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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
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The narrator recalls his adolescence.
He is a writer for several papers.
His old friend Mr. Micawber was landlord of the narrator as child, went bankrupt twice.
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I received one morning by the post, the following letter, dated Canterbury, and addressed to me at Doctor's Commons; which I read with some surprise:
'MY DEAR SIR,
'Circumstances beyond my individual control have, for a considerable lapse of time, effected a severance of that intimacy which, in the limited opportunities conceded to me in the midst of my professional duties, of contemplating the scenes and events of the past, tinged by the prismatic hues of memory, has ever afforded me, as it ever must continue to afford, gratifying emotions of no common description. This fact, my dear sir, combined with the distinguished elevation to which your talents have raised you, deters me from presuming to aspire to the liberty of addressing the companion of my youth, by the familiar appellation of Copperfield! It is sufficient to know that the name to which I do myself the honour to refer, will ever be treasured among the muniments of our house (I allude to the archives connected with our former lodgers, preserved by Mrs. Micawber), with sentiments of personal esteem amounting to affection.
'It is not for one, situated, through his original errors and a fortuitous combination of unpropitious events, as is the foundered Bark (if he may be allowed to assume so maritime a denomination), who now takes up the pen to address you - it is not, I repeat, for one so circumstanced, to adopt the language of compliment, or of congratulation. That he leaves to abler and to purer hands.
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like to know if "intimacy" is the subject of "has ever afforded."
2. I'd like to know if the underlined fist "it" refers to "to aspire to the liberty of addressing the companion of my youth."
3. I'd like to know what "foundered Bark" means.
4. I'd like to know if the underlined second "it" refers to "to adopt~."
Thank you in advance for your help.
He is a writer for several papers.
His old friend Mr. Micawber was landlord of the narrator as child, went bankrupt twice.
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I received one morning by the post, the following letter, dated Canterbury, and addressed to me at Doctor's Commons; which I read with some surprise:
'MY DEAR SIR,
'Circumstances beyond my individual control have, for a considerable lapse of time, effected a severance of that intimacy which, in the limited opportunities conceded to me in the midst of my professional duties, of contemplating the scenes and events of the past, tinged by the prismatic hues of memory, has ever afforded me, as it ever must continue to afford, gratifying emotions of no common description. This fact, my dear sir, combined with the distinguished elevation to which your talents have raised you, deters me from presuming to aspire to the liberty of addressing the companion of my youth, by the familiar appellation of Copperfield! It is sufficient to know that the name to which I do myself the honour to refer, will ever be treasured among the muniments of our house (I allude to the archives connected with our former lodgers, preserved by Mrs. Micawber), with sentiments of personal esteem amounting to affection.
'It is not for one, situated, through his original errors and a fortuitous combination of unpropitious events, as is the foundered Bark (if he may be allowed to assume so maritime a denomination), who now takes up the pen to address you - it is not, I repeat, for one so circumstanced, to adopt the language of compliment, or of congratulation. That he leaves to abler and to purer hands.
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like to know if "intimacy" is the subject of "has ever afforded."
2. I'd like to know if the underlined fist "it" refers to "to aspire to the liberty of addressing the companion of my youth."
3. I'd like to know what "foundered Bark" means.
4. I'd like to know if the underlined second "it" refers to "to adopt~."
Thank you in advance for your help.
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park sang joon 1. " Yes. park sang joon 2.
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- I'd like to know what "foundered Bark" means.
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park sang joon1. I'd like to know if "intimacy" is the subject of "has ever afforded."Yes.
park sang joon2. I'd like to know if the underlined fist "it" refers to "to aspire to the liberty of addressing the companion of my youth."No; it has no real reference, as in 'it is not for me to say...'
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park sang joon2. I'd like to know if the underlined fist "it" refers to "to aspire to the liberty of addressing the companion of my youth."Just another quick comment on this one ... it is very similar to several other dummy/anticipatory "it"s that you have asked about recently. You could say that "it" refers in anticipation to "to adopt the language of compli
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Mister Micawberthe unfortunately failing BarkusMay I ask out of curiosity what "Barkus" refers to? Is it something in the story? (I thought it might be "bark" as in the type of ship, though I don't really know why it would be capitalised.)
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GPYMay I ask out of curiosity what "Barkus" refers to?I presume it is a reference to Barkis (I misspelt him above), David's mother's maid's reticent wooer, but it is just a guess: I am muddy on the details. I took 'bark' as a pun to go with 'foundering'.
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park sang joonthe foundered Bark ... who now takes up the pen to address youThe writer of the letter (Mr. Micawber) is comparing himself to a ship that has run aground. Later in the same letter he compares himself to the vestiges of a ruined tower. These comparisons are made in order to communicate that he is in a very bad emotional state.
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