第 131 节
作者:套牢      更新:2021-02-20 15:35      字数:9322
  bullterrier; so much that he declined a dinner engagement in
  consequence; say on the death of his next favourite; a grayhound
  bitch'Rest her body; since I dare not say soul!'?  Where did he
  get that dare not?  Is it well that the daring of genius should be
  circumscribed by an unbelief so common…place as to be capable only
  of subscription?
  7 Amongst Ericson's papers I find the following sonnets; which
  belong to the mood here embodied:
  Oft; as I rest in quiet peace; am I
  Thrust out at sudden doors; and madly driven
  Through desert solitudes; and thunder…riven
  Black passages which have not any sky。
  The scourge is on me now; with all the cry
  Of ancient life that hath with murder striven。
  How many an anguish hath gone up to heaven!
  How many a hand in prayer been lifted high
  When the black fate came onward with the rush
  Of whirlwind; avalanche; or fiery spume!
  Even at my feet is cleft a shivering tomb
  Beneath the waves; or else with solemn hush
  The graveyard opens; and I feel a crush
  As if we were all huddled in one doom。
  Comes there; O Earth; no breathing time for thee?
  No pause upon thy many…chequered lands?
  Now resting on my bed with listless hands;
  I mourn thee resting not。  Continually
  Hear I the plashing borders of the sea
  Answer each other from the rocks and sands。
  Troop all the rivers seawards; nothing stands;
  But with strange noises hasteth terribly。
  Loam…eared hyenas go a moaning by。
  Howls to each other all the bloody crew
  Of Afric's tigers。  But; O men; from you
  Comes this perpetual sound more loud and high
  Than aught that vexes air。  I hear the cry
  Of infant generations rising too。
  8 This sonnet and the preceding are both one line deficient。
  9 To these two sonnets Falconer had appended this note。
  'Something I wrote to Ericson concerning these; during my first
  college vacation; produced a reply of which the following is a
  passage: 〃On writing the first I was not aware that James and John
  were the Sons of Thunder。  For a time it did indeed grieve me to
  think of the spiritual…minded John as otherwise than a still and
  passionless lover of Christ。〃'
  Word;Definition;Notes
  a';all; every;also have
  a' gait;everywhere;
  a' thing;everything; anything;
  abeelity;ability;
  abettin';abetting;
  a'body;everyone; everybody;
  aboon;above; up; over;
  aboord;aboard;
  aboot;about;
  aboot it an' aboot it;all about;
  abune;above; up; over;
  accep's;accepts;
  accoont;account;
  accoonts;accounts;
  accordin';according;
  acquant;acquainted;
  a'…creatin';all…creating;
  ae;one;
  aff;off; away; past; beyond;
  aff…gang;outlet;
  afflickit;afflicted;
  affoord;afford;
  affront;affront; disgrace; shame;
  affrontet;affronted; disgraced;also ashamed; shamed
  afit;afoot; on foot;
  afore;before; in front of;
  aforehan';beforehand;
  aften;often;
  aftener;more often;
  agen;against;
  aheid;ahead;
  ahin';behind; after; at the back of;
  ahint;behind; after; at the back of;
  aiblins;perhaps; possibly;
  aidin';aiding;
  ailin';ailing; sick;
  ain;own;also one
  airin';airing;
  airm;arm;
  airm…cheir;armchair;
  airms;arms;also coat of arms; crest
  airmy;army;
  airth;earth;
  aise;ashes;
  ait;eat;
  aither;either;
  aiths;oaths;
  aitin';eating;
  aits;oats;
  alane;alone;
  alang;along;
  Algerine;Algerian;
  alloo;allow;
  allooed;allowed;
  Almichty;Almighty; God;
  amaist;almost;
  amang;among; in; together with;
  amen's;amends;
  amo';among;
  amuntit;amounted;
  an';and;
  ance;once;
  ane;one;also a single person or thing
  aneath;beneath; under;
  anent;opposite to; in front of;also concerning
  Anerew;Andrew;
  anes;ones;
  angert;angered; angry;also grieved
  anither;another;
  answerin';answering;
  answert;answered;
  a'ready;already;
  aricht;aright;
  aside;beside;also aside
  aspirin';aspiring;
  astarn;astern;
  'at;that;
  ate;hate;also eat
  a'thegither;all together;
  a'thing;everything; anything;
  'at's;that is; that has;
  attreebuted;attributed;
  atweel;indeed; truely; of course;
  atween;between;
  aucht;eight; eighth;also ought; own; possess
  aul';old;
  auld;old;
  aulder;older;
  aumrie;cupboard; pantry; store…closet;
  aumry;cupboard; pantry; store…closet;
  a'…uphaudin';all…upholding; all…supporting;
  ava;at all; of all;exclamation of banter; ridicule
  awa;away; distant;also off; go away
  awa';away; distant;also off; go away
  awaur;aware;
  Awbrahawm;Abraham;
