Disposition, she might, had these amiable qualities been properly



encouraged, have been an ornament to human Nature; but

unfortunately her Father possessed not a soul sufficiently



exalted to admire so promising a Disposition, and had endeavoured

by every means on his power to prevent it encreasing with her



Years. He had actually so far extinguished the natural noble

Sensibility of her Heart, as to prevail on her to accept an offer



from a young Man of his Recommendation. They were to be married

in a few months, and Graham, was in the House when we arrived.



WE soon saw through his character. He was just such a Man as one

might have expected to be the choice of Macdonald. They said he



was Sensible, well-informed, and Agreable; we did not pretend to

Judge of such trifles, but as we were convinced he had no soul,



that he had never read the sorrows of Werter, and that his Hair

bore not the least resemblance to auburn, we were certain that



Janetta could feel no affection for him, or at least that she

ought to feel none. The very circumstance of his being her



father's choice too, was so much in his disfavour, that had he

been deserving her, in every other respect yet THAT of itself



ought to have been a sufficient reason in the Eyes of Janetta for

rejecting him. These considerations we were determined to



represent to her in their proper light and doubted not of meeting

with the desired success from one naturally so well disposed;



whose errors in the affair had only arisen from a want of proper

confidence in her own opinion, and a suitablecontempt of her



father's. We found her indeed all that our warmest wishes could

have hoped for; we had no difficulty to convince her that it was



impossible she could love Graham, or that it was her Duty to

disobey her Father; the only thing at which she rather seemed to



hesitate was our assertion that she must be attached to some

other Person. For some time, she persevered in declaring that



she knew no other young man for whom she had the the smallest

Affection; but upon explaining the impossibility of such a thing



she said that she beleived she DID LIKE Captain M'Kenrie better

than any one she knew besides. This confession satisfied us and



after having enumerated the good Qualities of M'Kenrie and

assured her that she was violently in love with him, we desired



to know whether he had ever in any wise declared his affection to

her.



"So far from having ever declared it, I have no reason to imagine

that he has ever felt any for me." said Janetta. "That he



certainly adores you (replied Sophia) there can be no doubt--.

The Attachment must be reciprocal. Did he never gaze on you with



admiration--tenderly press your hand--drop an involantary tear--

and leave the room abruptly?" "Never (replied she) that I



remember--he has always left the room indeed when his visit has

been ended, but has never gone away particularly abruptly or



without making a bow." Indeed my Love (said I) you must be

mistaken--for it is absolutely impossible that he should ever



have left you but with Confusion, Despair, and Precipitation.

Consider but for a moment Janetta, and you must be convinced how



absurd it is to suppose that he could ever make a Bow, or behave

like any other Person." Having settled this Point to our



satisfaction, the next we took into consideration was, to

determine in what manner we should inform M'Kenrie of the



favourable Opinion Janetta entertained of him. . . . We at

length agreed to acquaint him with it by an anonymous Letter



which Sophia drew up in the following manner.

"Oh! happy Lover of the beautifull Janetta, oh! amiable



Possessor of HER Heart whose hand is destined to another, why do

you thus delay a confession of your attachment to the amiable



Object of it? Oh! consider that a few weeks will at once put an

end to every flattering Hope that you may now entertain, by



uniting the unfortunate Victim of her father's Cruelty to the

execrable and detested Graham."



"Alas! why do you thus so cruelly connive at the projected

Misery of her and of yourself by delaying to communicate that

• therefore [´ðeəfɔ:] ad.&conj.因此；所以 (初中英语单词)


• resolution [,rezə´lu:ʃən] n.决心；坚决；果断 (初中英语单词)


• carriage [´kæridʒ] n.马车；客车；货运 (初中英语单词)


• instantly [´instəntli] ad.立即，立刻 (初中英语单词)


• sufficiently [sə´fiʃəntli] ad.充分地，足够地 (初中英语单词)


• distress [di´stres] n.痛苦 vt.使苦恼 (初中英语单词)


