So on their way to conquests in Egypt, or Asia Minor or Mesopotamia, armies would tramp through the land.

当他们前行征服埃及，小亚细亚或美索不达米亚时，他们践踏这片土地。

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He's not over: "Zealous of their own liberties but trampling on those of others, generous, candid and without attachment or pretensions to any religion but that of their own heart."

他还没说完,"他们热爱自由,却肆意践踏他人的自由,他们慷慨,直率,崇尚自我,不沉迷于也不虚伪地信仰任何宗教"

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I would recite, whatever, the Articles of Confederation I would rise on my hind legs, quaking in my boots, and I would begin until I made a mistake, whereupon I would be castigated, berated, totally stripped of self-esteem by this monster who would that inflict the same pain on somebody else.

我会背，比如说，联邦条例,我会抬起我的后腿，它在靴子里颤抖，然后开始背，直到犯错，于是，我就会被批评严惩，自尊完全被这个怪物践踏了,他对其他人也会如此加注痛苦。

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