207-215) And on the shield was a harbour with a safe haven from the irresistible sea, made of refined tin wrought in a circle, and it seemed to heave with waves. In the middle of it were many dolphins rushing this way and that, fishing: and they seemed to be swimming. Two dolphins of silver were spouting and devouring the mute fishes. And beneath them fishes or bronze were trembling. And on the shore sat a fisherman watching: in his hands he held a casting net for fish, and seemed as if about to cast it forth.英文原著 · 《Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica》
Kenneth (who died in 1756), Professor of Law in the University of Edinburgh. He married Grizel Hume, daughter of Browne, I. of Dolphinton, with issue--two sons and two daughters. The second son, Andrew, was a W.S., and married a daughter of Campbell of Achlyne, with issue. The daughters died unmarried. The eldest son, John, succeeded his father-in-law, and became JOHN MACKENZIE, II. of DOLPHINTON. He in 1773 married Alice, daughter of Robert Ord, Lord Chief-Justice of the Exchequer, with issue--five sons, four of whom--Robert, Kenneth, John, and George, died unmarried.英文原著 · 《History Of The Mackenzies》
The second son, Andrew, had a son (with three daughters--Mary, Grace, and Anne) Kenneth, a Major in the 4th Regiment, who married a Miss Solomon in America, with issue--four sons and three daughters. The only surviving son of John succeeded him as RICHARD MACKENZIE, III. OF DOLPHINTON, who died in 1850. He married Jane, daughter of Captain Hamilton, 73rd Regiment, with issue--JOHN ORD MACKENZIE, IV. of Dolphinton, W.S., who married Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas Kirkpatrick of Closeburn, with issue. Richard had also three other sons, Kenneth, Richard James, and George.英文原著 · 《History Of The Mackenzies》
I am afraid I required but slight urging to join in the investment. I had four dollars and fifty cents on hand, and the treasurer of the Centipedes advanced me the balance, receiving my silver pencil-case as ample security. It was a proud moment when I stood on the wharf with my partners, inspecting the Dolphin, moored at the foot of a very slippery flight of steps. She was painted white with a green stripe outside, and on the stern a yellow dolphin, with its scarlet mouth wide open, stared with a surprised expression at its own reflection in the water. The boat was a great bargain.英文原著 · 《The Story of a Bad Boy》
We dreaded the approach of morning as much as we longed for it. The morning would tell us all. Was it possible for the Dolphin to outride such a storm? There was a light-house on Mackerel Reef, which lay directly in the course the boat bad taken, when it disappeared. If the Dolphin had caught on this reef, perhaps Binny Wallace was safe. Perhaps his cries had been heard by the keeper of the light. The man owned a lifeboat, and had rescued several people. Who could tell?英文原著 · 《The Story of a Bad Boy》