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fecundity, fruitfulness in invention. From Shakespeare,As You Like It , II, i, 15-17.
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“And this our life exempt from public haunt, Find tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in everything.”
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placards, a bill placed upon a board as an advertisement.
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pilgrimage, a journey to a sacred place.
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unstudied, unprepared.
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tone, prevailing style or character.
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daguerreotype, a picture produced on a silvered plate.
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carriage, behavior.
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propriety, conformity to established rules or custom.
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fence, debate.
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metropolis, the chief city of a country.
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beau monde, the fashionable world.
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au courant, （in running） in tune.
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fountainheads, the first source; the original source.
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preposterous, ridiculous; absurd.
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panegyrical solemnities, a ceremony of praise.
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eulogistic, highly praised.
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concomitant, an attendant circumstance.
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desiderate, feel a desire to have.
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Oxford, the town of Oxford, the home of Oxford University.
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Bologna, in northern Italy, where was founded the University of Bologna in the 11th Century, a school famous for its faculty on jurisprudence.
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Salamanca, a town in western Spain. The University of Salamanca was one of the most renowned universities, of Europe from the 15th to the 17th century. It came into prominence in the reign of Alfonso X （1252-82）, with its chief distinction in the field of canon and civil law, and its special feature, the introduction of Arabic learning into Europe. Here Columbus explained his discoveries, here the Copernican system was early accepted and taught. During the middle of the 16th century, the university had 7,600 students.
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attachés, persons who are attached to literature.
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sojourn, a temporary residence.
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catechizes, examines by means of questions and answers and offering explanations.
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