His majesty gave many marks of his great lenity , often . endeavoring to extenuate your crimes ( jonathan swift 国王陛下多次表示了他的仁慈，常常…试图减轻你的罪行（乔纳森?斯威夫特） 。
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E , i promise to show all the lenity in my power ; but if the charges brought against this bonapartist hero prove correct , why , then , you really must give me leave to order his head to be cut off . 蕾妮一听到最后两个字便痉挛似的震颤了一下，把头转向了一边，好象她那温柔的天性受不了如此冷酷，说要把一个活生生的人杀掉似的。
