knowing I should meet with a friend in his apartment, who, I

trusted, would do it for me: - it is my countryman, the great



Shakespeare, said I, pointing to his works - et ayez la boute, mon

cher ami, apostrophizing his spirit, added I, de me faire cet



honneur-le. -

The Count smiled at the singularity of the introduction; and seeing



I look'd a little pale and sickly, insisted upon my taking an arm-

chair; so I sat down; and to save him conjectures upon a visit so



out of all rule, I told him simply of the incident in the

bookseller's shop, and how that had impelled me rather to go to him



with the story of a little embarrassment I was under, than to any

other man in France. - And what is your embarrassment? let me hear



it, said the Count. So I told him the story just as I have told it

the reader.



- And the master of my hotel, said I, as I concluded it, will needs

have it, Monsieur le Count, that I shall be sent to the Bastile; -



but I have no apprehensions, continued I; - for, in falling into

the hands of the most polish'd people in the world, and being



conscious I was a true man, and not come to spy the nakedness of

the land, I scarce thought I lay at their mercy. - It does not suit



the gallantry of the French, Monsieur le Count, said I, to show it

against invalids.



An animated blush came into the Count de B-'s cheeks as I spoke

this. - Ne craignez rien - Don't fear, said he. - Indeed, I don't,



replied I again. - Besides, continued I, a little sportingly, I

have come laughing all the way from London to Paris, and I do not



think Monsieur le Duc de Choiseul is such an enemy to mirth as to

send me back crying for my pains.



- My application to you, Monsieur le Count de B- (making him a low

bow), is to desire he will not.



The Count heard me with great good nature, or I had not said half

as much, - and once or twice said, - C'est bien dit. So I rested



my cause there - and determined to say no more about it.

The Count led the discourse: we talk'd of indifferent things, - of



books, and politics, and men; - and then of women. - God bless them

all! said I, after much discourse about them - there is not a man



upon earth who loves them so much as I do: after all the foibles I

have seen, and all the satires I have read against them, still I



love them; being firmly persuaded that a man, who has not a sort of

affection" target="_blank" title="n.友爱；慈爱">affection for the whole sex, is incapable of ever loving a single



one as he ought.

Eh bien! Monsieur l'Anglois, said the Count, gaily; - you are not



come to spy the nakedness of the land; - I believe you; - ni

encore, I dare say, THAT of our women! - But permit me to



conjecture, - if, par hazard, they fell into your way, that the

prospect would not affect you.



I have something within me which cannot bear the shock of the least

indecent insinuation: in the sportability of chit-chat I have often



endeavoured to conquer it, and with infinite pain have hazarded a

thousand things to a dozen of the sex together, - the least of



which I could not venture to a single one to gain heaven.

Excuse me, Monsieur le Count, said I; - as for the nakedness of



your land, if I saw it, I should cast my eyes over it with tears in

them; - and for that of your women (blushing at the idea he had



excited in me) I am so evangelical in this, and have such a fellow-

feeling for whatever is weak about them, that I would cover it with



a garment if I knew how to throw it on: - But I could wish,

continued I, to spy the nakedness of their hearts, and through the



different disguises of customs, climates, and religion, find out

what is good in them to fashion my own by: - and therefore am I



come.

It is for this reason, Monsieur le Count, continued I, that I have



not seen the Palais Royal, - nor the Luxembourg, - nor the Facade

of the Louvre, - nor have attempted to swell the catalogues we have



of pictures, statues, and churches. - I conceive every fair being

as a temple, and would rather enter in, and see the original



drawings and loose sketches hung up in it, than the Transfiguration

of Raphael itself.



The thirst of this, continued I, as impatient as that which

inflames the breast of the connoisseur, has led me from my own home



into France, - and from France will lead me through Italy; - 'tis a

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


• govern [´gʌvən] v.统治；控制；指导 (初中英语单词)


• standing [´stændiŋ] n.持续 a.直立的 (初中英语单词)


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


• reverse [ri´və:s] v.颠倒；(使)反向 (初中英语单词)


• appetite [´æpitait] n.欲望；食欲 (初中英语单词)


• regiment [´redʒimənt] n.团；一大群 (初中英语单词)


• generous [´dʒenərəs] a.慷慨的；丰盛的 (初中英语单词)


• relieve [ri´li:v] v.救济，援救；减轻 (初中英语单词)


• reward [ri´wɔ:d] n.&v.报答；报酬；奖赏 (初中英语单词)


• everyone [´evriwʌn] pron.=everybody 每人 (初中英语单词)


• wicked [´wikid] a.邪恶的；不道德的 (初中英语单词)


• gallant [´gælənt, gə´lænt] a.英勇的；华丽的 (初中英语单词)


• reflect [ri´flekt] v.反射；反响；表达 (初中英语单词)


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


• poverty [´pɔvəti] n.贫穷(乏，瘠)；不足 (初中英语单词)


• preserve [pri´zə:v] v.保藏 n.保藏物 (初中英语单词)


• expensive [ik´spensiv] a.费钱的，昂贵的 (初中英语单词)


• economy [i´kɔnəmi] n.经济；机制；组织 (初中英语单词)


