Have the Works been claimed by a dozen? They haven't. There was good reason. The world knows there was but one man on the planet at the time who was competent--not a dozen, and not two. A long time ago the dwellers in a far country used now and then to find a procession of prodigious footprints stretching across the plain-- footprints that were three miles apart, each footprint a third of a mile long and a furlong deep, and with forests and villages mashed to mush in it. Was there any doubt as to who had made that mighty trail? Were there a dozen claimants? Were there two?英文原著 · 《Is Shakespeare Dead》
Thar comes Jas Lewallen! " At last. A dozen voices spoke at once. A horseman had appeared far down the street from the Lewallen end. The clouds broke from about the sun, and a dozen men knew the horse that bore him; for the gray was prancing the street sidewise, and throwing the sunlight from his flanks. Nobody followed, and the crowd was puzzled. Young Jasper carried a Winchester across his saddle-bow, and, swaying with the action of his horse, came on.英文原著 · 《A Cumberland Vendetta》
"Two dogs, a cat, fifteen or twenty rabbits, a rat, about a dozen canaries, and
two dozen goldfish, I don't know how many pigeons, a few bantams, a guinea pig,
and well, I don't think there is anything more."英文原著 · 《Beautiful Joe》
"So far as I can estimate we have lost a dozen cloaks and about half a dozen dress patterns."英文原著 · 《Cast Upon the Breakers》
In fact, the daughter of King Louis thought more of her royalty than of the roguish dozen, which she considered as nothing, since fancying she had had her night's amusement without loosening her purse-strings, she preferred the difficult recital of his claim to another dozen offered her by the Tourainian.英文原著 · 《Droll Stories-2》
"Do you suppose it is of any use to put yourself in this fury?" retorted Sir Francis. "A dozen times a week do you bother me for money and a dozen times do I tell you I have got none. I have got none for myself. You may as well ask that baby for money as ask me."英文原著 · 《East Lynne》
And the woman with the couple dozen kids from a couple dozen different dads in 1A.美剧 · 《Shameless》
I've left him a dozen messages-- Then leave him a dozen more, and while you're at it, don't leave your desk until he calls back.美剧 · 《Suits》
Well, I just sold three dozen cupcakes, we just have to mark "No sugar" on one of the boxes.美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》