Anglesey, Carnarvon, Merioneth, Flint, Cardigan, and Carmarthen had been shires since I 284; and small portions of Glamorgan and Pembroke had been governed like shires, so that some Tudor writers call them counties. The chief difference between a shire and a lordship is that the king's writ runs to the shire, but not to the lordship. The king administers the law in the shire, through the sheriff; the lord administers the law in the lordship through his own officials.英文原著 · 《A Short History of Wales》
The rapid rise of the importance of the industrial districts is seen in the third Reform Act of 1885. The country districts represented by the small boroughs of the agricultural counties of Brecon, Cardigan, Pembroke, and Anglesey, were wholly or partly disfranchised. But the slate county of Carnarvonshire had an additional member; and in the coal and iron country, Swansea and Carmarthenshire and Monmouthshire had one additional member each, and Glamorgan three.英文原著 · 《A Short History of Wales》
{4} According to the census of 1901 the population per square mile of Glamorgan is 758, Monmouth 427, Carmarthen 141, Brecon 73, Radnor 49, Cardigan 88, Montgomery 68, Merioneth 74, Denbigh 197, Carnarvon 217, Flint 319, Pembroke 143, Anglesey 183.英文原著 · 《A Short History of Wales》
Boisy of Havre, who is one hundred and three. It is said he goes his rounds every day, his practice being chiefly among the poor. At one time he practiced in India. He has taken alcoholic beverages and smoked tobacco since his youth, although in moderation. His father, it is added, died at the age of one hundred and eight. William R. Salmon, living near Cowbridge, Glamorganshire, recently celebrated his one hundred and sixth birthday. Salmon was born at Wickham Market in 1790, and became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1809, the year in which Gladstone was born.英文原著 · 《Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine》
while the glamorous parasol passed down the shady street, catching splashes of sunshine through the branches of the maple-trees; and the cottony head of the tiny dog continued to be visible, bobbing rhythmically over a filmy sleeve. Had she meant that William was indifferent? Was it William that she really addressed?英文原著 · 《Seventeen》
Two youths entirely in William's condition of heart accompanied the glamorous girl and hung upon her rose-leaf lips, while Miss Parcher appeared dimly upon the outskirts of the group, the well-known penalty for hostesses who entertain such radiance. Probably it serves them right.英文原著 · 《Seventeen》
hello there. welcome to my home. (chuckles) that's what it means. so I said,"pumpkin"-- that's what I call jon bon jovi-- I said,"pumpkin, even if I could steer a yacht, I'm certainly not about to do it in 5-inch heels." (laughs) true story. well, you've certainly had quite a glamorous life. well, i美剧 · 《Desperate Housewives》
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》
Of steel mills and paper mills and all kinds of glamorous industrial places. of steel mills and paper mills and all kinds of glamorous industrial places.演讲 · 《On glamour ~ Virginia Postrel》
Even Nicole Kidman doesn't wake up in the morning glamorous. Even Nicole Kidman doesn't wake up in the morning glamorous.演讲 · 《On glamour ~ Virginia Postrel》