thousand like them, impressed themselves upon her eager consciousness! And how

she flew to her journal to note them down! The news of the Duke's death! What



a moment--when, as she sat sketching after a picnic by a loch in the lonely

hills, Lord Derby's letter had been brought to her, and she had learnt that



"ENGLAND'S, or rather BRITAIN'S pride, her glory, her hero, the greatest man

she had ever produced, was no morel." For such were here reflections upon the



"old rebel" of former days. But that past had been utterly obliterated--no

faintest memory of it remained. For years she had looked up to the Duke as a



figure almost superhuman. Had he not been a supporter of good Sir Robert? Had

he not asked Albert to succeed him as commander-in-chief? And what a proud



moment it had been when he stood as sponsor to her son Arthur, who was born on

his eighty-first birthday! So now she filled a whole page of her diary with



panegyrical regrets. "His position was the highest a subject ever had--above

party--looked up to by all--revered by the whole nation--the friend of the



Sovereign... The Crown never possessed--and I fear never WILL--so DEVOTED,

loyal, and faithful a subject, so staunch a supporter! To US his loss is



IRREPARABLE... To Albert he showed the greatest kindness and the utmost

confidence... Not an eye will be dry in the whole country." These were serious



thoughts; but they were soon succeeded by others hardly less moving--by events

as impossible to forget--by Mr. MacLeod's sermon on Nicodemus--by the gift of



a red flannelpetticoat to Mrs. P. Farquharson, and another to old Kitty Kear.

But, without doubt, most memorable, most delightful of all were the



expeditions--the rare, exciting expeditions up distant mountains, across broad

rivers, through strange country, and lasting several days. With only two



gillies--Grant and Brown--for servants, and with assumed names. It was more

like something in a story than real life. "We had decided to call ourselves



LORD AND LADY CHURCHILL AND AND PARTY--Lady Churchill passing as MISS SPENCER

and General Grey as DR. GREY! Brown once forgot this and called me 'Your



Majesty' as I was getting into the carriage, and Grant on the box once called

Albert 'Your Royal Highness,' which set us off laughing, but no one observed



it." Strong, vigorous, enthusiastic, bringing, so it seemed, good fortune with

her--the Highlanders declared she had "a lucky foot"--she relished



everything--the scrambles and the views and the contretemps and the rough inns

with their coarse fare and Brown and Grant waiting at table. She could have



gone on for ever and ever, absolutely happy with Albert beside her and Brown

at her pony's head. But the time came for turning homewards, alas! the time



came for going back to England. She could hardly bear it; she sat disconsolate

in her room and watched the snow falling. The last day! Oh! If only she could



be snowed up!

III



The Crimean War brought new experiences, and most of them were pleasant ones.

It was pleasant to be patriotic and pugnacious, to look out appropriate



prayers to be read in the churches, to have news of glorious victories, and to

know oneself, more proudly than ever, the representative of England. With that



spontaneity of feeling which was so peculiarly her own, Victoria poured out

her emotion, her admiration, her pity, her love, upon her "dear soldiers."



When she gave them their medals her exultation knew no bounds. "Noble

fellows!" she wrote to the King of the Belgians, "I own I feel as if these



were MY OWN CHILDREN; my heart beats for THEM as for my NEAREST and DEAREST.

They were so touched, so pleased; many, I hear, cried--and they won't hear of



giving up their medals to have their names engraved upon them for fear they

should not receive the IDENTICAL ONE put into THEIR HANDS BY ME, which is



quite touching. Several came by in a sadly mutilated state." She and they were

• capable [´keipəbəl] a.有能力；能干的 (初中英语单词)


• agricultural [ægri´kʌltʃər(ə)l] a.农业的 (初中英语单词)


• scheme [ski:m] n.计划；阴谋，诡计 (初中英语单词)


• previous [´pri:viəs] a.先，前，以前的 (初中英语单词)


• invention [in´venʃən] n.创造；发明；虚构 (初中英语单词)


• plunge [plʌndʒ] v.插进 n.投入；冲击 (初中英语单词)


• prince [´prins] n.王子；亲王；君主 (初中英语单词)


• princess [,prin´ses] n.公主；王妃；亲王夫人 (初中英语单词)


• assist [ə´sist] v.协助；援助；搀扶 (初中英语单词)


• mingle [´miŋgəl] v.(使)混合；交往 (初中英语单词)


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


• tremendous [tri´mendəs] a.可怕的；巨大的 (初中英语单词)


• physical [´fizikəl] a.物质的；有形的 (初中英语单词)


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


• intelligent [in´telidʒənt] a.聪明的；理智的 (初中英语单词)


• obvious [´ɔbviəs] a.明显的；显而易见的 (初中英语单词)


• instruction [in´strʌkʃən] n.教育；训练；指导 (初中英语单词)


• pressure [´preʃə] n.压榨 vt.对…施压力 (初中英语单词)