  aweel;ah well; well then; well;
  awfu';awful;
  awpron;apron;
  ay;yes; indeed;exclamation of surprise; wonder
  aye;yes; indeed;
  ayont;beyond; after;
  bade;did bide;
  badena;did not bide;
  bagonet;bayonet;
  bailey;civic dignitary; magistrate;
  bairn;child;
  bairnie;little child;diminutive
  bairns;children;
  baith;both;
  bakehoose;bakery;
  baneless;insipid; without pith;
  banes;bones;
  barfut;barefoot;
  barrin';barring;
  barrowfu';wheelbarrow full;
  baubee;halfpenny;
  baubees;halfpennies;
  bauchles;old pair of shoes;also shoes down at the heel
  baukie;bat;
  beggit;begged;
  beginnin';beginning;
  begud;began;
  behaud;withhold; wait; delay;also behold
  behavin';behaving;
  bein';being;
  beir;bear;
  beirer;bearer;
  beirs;bears;
  bejan;first year's student;at a Scottish university
  belangs;belongs;
  believin';believing;
  ben' leather;thick leather for soling boots/shoes;
  bena;be not; is not;
  bend…leather;thick leather for soling boots/shoes;
  benn;in; inside; into; within; inwards;also inner room
  benn the hoose;in/into the parlour;best room of the house
  beowty;beauty;
  beuks;books;
  beyon';beyond;
  bide;endure; bear; remain; live;also desire; wish
  bides;endures; bears; remains; lives;also stays for
  biggit;built;
  bilin';boiling;also the whole quantity
  bin';bind;
  binna;be not;
  birse;bristle; hair; plume of hair;
  bit;but; bit;also small; littlediminutive
  bitch;;term of contempt usually applied to a man
  bitin';biting;
  bittie;little bit;diminutive
  bittock;a little bit; a short distance;
  blaeberries;blueberries;
  blastit;blasted;
  blate;over…modest; bashful; shy;
  blaud;spoil; injure; soil;
  blaudit;spoiled; injured; soiled;
  blaw;blow;
  blecks;nonplusses; perplexes; beats;
  blessin';blessing;
  blether;talk nonsense; babble; boast;
  bletherin';talking nonsense; babbling; boasting;
  blethers;talks nonsense; babbles; boasts;nonsense; foolish talk
  blin';blind;
  blink;take a hasty glance; ogle;also shine; gleam; twinkle; glimmer
  blinner;blinder;
  blude;blood;
  bluidy;bloody;
  boasom;bosom;
  boatles;bottles;
  boddom;bottom;
  body;person; fellow;also body
  boglet;bamboozled; terrified;
  bonnet;man's cap;
  bonnetfu';bonnetful; capful;
  bonnets;man's caps;
  bonnie;good; beautiful; pretty; handsome;
  bonniest;best; most beautiful; prettiest;also considerable
  bonny;good; beautiful; pretty; handsome;
  boodie;ghost; hobgoblin;
  booin';bowing;
  bools;marbles;
  boon';bound;
  boord;board (i。e。 room and board);
  bothie;cottage in common for farm…servants;
  boucht;bought;
  bourach;heap; cluster; mound;
  bowat;stable…lantern;
  bowie;small barrel or cask;
  boxie;little box;diminutive
  brae;hill; hillside; high ground by a river;
  braid;broad; having a strong accent;
  brak;break;
  brakfast;breakfast;
  brat;child;term of contempt
  braw;beautiful; good; fine;also lovely (girl); handsome (boy)
  brawly;admirably; very; very much; well;
  breedth;breadth;
  breeks;breeches; trousers;
  breid;bread;
  breist;breast;
  breists;breasts;
  breith;breath;
  breme…bush;broom…bush;also simpleton
  brewin';brewing;
  brig;bridge;
  brither;brother;
  brithers;brothers; fellows;
  brithren;brethren; brothers;
  brocht;brought;
  broo;brow; eyebrow;
  broucht;brought;
  browst;brewage; booze;also the consequences of one's own acts
  bruik;broke;
  brunt;burned;
  bude;would prefer to; behoved;also must; had to
  budena;must not; could not; might not;
  buff;nonsense;
  buik;book;also Bible
  buiks;books;
  bund;bound;
  burd alane;quite alone;also the only surviving child of a family
  burn;water; stream; brook;
  burnin';burning;
  burnside;along the side of a stream;
  buss;bush; shrub; thicket;
  butes;boots;
  butt;main room in a croft; outside;includes kitchen and storage
  butt the hoose;into the house; into the kitchen;
  by ordinar;out of the ordinary; supernatural;also unusual
  by ordinar';out of the ordinary; supernatural;also unusual
  by…ordinar;out of the ordinary; supernatural;also unusual
  byous;exceedingly; extraordinary; very;
  ca;drive; impel; hammer;
  ca';call; name;
  ca'd;called;
  cadger;carrier; pedlar;
  ca'in';calling;
  cairds;cards;
  cairriage;carriage;
  cairriet;carried;
  cairry;carry;
  cairryin';carrying;
  calfie;little calf;diminutive
  callant;stripling; lad;term of affection
  cam;came;
  cam';came;
  camna;did not come;
  camstairie;unmanageable; wild; obstinate;
  camstairy;unmanageable; wild; obstinate;
  cam