When supper was finished, and the tea-kettle was pushed back on the crane, and the backlog had been reduced to a heap of fiery embers, then was the time for listening to sailor yarns and ghost and witch legends. The wonder seems somehow to have faded out of those tales of eld since the gleam of red-hot coals died away from the hearthstone. The shutting up of the great fireplaces and the introduction of stoves marks an era; the abdication of shaggy Romance and the enthronement of elegant Commonplace-- sometimes, alas! the opposite of elegant--at the New England fireside.英文原著 · 《A New England Girlhood》
It'll have to go with the collar-buttons. Tell you what I'll do with you: I'll let you have this elegant solid gold rolled-plate watch-chain and jewel, this elegant, solid gold ring to git married with - Hay? How about it? - and these four collar-buttons for - for - twenty-five cents, or a quarter of a dollar."英文原著 · 《Back Home》
FOLLIOTT. No, sir! let Ude and the learned friend singe fowls together; let both avaunt from my kitchen. [Greek text]. Ude says an elegant supper may be given with sandwiches. Horresco referens. An elegant supper. Di meliora piis.英文原著 · 《Crotchet Castle》
The Queen then introduced the Princess Royal, and the General immediately led her to his elegant little sofa, which he took with him, and with much politeness sat down beside her. Then, rising from his seat, he went through his various performances, and the Queen handed him an elegant and costly souvenir, which had been expressly made for him by her order, for which, he told her, "he was very much obliged, and would keep it as long as he lived." The Queen of the Belgians (daughter of Louis Philippe) was present on this occasion. She asked the General where he was going when he left London.英文原著 · 《Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum》
Pitkin and Alonzo were ushered into a drawing- room more elegant than their own. She sat on a sofa with Alonzo. "Who would think that Rebecca Forbush would come to live like this?" she said, half to herself. "And that boy," supplemented Alonzo. "To be sure! Your uncle is fairly infatuated."
Just then Mrs. Forbush entered, followed by her daughter. She was no longer clad in a shabby dress, but wore an elegant toilet, handsome beyond her own wishes, but insisted upon by Uncle Oliver.英文原著 · 《The Errand Boy》
So that an elegant shell, with elegant adornment, must plead for them. But this art also must one learn: to HAVE a shell, and a fine appearance, and sagacious blindness!英文原著 · 《Thus Spake Zarathustra》
It's a disposable funnel for upwardly mobile, elegant, young ladies who want to stand美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》
Hence, "Australus." I mean, it's elegant, don't you think?美剧 · 《Billions》
So, if at any point tonight a "member of the audience" tries to talk to you, please say one of the three following phrases that elegant adults say all the time: "I'm starting to think smart phones are actually making us less connected." "Well, that's politics for you!" Or, "Sir, you cannot remove yo美剧 · 《Bojack Horseman》
And they said, "Well, one is elegant, the other one's glamorous." And they said, "Well, one is elegant, the other one's glamorous."演讲 · 《The art of choosing ~ Sheena Iyengar》