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 faz em algum lugar uma distinção bela e justa entre "amar por conveniência" e "amar com amor pessoal".
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.
Essa distinção se aplica a livros tanto quanto a homens e mulheres; e no caso dos autores não muito numerosos que são objetos do afeto pessoal, ela traz consigo uma curiosa consequência.
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.
Há muito mais divergência quanto às suas melhores obras do que no caso daqueles outros que são amados "por conveniência", por convenção, e porque se considera ser a coisa certa e adequada amá-los.
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.
E na seita — razoavelmente grande e ainda assim inusitadamente seleta — dos Austenianos ou Janitas, provavelmente seriam encontrados partidários da reivindicação de primazia de quase cada um dos romances.
Vocabulary
- faz
- Makes or does; third person singular of fazer
- em
- In, at, on; common Portuguese preposition
- algum
- Some, any; indefinite adjective indicating an unspecified amount
- lugar
- Place, location, spot
- uma
- A, an; feminine indefinite article
- distinção
- Distinction, difference, differentiation between things
- bela
- Beautiful, lovely; feminine adjective describing beauty
- e
- And; basic coordinating conjunction
- justa
- Fair, just, righteous; feminine adjective
- entre
- Between, among; preposition indicating position or relation
- amar
- To love; infinitive of the verb expressing affection
- por
- For, by, through; versatile Portuguese preposition
- conveniência
- Convenience, expediency; suitability or self-interest
- com
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or means
- amor
- Love; strong affection or deep emotional attachment
- pessoal
- Personal; relating to an individual person
- Essa
- That; feminine demonstrative pronoun or adjective
- se
- Reflexive pronoun or conditional conjunction meaning if
- aplica
- Applies; third person singular of aplicar
- a
- To, the; feminine article or preposition
- livros
- Books; plural noun for printed publications
- tanto
- As much, so much; indicates quantity or degree
- quanto
- As, as much as; used in comparisons
- homens
- Men; plural of homem, adult male persons
- mulheres
- Women; plural of mulher, adult female persons
- no
- In the; contraction of em + o
- caso
- Case, situation, instance
- dos
- Of the; contraction of de + os (masculine plural)
- autores
- Authors, writers; plural of autor
- não
- No, not; basic negation word
- muito
- Very, much, a lot; adverb or adjective of quantity
- numerosos
- Numerous, many; adjective describing large quantity
- que
- That, which, who; relative pronoun or conjunction
- são
- Are; third person plural of ser (to be)
- objetos
- Objects, subjects, targets of something
- do
- Of the; contraction of de + o (masculine singular)
- afeto
- Affection, fondness, emotional attachment to someone
- ela
- She, it; feminine third person singular pronoun
- traz
- Brings; third person singular of trazer
- consigo
- With itself, with oneself; reflexive pronoun phrase
- curiosa
- Curious, interesting, peculiar; feminine adjective
- consequência
- Consequence, result, outcome of an action
- Há
- There is, there are; existential form of haver
- mais
- More, most; comparative adverb or adjective
- divergência
- Divergence, disagreement, difference of opinion
- às
- To the; contraction of a + as (feminine plural)
- suas
- Their, his, her; feminine plural possessive pronoun
- melhores
- Best, better; plural superlative or comparative adjective
- obras
- Works, pieces; literary or artistic productions
- daqueles
- Of those; contraction of de + aqueles
- outros
- Others, other; masculine plural indefinite adjective
- amados
- Beloved, loved ones; plural past participle of amar
- convenção
- Convention, custom, established social norm
- porque
- Because; causal conjunction explaining a reason
- considera
- Considers, regards; third person singular of considerar
- ser
- To be; infinitive of fundamental Portuguese verb
- coisa
- Thing, matter, something; general noun
- certa
- Certain, right, correct; feminine adjective
- adequada
- Adequate, appropriate, suitable; feminine adjective
- amá-los
- To love them; infinitive with attached pronoun
- E
- And; coordinating conjunction connecting clauses
- na
- In the; contraction of em + a (feminine singular)
- seita
- Sect, group sharing specific beliefs or tastes
- razoavelmente
- Reasonably, fairly; adverb indicating moderate degree
- grande
- Large, great, big; adjective of size or importance
- ainda
- Still, yet, even; adverb indicating continuation
- assim
- Thus, so, like this; adverb of manner
- inusitadamente
- Unusually, remarkably; adverb indicating uncommon degree
- seleta
- Select, elite, chosen; feminine adjective of exclusivity
- ou
- Or; disjunctive coordinating conjunction
- provavelmente
- Probably, likely; adverb expressing probability
- seriam
- Would be; conditional tense of ser (third plural)
- encontrados
- Found, encountered; plural past participle of encontrar
- partidários
- Supporters, partisans, advocates of a cause
- da
- Of the; contraction of de + a (feminine singular)
- reivindicação
- Claim, demand, assertion of a right
- de
- Of, from; fundamental Portuguese preposition
- primazia
- Primacy, supremacy, top position among others
- quase
- Almost, nearly; adverb of approximation
- cada
- Each, every; distributive adjective
- um
- One, a; masculine indefinite article or numeral
- romances
- Novels, romances; plural of romance (literary works)
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