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that would be asking too much of fate A colonial mansion, a hereditary estate, I would say a haunted house, and reach the height of romantic felicity—but that would be asking too much of fate! What does "but that would be asking too much of fate" mean?

2014年10月8日 00:45

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Dan, thanks. Is there a subject for the verb "reach"?

2014年10月8日

For other participants--a search shows that this passage is from "The Yellow Wall-Paper," a famous story by feminist Charlotte Perkin Gilman (1860-1935). I think the idea is this: "Fate" will grant your wishes if they are reasonable, but if you ask for too much, "fate" will get angry at you and punish you instead. For example, Google finds me "Perfection is often apt to be the enemy of efficiency, and I think this is just one of those points where we mustbe careful not to ask too much of Fate, in case she may decline to give us anything at all."--Melville, Colonel Charles H., Military Hygiene and Sanitation. 1912

2014年10月8日

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