There was a thin strip of silver beach rising quickly to hills covered to the top with luxuriant vegetation.
这里有一片狭长的银色沙滩，迅速地延伸到草木繁茂的山顶。
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Petrarch celebrated their greatness in conquering fortune and rising to the top. This was the biographical tradition which Niccolò Machiavelli turned on its head.
彼得拉克庆祝他们征服财富并登上顶峰的伟大成就。这就是尼科诺·马基雅维利所颠覆的传记传统。
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Though incomes were rising fastest at the top, all workers' wages far outpaced inflation.