Pride and Prejudice — Page 7
A man in the early eighteenth century, of course, could push this taste further than a lady in the early nineteenth; and no doubt Miss Austen's principles, as well as her heart, would have shrunk from such things as the letter from the unfortunate husband in the_ Spectator, _who describes, with all the gusto and all the innocence in the world, how his wife and his friend induce him to play at blind-man's-buff.
Um homem no início do século XVIII, é claro, poderia levar esse gosto mais longe do que uma senhora no início do século XIX; e sem dúvida os princípios de Miss Austen, assim como o seu coração, teriam se afastado de coisas como a carta do infeliz marido no Spectator, que descreve, com todo o entusiasmo e toda a inocência do mundo, como sua esposa e seu amigo o induzem a jogar cabra-cega.
But another_ Spectator _letter--that of the damsel of fourteen who wishes to marry Mr. Shapely, and assures her selected Mentor that "he admires your_ Spectators _mightily"--might have been written by a rather more ladylike and intelligent Lydia Bennet in the days of Lydia's great-grandmother;
Mas outra carta do Spectator — a da donzela de catorze anos que deseja casar-se com o Sr. Shapely, e assegura ao seu escolhido Mentor que "ele admira imensamente os seus Spectators" — poderia ter sido escrita por uma Lydia Bennet um tanto mais refinada e inteligente nos dias da bisavó de Lydia;
while, on the other hand, some (I think unreasonably) have found "cynicism" in touches of Miss Austen's own, such as her satire of Mrs. Musgrove's self-deceiving regrets over her son.
enquanto, por outro lado, alguns (penso que sem razão) encontraram "cinismo" em traços da própria Miss Austen, como a sua sátira dos arrependimentos ilusórios da Sra. Musgrove em relação ao seu filho.
But this word "cynical" is one of the most misused in the English language, especially when, by a glaring and gratuitous falsification of its original sense, it is applied, not to rough and snarling invective, but to gentle and oblique satire.
Mas esta palavra "cínico" é uma das mais mal utilizadas na língua inglesa, especialmente quando, por uma flagrante e gratuita falsificação do seu sentido original, é aplicada, não a uma invectiva grosseira e raivosa, mas a uma sátira suave e oblíqua.
Vocabulary
- Um
- Indefinite article; one
- homem
- Man; adult male person
- no
- Contraction of 'em' and 'o'; in the
- início
- Beginning; start; commencement
- do
- Contraction of 'de' and 'o'; of the
- século
- Century; period of one hundred years
- claro
- Clear; bright; obvious or evident
- poderia
- Could; conditional form of poder
- levar
- To carry; to take; to wear
- esse
- That; demonstrative pronoun
- gosto
- Taste; preference; liking for something
- mais
- More; additional; greater in quantity
- longe
- Far; distant; at great distance
- que
- That; which; comparative particle
- uma
- Indefinite article feminine; one
- senhora
- Lady; woman; Mrs or madam
- sem
- Without; lacking; deprived of
- dúvida
- Doubt; uncertainty; lack of certainty
- os
- The; definite article masculine plural
- princípios
- Principles; fundamental rules or beliefs
- de
- Of; from; belonging to
- Miss
- Miss; unmarried woman or girl
- assim
- Thus; so; in this way
- como
- As; like; how; in what way
- seu
- His; her; its; your possessive
- coração
- Heart; center of emotions and feelings
- teriam
- Would have; conditional form of ter
- se
- If; reflexive pronoun; conditional marker
- afastado
- Moved away; distanced; separated
- coisas
- Things; objects; matters or affairs
- carta
- Letter; written message; playing card
- infeliz
- Unhappy; unfortunate; sad or wretched
- marido
- Husband; married man; spouse
- Spectator
- Spectator; observer; publication name
- descreve
- Describes; narrates; depicts or portrays
- com
- With; accompanied by; in company
- todo
- All; every; entire or whole
- entusiasmo
- Enthusiasm; keen interest; eager excitement
- toda
- All; entire; every feminine
- inocência
- Innocence; naivety; purity or guiltlessness
- mundo
- World; earth; people or society
- sua
- His; her; your possessive feminine
- esposa
- Wife; married woman; spouse
- amigo
- Friend; companion; friendly person
- induzem
- Induce; lead; persuade or incite
- jogar
- To play; to throw; to gamble
- Mas
- But; yet; however
- outra
- Another; other feminine; different one
- catorze
- Fourteen; number between thirteen and fifteen
- anos
- Years; plural of year
- deseja
- Wishes; desires; wants or yearns
- casar-se
- To marry; to get married
- Sr
- Mr.; abbreviation for senhor
- assegura
- Assures; guarantees; affirms or secures
- ao
- To the; to a masculine
- escolhido
- Chosen; selected; picked or elected
- Mentor
- Mentor; guide; advisor or teacher
- ele
- He; him; that man
- admira
- Admires; wonders at; regards with admiration
- imensamente
- Immensely; greatly; to great extent
- ter
- To have; to possess; to hold
- sido
- Been; past participle of ser
- escrita
- Written; composed; authored feminine
- por
- By; through; for or during
- tanto
- So much; as much; to such extent
- refinada
- Refined; elegant; sophisticated feminine
- inteligente
- Intelligent; clever; smart or bright
- nos
- Us; to us; in us
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