• accordingly [ə´kɔ:diŋli] ad.因此；从而；依照 (初中英语单词)


• elaborate [i´læbərət, -reit] a.精心设计的 (初中英语单词)


• essential [i´senʃəl] a.必需的 n.要素，要点 (初中英语单词)


• constant [´kɔnstənt] a.坚定的；坚贞的 (初中英语单词)


• reference [´refərəns] n.参考；参照；出处 (初中英语单词)


• possibility [,pɔsə´biliti] n.可能(性)；希望；前途 (初中英语单词)


• occasionally [ə´keiʒənəli] ad.偶然地；非经常地 (初中英语单词)


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


• amusement [ə´mju:zmənt] n.娱乐；文娱设施 (初中英语单词)


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


• feeble [´fi:bəl] a.虚弱的，无力的 (初中英语单词)


• domestic [də´mestik] a.家庭的；本国的 (初中英语单词)


• holiday [´hɔlidi] n.假日，假期，节日 (初中英语单词)


• passion [´pæʃən] n.激情；激怒；恋爱 (初中英语单词)


• journal [´dʒə:nəl] n.日记；日报；杂志 (初中英语单词)


• frequent [´fri:kwənt] a.常见的，频繁的 (初中英语单词)


• romantic [rəu´mæntik] a.传奇(式)的；浪漫的 (初中英语单词)


• delightful [di´laitful] a.讨人喜欢的 (初中英语单词)


• cheerful [´tʃiəful] a.快乐的；高兴的 (初中英语单词)


• intelligence [in´telidʒəns] n.智力；消息 (初中英语单词)


• instructive [in´strʌktiv] a.有益的 (初中英语单词)


• musical [´mju:zikəl] a.音乐的；悦耳的 (初中英语单词)


• luncheon [´lʌntʃ(ə)n] n.午餐，午宴 (初中英语单词)


• whenever [wen´evə] conj.&ad.无论何时 (初中英语单词)


• minister [´ministə] n.部长；大臣 v.伺候 (初中英语单词)


• sketch [sketʃ] n.素描；短剧 v.草拟 (初中英语单词)


• wooden [´wudn] a.木制的；呆板的 (初中英语单词)


• solemn [´sɔləm] a.严肃的；隆重的 (初中英语单词)


• ceremony [´seriməni] n.典礼；礼仪；客气 (初中英语单词)


• interior [in´tiəriə] n.&a.内部地(的) (初中英语单词)


• majesty [´mædʒisti] n.壮丽；崇高；尊严 (初中英语单词)


• paradise [´pærədais] n.天堂；乐园 (初中英语单词)


• creation [kri´eiʃən] n.创作；作品；创造 (初中英语单词)


• impress [im´pres, ´impres] v.铭刻 n.印记；特征 (初中英语单词)


• learnt [lə:nt] learn 的过去式(分词) (初中英语单词)


• faithful [´feiθfəl] a.忠实的；可靠的 (初中英语单词)


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


• coarse [kɔ:s] a.粗(糙)的；粗鲁的 (初中英语单词)


• waiting [´weitiŋ] n.等候；伺候 (初中英语单词)


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


• glorious [´glɔ:riəs] a.光荣的；辉煌的 (初中英语单词)


• proudly [´praudli] ad.骄傲地；傲慢地 (初中英语单词)


• emotion [i´məuʃən] n.感情；情绪；激动 (初中英语单词)


• admiration [,ædmə´reiʃən] n.赞赏，钦佩 (初中英语单词)


• apparently [ə´pærəntli] ad.显然，表面上地 (高中英语单词)


• appropriate [ə´prəupri-it, ə´prəuprieit] a.适宜的 vt.私占；拨给 (高中英语单词)


• unfortunately [ʌn´fɔ:tʃunitli] ad.不幸；不朽；可惜 (高中英语单词)


• inevitable [i´nevitəbəl] a.不可避免的 (高中英语单词)


• significance [sig´nifikəns] n.意义；重要性 (高中英语单词)


• particle [´pɑ:tikl] n.微粒；极小量 (高中英语单词)


• intellectual [,inti´lektʃuəl] n.知识分子 (高中英语单词)


• eldest [´eldist] a.最年长的 (高中英语单词)


• remedy [´remidi] n.药品 vt.医治；减轻 (高中英语单词)


• educational [,edju´keiʃənəl] a.教育(上)的 (高中英语单词)


• dealing [´di:liŋ] n.交易；来往 (高中英语单词)


• throne [θrəun] n.宝座；王位 (高中英语单词)


• precaution [pri´kɔ:ʃən] n.预防 vt.预先警告 (高中英语单词)


• positively [´pɔzətivli] ad.确实；断然；绝对 (高中英语单词)


• supervision [,su:pə´viʒən, ,sju:-] n.管理；监督 (高中英语单词)


• manhood [´mænhud] n.人格；男子气概 (高中英语单词)


