It is precisely this inverted snobbery that has hindered Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits from gaining the critical attention it deserves.

正是这种反势利感阻碍了伊莎贝尔·阿连德的《幽灵之家》获得应有的批评关注。

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Beauty speaks to their spirits through the senses; but Tolstoy would have your house barren to the verge of hardship.

美，经过人们的感官提悦他们的精神，可是，托尔斯泰要让你的房子简陋至困苦的边缘。

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I recovered spirits sufficient to hear Joseph's eternal lectures without weeping, and to move up and down the house less with the foot of a frightened thief than formerly.

我恢复了精力，可以去听约瑟夫的没完没了的说教而不哭泣了，而且也可以不像以前那样跟惊恐的小偷似的蹑手蹑脚地在屋里走动。

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For Ian Hart, the co-founder of Sacred Spirits Company, which operates out of a north London house in the well-heeled suburb of Highgate, gin-making came about almost by accident.

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