But where yarn is abundant, the soil will be light and devoid of timber. And in the same way bronze and iron will not be products of the same city. And so for the rest, never two, or at best three, in one state, but one thing here and another thing there. Moreover, above and beyond what has been said, the coast-line of every mainland presents, either some jutting promontory, or adjacent island, or narrow strait of some sort, so that those who are masters of the sea can come to moorings at one of these points and wreak vengeance[15] on the inhabitants of the mainland.英文原著 · 《The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians》
So you see, the story of Columbus shows how his life was full of mistakes. In his first voyage he found an island and thought it was the mainland of the Eastern Hemisphere; in his third voyage he discovered the mainland of the New World and thought it only an island off the coast of the Old World. His life was full of mistakes, but those mistakes have turned out to be, for us, glorious successes.英文原著 · 《The True Story of Christopher Columbus》
No, I won't disturb Emile. He may be working."
Vere felt that somehow her eager suggestion had deepened the constraint. She said no more, and Hermione presently crossed over to the mainland and began her walk to the road that leads from Naples to Bagnoli. Where was she going? What was she really about to do? Certainly she would not adopt the suggestion of Vere. Emile was the last person whom she wished to see--by whom she wished to be seen-- just then. The narrow path turned away from the sea into the shadow of high banks.英文原著 · 《A Spirit in Prison》
"Good-bye, Vere! I am just starting!" she cried out, trying to make her voice sound cheerful and ordinary. Vere looked up for a second. "Good-bye!"
She bent her head and returned to her book. Hermione felt chilled. She went down and met Giulia in the passage. "Giulia, is Gaspare anywhere about? I want to cross to the mainland.英文原著 · 《A Spirit in Prison》
Watch now."
She stood upright, and her sorb suddenly blazed with fire. Maskull felt something snap inside his brain. His limbs were free once more. The two monsters in the rear staggered and darted head foremost toward the earth, one after the other. He watched them crash on the ground, and then lie motionless. The leader still came toward them, but he fancied that its flight was altered in character; it was no longer menacing, but tame and unwilling. Oceaxe guided it with her will to the mainland shore opposite their island rock. Its vast bulk lay there extended, awaiting her pleasure.英文原著 · 《A Voyage to Arcturus》
Don't you know that?"
During the pause that followed, a snapping of twigs was heard, and both looked around, startled. They saw a woman stepping slowly across the neck that separated them from the mainland. "Tydomin," muttered Oceaxe, in a vexed, frightened voice. She immediately moved away from Maskull and stood up. The newcomer was of middle height, very slight and graceful. She was no longer quite young. Her face wore the composure of a woman who knows her way about the world. It was intensely pale, and under its quiescence there just was a glimpse of something strange and dangerous.英文原著 · 《A Voyage to Arcturus》