相反，他们创造的烟花和盛大场面都是为了鼓励公众相信国王至高无上的权威。
Instead, the fireworks and the spectacle they created were all designed to encourage the public to believe in the supreme authority of the king.
最近《纽约客》上的一幅画像[注1]令人回想起了当时波士顿签署仪式上的盛大场面。
As a recent profile in the New Yorker recalls, the signing ceremony in Boston was pomp on stilts.
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