Conquered Wales may be divided into two parts--the Wales conquered by the Norman barons and the Wales conquered by the English king.英文原著 · 《A Short History of Wales》
VADE RETRO, get thee behind me. VALE, SIS MEMOR MEI, farewell, be mindful of me. VARIUM ET MUTABILE SEMPER FEMINA, woman is always variable and changeful. VERBUM SACERDOTIS, the word of a priest. VIA FACTI, by personal force. VINCERE VINCENTEM, to conquer the conquering. VINCO VINCENTEM, ERGO VINCO TE, I conquer the conquering, therefore I conquer you. VIOLER, a player on a viol.英文原著 · 《Redgauntlet》
At such moments all through him like an alarm bell sounded her warning: "The only things that need trouble us very much are not the things it is right to conquer but the things it is wrong to conquer. If you ever conquer anything in yourself that is right, that will be a real trouble for you as long as you live--and for me!"英文原著 · 《The Choir Invisible》
"Well may the beast's name be Devil," said more than one looker-on; "for he is not so much horse as demon. And when he plunges and rears and shows his teeth, there is a look in his eye which flames like her own, and 'tis as if a male and female demon fought together, for surely such a woman never lived before. She will not let him conquer her, God knows; and it would seem that he was swearing in horse fashion that she should not conquer him."英文原著 · 《A Lady of Quality》
"Yes, yes," he said, "as you have conquered all--as you have conquered me--and did from the first hour. But God forbid that you should make me suffer so again."英文原著 · 《A Lady of Quality》
In January 1070, when the snow lay thick on the mountains, William, the Norman Conqueror, appeared at Chester with an army. He had defeated and killed Harold, the conqueror of Griffith ap Llywelyn, in 1066; he had crushed the power of the Mercian allies of Bleddyn; he had struck terror into the wild north, and England lay at his feet.英文原著 · 《A Short History of Wales》