This was an estimate of the number of words a six-year-old should be able to read.

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You can read Jeremiah and Isaiah and some of the great Old Testament prophets in some ways as defenders of slavery.

你可以读一读耶利米书和以赛亚书,在《旧约》中,还有些在某些方面,作为奴隶制拥护者的的伟大先知们的著作

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Well enough, I guess, of that; although if you want to understand the optimism of that time just dip into Leaves of Grass, read Whitman's Old Pioneers.

我猜这足以驱使他写出这样的作品,但如果你想了解那个时代的乐观主义,只需去翻阅《草叶集》,读读惠特曼的《啊,拓荒者》吧

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They read The Wise Old Woman.

他们还阅读了《智慧的老奶奶》

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He didn't even begin to fulfill what we can think of as his epic promise until he was nearly fifty years old, until he had actually lost the use of his eyes, until he could no longer read, and until he could no longer use a pen to write.

但真正开始实行他要写史诗的愿望的时候,弥尔顿已经将近50岁了，那是他已经几乎,丧失了视力，不能再读书，不能执笔写作。

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