The events have passed and the times have changed.

a familiar road and a familiar door(be on good terms with)

eat without relish

make a stranger of(regard somebody as a stranger)

win the first battle(get off the ground)

be connected by mountains and rivers

The quietly beautiful garden abounds in trees, flowers and ponds.

gloss over errors and reject representation(gloss over faults and reject good advice)

three to five years

seem to be familiar(seem to have met before)

be generous in aiding needy people

what one acts and does(all one's actions)

make good omissions and deficiencies

practise fraud(league together for some evil end)

lose one's wits

sweep all before one

(in ancient times)could not communicate between man and woman

People are greatly afflicted.

feel lost like a stray dog(stray cur)

think hard