• cottage [´kɔtidʒ] n.村舍；小屋；小别墅 (初中英语单词)


• account [ə´kaunt] vi.说明 vt.认为 n.帐目 (初中英语单词)


• trifling [´traifliŋ] a.微小的；轻浮的 (初中英语单词)


• departure [di´pɑ:tʃə] n.离开，出发 (初中英语单词)


• charming [´tʃɑ:miŋ] a.可爱的；极好的 (初中英语单词)


• hesitate [´heziteit] vi.犹豫，踌躇 (初中英语单词)


• intention [in´tenʃən] n.意图；打算；意义 (初中英语单词)


• advanced [əd´vɑ:nst] a.先进的；高级的 (初中英语单词)


• sympathy [´simpəθi] n.同情，怜悯 (初中英语单词)


• grandfather [´grænd,fɑ:ðə] n.(外)祖父；祖先 (初中英语单词)


• sprang [spræŋ] spring 的过去式 (初中英语单词)


• acknowledge [ək´nɔlidʒ] vt.(公开)承认；感谢 (初中英语单词)


• astonishment [ə´stɔniʃmənt] n.吃惊；惊异 (初中英语单词)


• beheld [bi´held] behold的过去式(分词) (初中英语单词)


• instinct [´instiŋkt] n.本能；直觉；天资 (初中英语单词)


• pretend [pri´tend] v.假装；借口；妄求 (初中英语单词)


• apartment [ə´pɑ:tmənt] n.一套房间 (初中英语单词)


• instant [´instənt] a.立即的 n.紧迫；瞬间 (初中英语单词)


• unhappy [ʌn´hæpi] a.不幸的；不快乐的 (初中英语单词)


• receipt [ri´si:t] n.收到；收据 (初中英语单词)


• bestow [bi´stəu] vt.(把…)赠给；使用 (初中英语单词)


• ornament [´ɔ:nəmənt] n.装饰(物) vt.装饰 (初中英语单词)


• promising [´prɔmisiŋ] a.有希望的；有为的 (初中英语单词)


• disposition [,dispə´ziʃən] n.安排；性情；倾向 (初中英语单词)


• actually [´æktʃuəli] ad.事实上；实际上 (初中英语单词)


• prevail [pri´veil] vi.胜(过)；流行；普遍 (初中英语单词)


• character [´kæriktə] n.特性；性质；人物；字 (初中英语单词)


• sensible [´sensəbəl] a.感觉得到的 (初中英语单词)


• affection [ə´fekʃən] n.友爱；慈爱 (初中英语单词)


• suitable [´su:təbəl, ´sju:-] a.合适的，适当的 (初中英语单词)


• convince [kən´vins] vt.使确信；使认识错误 (初中英语单词)


• abruptly [ə´brʌptli] ad.突然地；粗鲁地 (初中英语单词)


• absolutely [´æbsəlu:tli] ad.绝对地；确实 (初中英语单词)


• confusion [kən´fju:ʒən] n.混乱(状态)；骚乱 (初中英语单词)


• despair [di´speə] vi.&n.绝望 (初中英语单词)


• consideration [kən,sidə´reiʃən] n.考虑；原因；体谅 (初中英语单词)


• acquaint [ə´kweint] vt.使….认识；告知 (初中英语单词)


• entertain [,entə´tein] vt.招待；娱乐；使高兴 (初中英语单词)


• unfortunate [ʌn´fɔ:tʃunit] a.不幸的，运气差的 (初中英语单词)


• victim [´viktim] n.牺牲者；受害者 (初中英语单词)


• impart [im´pɑ:t] vt.传授；赋予；告知 (高中英语单词)


• unexpected [ʌniks´pektid] a.突然的；意外的 (高中英语单词)


• apparel [ə´pærəl] n.衣服 vt.给…修饰 (高中英语单词)


• concerning [kən´sə:niŋ] prep.关于 (高中英语单词)


• obstacle [´ɔbstəkl] n.障碍(物)；妨碍 (高中英语单词)


