Pride and Prejudice — Page 1
Walt Whitman has somewhere a fine and just distinction between "loving by allowance" and "loving with personal love."
Walt Whitman hace en algún lugar una distinción fina y justa entre "amar por concesión" y "amar con amor personal".
This distinction applies to books as well as to men and women; and in the case of the not very numerous authors who are the objects of the personal affection, it brings a curious consequence with it.
Esta distinción se aplica a los libros tanto como a los hombres y las mujeres; y en el caso de los autores no muy numerosos que son objeto del afecto personal, trae consigo una curiosa consecuencia.
There is much more difference as to their best work than in the case of those others who are loved "by allowance" by convention, and because it is felt to be the right and proper thing to love them.
Hay mucha más diferencia en cuanto a su mejor obra que en el caso de aquellos otros a quienes se ama "por concesión", por convención, y porque se considera que es lo correcto y apropiado amarlos.
And in the sect--fairly large and yet unusually choice--of Austenians or Janites, there would probably be found partisans of the claim to primacy of almost every one of the novels.
Y en la secta —bastante numerosa y sin embargo extraordinariamente selecta— de los austenianos o janítas, probablemente se encontrarían partidarios de la reivindicación de la primacía de casi cada una de las novelas.
Vocabulary
- hace
- Makes or does; also used in time expressions
- en
- In, on, or at; common preposition
- algún
- Some, any; indefinite adjective before masculine noun
- lugar
- A place, location, or spot
- una
- A, an; feminine indefinite article
- distinción
- A distinction, difference, or differentiation between things
- fina
- Fine, subtle, or delicate in quality
- y
- And; basic coordinating conjunction
- justa
- Just, fair, or accurate in judgment
- entre
- Between or among two or more things
- amar
- To love someone or something deeply
- por
- For, by, through; versatile preposition
- concesión
- A concession, grant, or act of conceding
- con
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or means
- amor
- Love; deep affection for someone or something
- personal
- Personal, individual, relating to a specific person
- Esta
- This; feminine demonstrative pronoun or adjective
- se
- Reflexive pronoun used with reflexive or passive verbs
- aplica
- Applies, is relevant to a situation or thing
- a
- To, at; common preposition in Spanish
- los
- The; masculine plural definite article
- libros
- Books; written or printed literary works
- tanto
- As much, so much; used in comparisons
- como
- As, like, how; used in comparisons
- hombres
- Men; adult male human beings
- las
- The; feminine plural definite article
- mujeres
- Women; adult female human beings
- el
- The; masculine singular definite article
- caso
- Case, instance, or situation under consideration
- de
- Of, from; very common Spanish preposition
- autores
- Authors, writers of literary or artistic works
- no
- No, not; basic negation word
- muy
- Very; adverb intensifying adjectives or adverbs
- numerosos
- Numerous, many in number or quantity
- que
- That, which, who; relative pronoun or conjunction
- son
- Are; third person plural of verb ser
- objeto
- Object, subject, or target of something
- del
- Of the; contraction of de and el
- afecto
- Affection, fondness, warm feeling toward someone
- trae
- Brings; third person singular of traer
- consigo
- With itself, with oneself; reflexive prepositional phrase
- curiosa
- Curious, strange, or interesting in an unusual way
- consecuencia
- Consequence, result, or outcome of an action
- Hay
- There is, there are; impersonal form of haber
- mucha
- Much, a lot of; feminine singular quantifier
- más
- More; comparative adverb or adjective
- diferencia
- Difference, distinction between two or more things
- cuanto
- How much, as much as; relative quantifier
- su
- His, her, its, your, their; possessive adjective
- mejor
- Better, best; comparative or superlative adjective
- obra
- Work, literary or artistic creation or output
- aquellos
- Those; masculine plural demonstrative pronoun or adjective
- otros
- Others, other ones; masculine plural pronoun
- quienes
- Who, whom; relative pronoun referring to people
- ama
- Loves; third person singular of amar
- convención
- Convention, custom, or accepted social norm
- porque
- Because; causal conjunction explaining a reason
- considera
- Considers, thinks, or regards something a certain way
- es
- Is; third person singular of ser
- lo
- It, the; neuter article or direct object pronoun
- correcto
- Correct, right, appropriate in a given context
- apropiado
- Appropriate, suitable, fitting for a situation
- amarlos
- To love them; infinitive amar with clitic pronoun
- la
- The; feminine singular definite article
- secta
- Sect, group sharing particular beliefs or devotion
- bastante
- Quite, fairly, enough; adverb of degree
- numerosa
- Numerous, large in number; feminine adjective
- sin
- Without; preposition indicating absence or lack
- embargo
- Embargo; used in sin embargo meaning nevertheless
- extraordinariamente
- Extraordinarily, exceptionally, to an extreme degree
- selecta
- Select, elite, chosen for high quality
- probablemente
- Probably, likely; adverb expressing probability
- encontrarían
- Would find; conditional tense of encontrar
- partidarios
- Supporters, advocates, or partisans of a cause
- reivindicación
- Claim, vindication, or assertion of a right
- primacía
- Primacy, supremacy, or first place in importance
- casi
- Almost, nearly; adverb of approximation
- cada
- Each, every; distributive adjective
- novelas
- Novels; long fictional prose literary works
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