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animadversion, remarks by way of criticism and usually of censure;adverse criticism; reproof; blame.
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will disdain that ground, will not present that argument as given in the lines above: “the rights of legislature, their obligations to obedience, and the penalties of rebellion.”
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emoluments, profits from office, employment, or labor;compensations; fees or salary.
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Abeunt studia in mores, studies are transmuted into character. Ovid, Heroides , XV,83，
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less mercurial cast, less acute, less dexterous, less sensitive to influences.
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augur, prophesy.
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snuff, scent, smell.
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tainted, imbued with something noxious, contaminated.
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winged ministers of vengeance, in those days, the fast warships of the British Government.
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your bolts in their pounces, your thunderbolts in their hold, referring to the cannons carried by the British warships.
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“So far shalt thou go, and no farther,” possibly a reminiscence of Job XXXVIII, 11; “Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further.”
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to truck and huckster, to give in exchange, or deal in or bargain over in a petty way.
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Sultan, referring back to “the Turk” of a few, lines back.
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with a loose rein, loosely, not strictly.
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Spain, in her provinces . At that time Spain possessed Peru, the greater part of South America, the country west and north of the Gulf of Mexico, and the greater part of the West Indies.
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capital, leading, chief, principal.
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unhappily meeting, coming into direct conflict.
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Questions
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1. What is the predominating feature of the American character?
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2. Explain from what six sources a fierce spirit of liberty has grown up in the colonies.
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参考译文
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【作品简介】
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《美国人对自由之热爱》节选自埃德蒙·伯克1775年3月22日在英国议会为反对刑罚法案所做的演讲《与美国和解》，该项由诺斯勋爵提交的法案于1775年3月30日正式立法。
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【作者简介】
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埃德蒙·伯克（1727—1797），英国政治家和演说家。
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