After a while, he became aware that he could smell his hands burning.

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Voltaire went and hung out with Frederick the Great, and after a while he said, "Let me out of here."

伏尔泰曾经与腓特烈大帝来往,过了不久他便说,"我要离开"

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However, after a while,he comes to be too satisfied, too comfortable with his own brilliance and when another threat comes to the city,he is confident that he can solve the problem again for his people.

但是此后,他过于满足于,他自己的智谋,以至于他坚信能为他的人民,化解新的威胁

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