On second thought I do like to brag 'Cause I'm mighty proud of That Ragged Old Flag."

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Frost says at the time that he's publishing A Boy's Will, to a friend: You mustn't take me too seriously if I now proceed to brag a bit about my exploits as a poet.

他在发表第一本书时对一个朋友说：,不要对我太认真,如果我现在吹嘘自己已是一位诗人。

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Again, not themselves out there with the goats and the sheep, but they are referred to as having these herds and having to cope with them. Another very popular, I would say the most popular activity among the kings, was piracy. That's what they brag about.

并不是他们自己牧羊,他们监督放牧,管理它们,还有个非常时髦的运动,我可以说是在国王们中最流行的,那就是抢劫,他们却引以为傲

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