These talks at the different schools, clubs and churches are the means of bringing the mothers to the library. They are interested now in wishing to see the place where the "fine English books are kept," as one little foreign mother always says. I find that the foreign-born mothers are intensely alive to the fact that their children must get the English language if they are ever to succeed, and they too, these foreign mothers, ask intelligent questions as to the books on history and civics for their boys and girls.英文原著 · 《Library Work with Children》
And now tell me--quietly--what have you told the Signorina?"
And presently Peppina was induced to be truthful, and Hermione knew of the outburst in the night, and that "the foreign Signore" had known of it from the moment of its happening. "The Signorina was so kind, Signora, that I forgot. I told her all!--I told her all--I told her--"
Once Peppina had begun to be truthful she could not stop. She recalled --or seemed to--the very words she had spoken to Vere, all the details of her narration. "And the foreign Signore? Was he there, too?" Hermione asked, at the end. "No, Signora. He went away.英文原著 · 《A Spirit in Prison》
However, the clamor for an increased army and navy is not due to any foreign danger. It is owing to the dread of the growing discontent of the masses and of the international spirit among the workers. It is to meet the internal enemy that the Powers of various countries are preparing themselves; an enemy, who, once awakened to consciousness, will prove more dangerous than any foreign invader.英文原著 · 《Anarchism and Other Essays》
LEADER Lo! a stranger of foreign appearance from some other land comes hurrying towards us. ORESTES Women of this foreign land! is this the home, the palace of Achilles' son? LEADER Thou hast it; but who art thou to ask such a question? ORESTES The son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, by name Orestes, on ply way to the oracle of Zeus at Dodona. But now that I am come to Phthia, I am resolved to inquire about my kinswoman, Hermione of Sparta; is she alive and well? for though she dwells in a land far from my own, I love her none the less.英文原著 · 《Andromache》
Direction given to the foreign policy of the United States by Washington and Jefferson - Almost all the defects inherent in democratic institutions are brought to light in the conduct of foreign affairs - Their advantages are less perceptible.英文原著 · 《Democracy In America-1》
One reason is that news networks have reduced the number of their foreign bureaus by half. One reason is that news networks have reduced the number of their foreign bureaus by half.演讲 · 《How the news distorts our worldview ~ Alisa Miller》