• resource [ri´zɔ:s] n.手段；智谋 (初中英语单词)


• province [´prɔvins] n.省；领域；范围 (初中英语单词)


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


• provision [prə´viʒən] n.供应；规定；条款 (初中英语单词)


• incident [´insidənt] n.小事件；事变 (初中英语单词)


• solemn [´sɔləm] a.严肃的；隆重的 (初中英语单词)


• extreme [ik´stri:m] a.尽头的 n.极端 (初中英语单词)


• beginning [bi´giniŋ] n.开始，开端；起源 (初中英语单词)


• passport [´pɑ:spɔ:t] n.护照；通行证；执照 (初中英语单词)


• monsieur [mə´sjə:] n.先生 (初中英语单词)


• conceive [kən´si:v] v.设想；表达；怀孕 (初中英语单词)


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


• introduction [,intrə´dʌkʃən] n.介绍；引言；引导 (初中英语单词)


• scarce [skeəs, skers] a.缺乏的；稀有的 (初中英语单词)


• application [,æpli´keiʃən] n.申请；申请书；应用 (初中英语单词)


• politics [´pɔlitiks] n.政治(学)；政治活动 (初中英语单词)


• firmly [´fə:mli] ad.坚固地，稳定地 (初中英语单词)


• affect [ə´fekt] vt.影响；感动；假装 (初中英语单词)


• conquer [´kɔŋkə] v.征服；克服；抑制 (初中英语单词)


• venture [´ventʃə] n.投机 v.冒险；敢于 (初中英语单词)


• whatever [wɔt´evə] pron.&a.无论什么 (初中英语单词)


• garment [´gɑ:mənt] n.衣服，外衣 (初中英语单词)


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


• temple [´tempəl] n.庙宇；寺院；太阳穴 (初中英语单词)


• thirst [θə:st] n.渴，口渴；渴望 (初中英语单词)


• seeing [si:iŋ] see的现在分词 n.视觉 (高中英语单词)


• phenomenon [fi´nɔminən] n.现象；奇迹；珍品 (高中英语单词)


• mistaken [mis´teikən] mistake的过去分词 (高中英语单词)


• gravity [´græviti] n.严肃；严重；重力 (高中英语单词)


• napkin [´næpkin] n.餐巾；手帕；尿布 (高中英语单词)


• esteem [i´sti:m] n.尊重 vt.认为；感到 (高中英语单词)


• misfortune [mis´fɔ:tʃən] n.不幸；灾祸 (高中英语单词)


• amongst [ə´mʌŋst] prep.其中之一 =among (高中英语单词)


• pension [´penʃən] n.津贴 vt.给予…抚恤 (高中英语单词)


• marquis [´mɑ:kwis] n.侯爵 (高中英语单词)


• eldest [´eldist] a.最年长的 (高中英语单词)


• countryman [´kʌntrimən] n.同胞(乡)，乡下人 (高中英语单词)


• discourse [´diskɔ:s] n.论文；演说；说教 (高中英语单词)


• indifferent [in´difrənt] a.不关心的；中立的 (高中英语单词)


• loving [´lʌviŋ] a.爱的，有爱情的 (高中英语单词)


• hazard [´hæzəd] n.危险 vt.冒…险 (高中英语单词)


• infinite [´infinit] a.无限的，无穷的 (高中英语单词)


• impatient [im´peiʃənt] a.不耐烦的，急躁的 (高中英语单词)


• superb [su:´pə:b, sju:-] a.宏伟的；极好的 (英语四级单词)


• assuredly [ə´ʃuəridli] ad.确实地；确信地 (英语四级单词)


• winning [´winiŋ] n.&a.胜利(的) (英语四级单词)


• providence [´prɔvidəns] n.天意，天命，上帝 (英语四级单词)


• modesty [´mɔdisti] n.谨慎；端庄；羞怯 (英语四级单词)


• integrity [in´tegriti] n.完整；完善；正直 (英语四级单词)


• firmness [´fə:mnis] n.坚定；坚硬；稳定 (英语四级单词)


• obscurity [əb´skjuəriti] n.暗(淡)；朦胧；含糊 (英语四级单词)


• trusty [´trʌsti] a.可靠的 n.可信任的 (英语四级单词)


• sentimental [,senti´mentl] a.感伤的；多愁善感的 (英语四级单词)


• tribunal [trai´bju:nəl] n.(特种)法庭，审判员 (英语四级单词)


• sickly [´sikli] a.多病的；病态的 (英语四级单词)


• embarrassment [im´bærəsmənt] n.窘迫；困惑；为难 (英语四级单词)


• incapable [in´keipəbəl] a.无能力的；不能的 (英语四级单词)


• damask [´dæməsk] n.锦缎 a.缎子的 (英语六级单词)


• taking [´teikiŋ] a.迷人的 n.捕获物 (英语六级单词)


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


• withhold [wið´həuld] v.不给；扣留；抑制 (英语六级单词)


• contracted [kən´træktid] a.收缩了的；缩略的 (英语六级单词)


• animated [´ænimeitid] a.栩栩如生的；活跃的 (英语六级单词)