Oswald is -"
Suddenly a thought name - an unimaginable one; one with power to blanch even his hardy cheek and shake a soul unassailable by all small emotions. "Oswald Brotherson!" he repeated; adding in unintelligible tones to himself - "O. The same initials! They are following up these initials. Poor Oswald." Then aloud: "It hardly becomes me, perhaps, to question your motives in this attempt at making my brother's acquaintance. I think I can guess them; but your labour will be wasted. Oswald's interests do not extend beyond this town; they hardly extend to me. We are strangers, almost.英文原著 · 《Initials Only》
During their stay in Paris, Barnum made a characteristically profitable investment. A Russian Prince, who had lived in great splendor in Paris, died suddenly, and his household effects were sold at auction. There was a magnificent gold tea-set, a dinner service of silver, and some rare specimens of Sevres china, the value of which were impaired by the Prince's initials being on them. The initials were "P. T ," and Mr. Barnum bought them, and adding "B." to the other letters, had a very fine table service appropriately marked.英文原著 · 《Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum》
And the porter shambles away again in his slippers, grumbling something about a mistake. The idea of waking a man up in the middle of the night to ask him his "initials" was ridiculous enough to banish sleep for another hour. A person named Smith, when he travels, should leave his initials outside the door with his boots.英文原著 · 《The Complete Writings-1》
It was intended that the open space, occupied by the small epsilon ([epsilon symbol]), should be filled up with a coloured and gilded initial letter by the illuminator. Copies thus decorated are not very common, but the Aldine "Homer" of Francis I., rescued by M. Didot from a rubbish heap in an English cellar, had its due illuminations. In the earliest books the guide to the illuminator, the small printed letter, does not appear, and he often puts in the wrong initial.英文原著 · 《The Library》
"You asked me if I was in possession of any facts which have not been given to the press. Yes, I am. And just there lies the trouble. They are so very conflicting as to be almost worse than useless, as far as I can see. We found near the unfortunate woman a small pill-box with three capsules still in it. It was labelled 'One before retiring' and bore the name of a certain druggist and the initials 'Dr. H.' Now, I am convinced that the initials are merely a blind and do not give any clue. The druggist says that a maid from the Vandam house brought in the prescription, which of course he filled.英文原著 · 《The Silent Bullet》
Having arrived at that conclusion, he had asked her to marry him, and upon the match-box had marked the date and the hour. Since then she had given him many pretty presents, marked with her initials, marked with his crest, with strange cabalistic mottoes that meant nothing to any one save themselves. But the wooden matchbox was still the most valued of his possessions.英文原著 · 《A Charmed Life》
So, I'm going through my initial round of interviews and all seems, uh, if not kosher, then at least within a reasonable bandwidth.美剧 · 《Billions》
These are just the initial questions I'm gonna be asking Axe.美剧 · 《Billions》
You know, I was just wondering, who'd you get the initial tip from that started all this?美剧 · 《Billions》
The corporate jet just got re-done-- they took Lawrence Boyd's initials off of it, put the new CEO's on.美剧 · 《Billions》