The Saintes Legend of Cupid: Now called "The Legend of Good Women". The names of eight ladies mentioned here are not in the "Legend" as it has come down to us; while those of two ladies in the "legend" -- Cleopatra and Philomela -- are her omitted.英文原著 · 《The Canterbury Tales》
A more curious creature they had seldom seen, even in the Land of Oz, where curious creatures abound. It had the head of a young man -- evidently a Munchkin -- with a pleasant face and hair neatly combed. But the body was very long, for it had twenty legs -- ten legs on each side -- and this caused the body to stretch out and lie in a horizontal position, so that all the legs could touch the ground and stand firm. From the shoulders extended two small arms; at least, they seemed small beside so many legs.英文原著 · 《The Tin Woodman of Oz》
"It seems almost like home to me," hie told his friends, who had followed him in. "The first time I came here I had lost a leg, so I had to carry it in my hand while I hopped on the other leg all the way from the place in the forest where the enchanted axe cut me. I remember that old Ku-Klip carefully put my meat leg into a barrel -- I think that is the same barrel, still standing in the corner yonder -- and then at once he began to make a tin leg for me. He worked fast and with skill, and I was much interested in the job."英文原著 · 《The Tin Woodman of Oz》
'A lady?' he inquired meekly; 'do you mean one particular lady, my dear?'
'Yes, bishop, one particular lady,' said his wife, disdaining to explain. 'She has got no legs, papa,' said the youngest daughter, tittering. 'No legs!' said the bishop, opening his eyes. 'Nonsense, Netta, what stuff you talk,' said Olivia. 'She has got legs, but she can't use them. She has always to be kept lying down, and three or four men carry her about everywhere.'
'Laws, how odd!' said Augusta. 'Always carried about by four men! I'm quite sure I wouldn't like it.英文原著 · 《Barchester Towers》
In what respects the Constitution of the Union can be compared to that of the States - Superiority of the Constitution of the Union attributable to the wisdom of the Federal legislators - Legislature of the Union less dependent on the people than that of the States - Executive power more independent in its sphere - Judicial power less subjected to the inclinations of the majority -Practical consequence of these facts - The dangers inherent in a democratic government eluded by the Federal legislators, and increased by the legislators of the States.英文原著 · 《Democracy In America-1》
I put my left leg in, I took my left leg out, I put my left leg in, and something just snapped.美剧 · 《The Big Bang Theory》
I never mind snaking through the sewer pipes, but with our legal powers currently curtailed-- We're not building a legal case, not right now.美剧 · 《Billions》
"Investors with a traditional strategy, like Axe, have become legends, and they deserve to be legends.美剧 · 《Billions》
This is a three-dimensionally printed leg. It's symmetric to the other leg. This is a three-dimensionally printed leg. It's symmetric to the other leg.演讲 · 《Beautiful artificial limbs ~ Scott Summit》