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I was now landed and safe on shore, and began to look up and thank God that my life was saved,[qh]
我现在既已登上了陆地，平安上岸，便仰脸向天，感谢上帝令我绝处逢生，[qh]
in a case wherein there was some minutes before scarce any room to hope.[qh]
因为几分钟之前，我还几乎无一线生还的希望。[qh]
I believe it is impossible to express, to the life, what the ecstasies and transports of the soul are,[qh]
现在我相信，当一个人像我这样能死里逃生，[qh]
when it is so saved, as I may say, out of the very grave:[qh]
他那种心荡神怡，喜不自胜的心情，确实难以言表。[qh]
and I do not wonder now at the custom, when a malefactor,[qh]
我也完全能理解我们英国的一种风俗，[qh]
who has the halter about his neck, is tied up, and just going to be turned off, and has a reprieve brought to him –[qh]
即当恶人被套上绞索，收紧绳结，正要被吊起来的时刻，赦书适到。[qh]
I say, I do not wonder that they bring a surgeon with it, to let him blood that very moment they tell him of it,[qh]
这种情况下，往往外科医生随赦书同时到达，以便给犯人放血，[qh]
that the surprise may not drive the animal spirits from the heart and overwhelm him.[qh]
免得他喜极而血气攻心，晕死过去：[qh]
For sudden joys, like griefs, confound at first.[qh]
狂喜极悲，均令人灵魂出窍。[qh]
I walked about on the shore lifting up my hands, and my whole being, as I may say, wrapped up in a contemplation of my deliverance;[qh]
我在岸上狂乱地跑来跑去，高举双手，[qh]
making a thousand gestures and motions, which I cannot describe;[qh]
做出千百种古怪的姿势。[qh]
reflecting upon all my comrades that were drowned, and that there should not be one soul saved but myself;[qh]
这时，我全部的身心都在回忆着自己死里逃生的经过，并想到同伴们全都葬身大海，唯我独生，真是不可思议。[qh]
for, as for them, I never saw them afterwards, or any sign of them, except three of their hats, one cap, and two shoes that were not fellows.[qh]
因为后来我只见到几顶帽子和一顶便帽，以及两只不成双的鞋子在随波逐流。[qh]
I cast my eye to the stranded vessel, when, the breach and froth of the sea being so big, I could hardly see it, it lay so far of;[qh]
我遥望那只搁浅了的大船，这时海上烟波迷茫，船离岸甚远，只能隐约可见。[qh]
and considered, Lord![qh]
我不由感叹："上帝啊，[qh]
how was it possible I could get on shore[qh]
我怎么竟能上岸呢！"[qh]
