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My dear Reynolds,-
Ever since I wrote to my Brothers form Southhampton I have been in a taking, and at this moment I am about to become settled, for I have unpacked1 my books, put them into a snug2 corner - pinned up Haydon - Mary Queen Scotts, and Milton with his daughters in a row. In the passage I found a head of Shakspeare which I had not before seen. It is most likely the same that George spoke3 so well of; for I like it extremely. Well - his head I have hung over my Books, just above the three in a row, having first discarded a french Ambassador - now this alone is a good morning's work.
Yesterday I went to Shanklin, which occasioned a great debate in my Mind whether I should live there or at Carisbrooke. Shanklin is a most beautiful place - sloping wood and meadow ground reaches round the Chine, which is a cleft4 between the Cliffs of the depth of nearly 300 feet at least. This cleft is filled with trees & bushes in the narrow parts; and as it widens bedomes bare, if it were not for primroses6 on one side, which spread to the very verge7 of the Sea, and some fishermen's huts on the other, perched midway in the Ballustrades of beautiful green Hedges along their steps down to the sands. - But the sea, Jack8, the sea - the little waterfall - then the white cliff - then St. Catherin's Hill - "the sheep in the meadows, the cows in the corn."- Then, why are you at Carisbrooke? say you - Because, in the first place, I should be at twice the Expense, and three times the inconvenience - next that from here I can see your continent - from a little hill close by, the whole north Angle of the Isle9 of Wight, with the water between us. In the 3rd place, I see Carisbrooke Castle from my window, and have found several delightful10 wood-alleys, and copses, and quick freshes. As for Primroses - the Island ought to be called Primrose5 Island: that is, if the nation of Cowslips agree thereto, of which there are diverse Clans11 just beginning to lift up their heads and if an how the Rain holds whereby that is Birds eyes abate12 - Another reason of my fixing is that I am more in reach of the places around me - I intend to walk over the Island east - West - North South - I have not seen many specimens13 of Ruins - I dont think however I shall ever see one to surpass Carisbrooke Castle. The trench14 is o'ergrown with the smoothest turf, and the Walls with ivy15 - The Keep within side is one Bower16 of ivy - a Colony of Jackdaws have been there many years. I dare say I have seen many a descendant of some old cawer who peeped through the Bars at Charles the first, when he was there in Confinement17. On the road from Cowes to Newport I saw some extensive Barracks which disgusted me extremely with Government for placing such a Nest of Debauchery in so beautiful a place - I asked a man on the coach about this - and he said that the people had been spoiled - In the room where I slept at Newport I found this on the Window "O Isle spoilt by the Milatary!" I must in honesty however confess that I did not feel very sorry at the idea of the Women being a little profligate18 - The wind is in a sulky fit, and I feel that it would be no bad thing to be the favorite of some Fairy, who would give one the power of seeing how our Friends got on, at a Distance - I should like, of all Loves, a sketch19 of you and Tom and George in ink which Haydon will do if you tell him how I want them - From want of regular rest, I have been rather narvus - and the passage in Lear -"Do you not hear the sea?"- has maunted me intensely.
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1 unpacked | |
v.从(包裹等)中取出(所装的东西),打开行李取出( unpack的过去式和过去分词 );拆包;解除…的负担;吐露(心事等) | |
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2 snug | |
adj.温暖舒适的,合身的,安全的;v.使整洁干净,舒适地依靠,紧贴;n.(英)酒吧里的私房 | |
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3 spoke | |
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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4 cleft | |
n.裂缝;adj.裂开的 | |
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5 primrose | |
n.樱草,最佳部分, | |
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6 primroses | |
n.报春花( primrose的名词复数 );淡黄色;追求享乐(招至恶果) | |
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7 verge | |
n.边,边缘;v.接近,濒临 | |
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8 jack | |
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克 | |
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9 isle | |
n.小岛,岛 | |
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10 delightful | |
adj.令人高兴的,使人快乐的 | |
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11 clans | |
宗族( clan的名词复数 ); 氏族; 庞大的家族; 宗派 | |
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12 abate | |
vi.(风势,疼痛等)减弱,减轻,减退 | |
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13 specimens | |
n.样品( specimen的名词复数 );范例;(化验的)抽样;某种类型的人 | |
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14 trench | |
n./v.(挖)沟,(挖)战壕 | |
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15 ivy | |
n.常青藤,常春藤 | |
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16 bower | |
n.凉亭,树荫下凉快之处;闺房;v.荫蔽 | |
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17 confinement | |
n.幽禁,拘留,监禁;分娩;限制,局限 | |
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18 profligate | |
adj.行为不检的;n.放荡的人,浪子,肆意挥霍者 | |
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19 sketch | |
n.草图;梗概;素描;v.素描;概述 | |
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