• execution [,eksi´kju:ʃən] n.执行；演奏；表演 (高中英语单词)


• removal [ri´mu:vəl] a.可移动的；可去除的 (高中英语单词)


• remainder [ri´meində] n.剩余物；残余部分 (高中英语单词)


• elegant [´eligənt] a.文雅的；优美的 (高中英语单词)


• melancholy [´melənkəli] n.忧郁 a.忧郁的 (高中英语单词)


• resemblance [ri´zembləns] n.类似；肖像；外表 (高中英语单词)


• eldest [´eldist] a.最年长的 (高中英语单词)


• whilst [wailst] conj.当…时候；虽然 (高中英语单词)


• concerned [kən´sə:nd] a.有关的；担心的 (高中英语单词)


• mansion [´mænʃən] n.大厦；宅第；官邸 (高中英语单词)


• recommendation [,rekəmen´deiʃən] n.推荐；劝告 (高中英语单词)


• contempt [kən´tempt] n.轻蔑；受辱；不顾 (高中英语单词)


• confession [kən´feʃən] n.招供；认错；交待 (高中英语单词)


• violently [´vaiələntli] ad.强暴地；猛烈地 (高中英语单词)


• flattering [´flætəriŋ] a.谄媚的；奉承的 (高中英语单词)


• cruelty [´kru:əlti] n.残忍；残酷行为 (高中英语单词)


• communicate [kə´mju:nikeit] vi.通讯；传达；传播 (高中英语单词)


• impatience [im´peiʃəns] n.不耐烦，急躁 (英语四级单词)


• tedious [´ti:diəs] a.冗长的；乏味的 (英语四级单词)


• habitation [,hæbi´teiʃən] n.居住；住所 (英语四级单词)


• overpower [,əuvə´pauə] vt.压倒；制服；打败 (英语四级单词)


• seeming [´si:miŋ] a.表面上的 n.外观 (英语四级单词)


• allude [ə´lu:d] vi.暗指；侧面提到 (英语四级单词)


• unwilling [ʌn´wiliŋ] a.不愿意的；不情愿的 (英语四级单词)


• intrude [in´tru:d] v.闯进；打扰；强加 (英语四级单词)


• wonderfully [´wʌndəfuli] ad.令人惊讶地；奇妙地 (英语四级单词)


• conjecture [kən´dʒektʃə] n.&v.猜测(想)；设想 (英语四级单词)


• venerable [´venərəbəl] a.可尊敬的；森严的 (英语四级单词)


• besought [bi´sɔ:t] beseech过去式(分词) (英语四级单词)


• amiable [´eimiəbəl] a.亲切的，温和的 (英语四级单词)


• graham [´greiəm] a.&n.用全麦粉做的 (英语四级单词)


• arisen [ə´rizn] arise的过去分词 (英语四级单词)


• assertion [ə´sə:ʃən] n.断言；主张；论述 (英语四级单词)


• attachment [ə´tætʃmənt] n.附着；附件；爱慕 (英语四级单词)


• cruelly [´kruəli] ad.残酷地；极，非常 (英语四级单词)


• recital [ri´saitl] n.背诵；叙述；音乐会 (英语六级单词)


• destitute [´destitju:t] a.贫穷的；缺乏…的 (英语六级单词)


• paternal [pə´tə:nl] a.(象)父亲的；父方的 (英语六级单词)


• affected [ə´fektid] a.做作的；假装的 (英语六级单词)


• instinctive [in´stiŋktiv] a.本能的，天性的 (英语六级单词)


• beauteous [´bju:tiəs] a.美的，美丽的 (英语六级单词)


• susceptible [sə´septəbəl] a.敏感的；易受影响的 (英语六级单词)


• auburn [´ɔ:bən] n.&a.赭色(的) (英语六级单词)


• impossibility [impɔsi´biliti] n.不可能办到的事 (英语六级单词)


• anonymous [ə´nɔniməs] a.不具名的；匿名的 (英语六级单词)