Committed for trial, she demanded that the watch should be left in the constable's keeping, and, pleading not guilty when the sessions came round, insisted that her watch and the farmer's were not the same. The farmer, anxious to acknowledge his property, demanded the constable to deliver the watch, that it might be sworn to in open court; and when the constable put his hand to his pocket the only piece of damning evidence had vanished, stolen by the nimble fingers of one of Moll's officers.英文原著 · 《A Book of Scoundrels》
The hounds ran swiftly through the woods The nimble deer to take, That with their cries the hills and dales An echo shrill did make.英文原著 · 《A Bundle of Ballads》
His legs were but a finger lang, And thick and nimble was his knee; Between his brows there was a span, Between his shoulders ell-es three.英文原著 · 《A Bundle of Ballads》
Her wit was as great as her beauty, and she had a spirit before which no man could stand if she chose to be disdainful. To some she was so, and had the whim to flout them with great brilliancy. Encounters with her were always remembered, and if heard by those not concerned, were considered worthy both of recollection and of being repeated to the world; she had a tongue so nimble and a wit so full of fire.英文原著 · 《A Lady of Quality》
"There is a gown and tippet or so here, and a hood and some ribands I might do without," she said. "My woman shall bear them to your chamber, and show you how to set them to rights. She is a nimble- fingered creature, and a gown of mine would give almost stuff enough to make you two. Then some days, when I am not going abroad and Mistress Margery frets me too much, I will send for you to sit with me, and you shall listen to the gossip when a visitor drops in to have a dish of tea."英文原著 · 《A Lady of Quality》
"Know you what he calls you?" she said. "'Tis but a mumble, his little tongue is not nimble enough for clearness, but he says it his pretty best. 'Tis Mother Anne, he says--'tis Mother Anne."英文原著 · 《A Lady of Quality》
Just so you know, I'm as nimble as I need to be.美剧 · 《Billions》
So, a few more stops today paying out gains and I'll be back to where I want to be: in my weight class, nimble.美剧 · 《Billions》
Oh, I'm sure that my colleagues and I will all benefit greatly from the work of your nimble legal minds.美剧 · 《Billions》