• barrier [´bæriə] n.栅栏；屏障；障碍 (高中英语单词)


• astonishing [əs´tɔniʃiŋ] a.令人惊讶的 (高中英语单词)


• simplicity [sim´plisiti] n.简单；朴素 (高中英语单词)


• amusing [ə´mju:ziŋ] a.有趣的 (高中英语单词)


• granite [´grænit] n.花岗岩 (高中英语单词)


• scotch [skɔtʃ] vt.&n.刻痕(于)；划伤 (高中英语单词)


• surrounding [sə´raundiŋ] n.周围的事物 (高中英语单词)


• specially [´speʃəli] ad.专门地；特别地 (高中英语单词)


• innumerable [i´nju:mərəbəl] a.无数的，数不清的 (高中英语单词)


• highland [´hailənd] n.山地，高地 (高中英语单词)


• perfection [pə´fekʃən] n.完美；极致；熟练 (高中英语单词)


• significant [sig´nifikənt] a.重要的；意义重大的 (高中英语单词)


• intensity [in´tensiti] a.激烈；强度；深度 (高中英语单词)


• picnic [´piknik] n.郊游 vi.(去)野餐 (高中英语单词)


• sermon [´sə:mən] n.说教；训诫；讲道 (高中英语单词)


• memorable [´memərəbəl] a.难忘的；重大的 (高中英语单词)


• lasting [´lɑ:stiŋ] a.持久的；永远的 (高中英语单词)


• decided [di´saidid] a.明显的；决定的 (高中英语单词)


• vigorous [´vigərəs] a.精力旺盛的；健壮的 (高中英语单词)


• enthusiastic [inθju:zi´æstik] a.热情的，热心的 (高中英语单词)


• homewards [´həumwədz] ad.&a.回家(的) (高中英语单词)


• patriotic [,pætri´ɔtik] a.爱国的 (高中英语单词)


• identical [ai´dentikəl] a.完全相同的 (高中英语单词)


• conversion [kən´və:ʃən] n.转化；变换；皈依 (英语四级单词)


• upwards [´ʌpwədz] ad.=upward (英语四级单词)


• irrigation [,iri´geiʃən] n.灌溉；水利 (英语四级单词)


• ardour [´ɑ:də] n.热心，热情 (英语四级单词)


• vigorously [´vigərəsli] ad.精力旺盛地；健壮地 (英语四级单词)


• profoundly [prə´faundli] ad.深深地 (英语四级单词)


• precision [pri´siʒən] n.精密(度) a.精确的 (英语四级单词)


• conceivable [kən´si:vəbəl] a.可想象得出的 (英语四级单词)


• desirous [di´zaiərəs] a.渴望的；想往的 (英语四级单词)


• sanctuary [´sæŋktʃuəri] n.圣殿；寺院；避难所 (英语四级单词)


• privacy [´praivəsi, -pri] n.隐退；独处；秘密 (英语四级单词)


• touching [´tʌtʃiŋ] a.动人的 prep.提到 (英语四级单词)


• edifice [´edifis] n.大厦；(知识的)体系 (英语四级单词)


• ardent [´ɑ:dənt] a.热心的；热情洋溢的 (英语四级单词)


• radiance [´reidjəns] n.发光；光彩；辐射 (英语四级单词)


• hallowed [´hæləud] a.神圣的，崇高的 (英语四级单词)


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


• trivial [´triviəl] a.琐碎的；不重要的 (英语四级单词)


• supporter [sə´pɔ:tə] n.支持者，援助者 (英语四级单词)


• flannel [´flænl] n.法兰绒 (英语四级单词)


• petticoat [´petikəut] n.裙子 a.女性的 (英语四级单词)


• peculiarly [pi´kju:liəli] ad.特有地；古怪地 (英语四级单词)


• impracticable [im´præktikəbəl] a.不切实际的 (英语六级单词)


• applied [ə´plaid] a.实用的，应用的 (英语六级单词)


• ceaseless [´si:slis] a.不绝的，不停的 (英语六级单词)


• backwards [´bækwədz] ad.向后 a.向后的 (英语六级单词)


• vigilance [´vidʒiləns] n.警惕，警戒 (英语六级单词)


• perseverance [,pə:si´viərəns] n.毅力；坚持 (英语六级单词)


• inaccessible [,inæk´sesəbəl] a.达不到的，难接近的 (英语六级单词)


• holding [´həuldiŋ] n.保持，固定，存储 (英语六级单词)


• diminutive [di´minjutiv] a.非常小的；小型的 (英语六级单词)


• memorandum [,memə´rændəm] n.备忘录；记录 (英语六级单词)


• eternally [i:´tə:nli] ad.永久地；不朽地 (英语六级单词)


• sponsor [´spɔnsə] n.&vt.发起(人) (英语六级单词)


• exultation [egzʌl´teiʃən] n.欢腾，狂欢 (英语六级单词)