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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
What does "beyond the common lot" mean?
Bating the passing uneasinesses occasioned by a few gloomy anticipations, the portion of my life which had already gone by had been happy beyond the common lot.
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Hi, Bating the passing uneasinesses occasioned by a few gloomy anticipations, the portion of my life which had already gone by had been happy beyond the common lot. happy beyond the common lot - happier than ordinary people 'Bating' is wrong. 'Barring' would be OK.
- Hi, Bating the passing uneasinesses occasioned by a few gloomy anticipations, the portion of my life which had already gone by had been happy beyond the common lot.
- happy beyond the common lot - happier than ordinary people 'Bating' is wrong.
- 'Barring' would be OK.
- The whole sentence is written in a pseudo-archaic style.
- Clive
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Hi,
Bating the passing uneasinesses occasioned by a few gloomy anticipations, the portion of my life which had already gone by had been happy beyond the common lot.
happy beyond the common lot - happier than ordinary people
'Bating' is wrong. 'Barring' would be OK
Bating the passing uneasinesses occasioned by a few gloomy anticipations, the portion of my life which had already gone by had been happy beyond the common lot.
happy beyond the common lot - happier than ordinary people
'Bating' is wrong. 'Barring' would be OK
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Thanks. That helps a lot.You are also right about its style because it's from an article written by Hugh Miller(1802~1856)
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