—Historical Association.—London to Ostend.—The Cathedral at Aix-la-Chapelle.—The Great Cathedral at Cologne.—Voyage up the Rhine.—Longfellow’s “Hyperion.”—Visit to Frankfort.—Kind Friends.—Reaches Heidelberg.—Climbing the Mountains.
London is a world in itself, as has often been written and, to such an impressible mind as that of Bayard, was a place, replete2 with pleasure and instruction. London instructs by two methods; one by agreeable, and the other by disagreeable examples. Bayard was equally taught by both. There was Westminster Abbey, with its numberless tombs of the talented and noble; and there was the Tower of London, with its dungeons4 and beheading blocks. There were the palatial5 residences of the West End, and there the hovels and holes of the Wych Street district. There were the great mercantile houses of Holborn and Regent Street, and there were the gambling6 dens7 of Drury Lane. There were the magnificent galleries of art, at the Museum, at the Palaces, at Westminster, and at Kensington; and there were the dirty, slimy exhibitions of marred8 humanity along the wharves9 of the Thames. There were the zo?logical wonders of the parks, and[68] there were the dog-shows, and cock-pits of the St. Giles Rookery. There was the palace of the Queen, and there the Old Bailey. There was the office of the “Thunderer” (Daily Times), and there were the attics10 from whence flowed the vilest11 trash that man ever printed. There were Hyde Park, Regent’s Park, St. James Park, and the broad squares; and there were the
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relics
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gambling
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monarch
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royalty
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revel
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hideous
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| (尤指宗教或政治信仰的)迫害(~sb. for sth.)( persecute的过去式和过去分词 ); 烦扰,困扰或骚扰某人 | |
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patriot
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taverns
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gathering
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abridged
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narration
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shrines
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| 圣地,圣坛,神圣场所( shrine的名词复数 ) | |
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| adj.发光的,发亮的;光明的;明白易懂的;有启发的 | |
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sentimental
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labor
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| n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦 | |
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labors
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reconstruction
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humble
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dome
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spire
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crumbling
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ornament
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legendary
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| adj.传奇(中)的,闻名遐迩的;n.传奇(文学) | |
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grottos
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fables
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feudal
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revered
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fortresses
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apprentice
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fatigue
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generosity
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hospitable
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| 企业( undertaking的名词复数 ); 保证; 殡仪业; 任务 | |
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inclination
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hereditary
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