rare Arthur O'Bradley! wonderful Arthur O'Bradley! Sweet Arthur O'Bradley, O! Then the parson led off at the top, Some danced, while others did hop; While some ran foul of the wall, And others down backwards did fall. There was lead up and down, figure in, Four hands across, then back again. So in dancing they spent the whole night, Till bright Phoebus appeared in their sight; When each had a kiss of the bride, And hopped home to his own fire-side: Well pleased was Arthur O'Bradley! rare Arthur O'Bradley! wonderful Arthur O'Bradley!英文原著 · 《Ancient Poems》
When Charles Bonaparte, Prince of Canino, who was the first to count this common waxwing of Europe and Asia among the birds of North America, published an account of it in his "Synopsis," it was considered a very rare bird indeed. It may be these waxwings have greatly increased, but however uncommon they may still be considered, certainly no one who had ever seen a flock containing more than a thousand of them, resting on the trees of a lawn within sight of New York City, as the writer has done, could be expected to consider the birds "very rare."英文原著 · 《Bird Neighbors》
T'tykes fightin' mad! Hark!"
There was no time for that. Each man seized his stick and rushed for the door; and M'Adam led them all. A rare thing it was for M'Adam and Red Wull to be apart. So rare, that others besides the men in that little tap-room noticed it. Saunderson's old Shep walked quietly to the back door of the house and looked out. There on the slope below him he saw what he sought, stalking up and down, gaunt and grim, like a lion at feeding-time. And as the old dog watched, his tail was gently swaying as though he were well pleased.英文原著 · 《Bob Son of Battle》
Also I have a darling little curly-headed girl (and curls are getting rarer and rarer), but illegitimate. And that seems to be an unsurmountable barrier in the eyes of adopting parents, though, as a matter of fact, it makes no slightest difference in the child. However, she won't do. The Bretlands hold out sternly for a marriage certificate.英文原著 · 《Dear Enemy》
And one went to the far East and bought costly pigments, and made a rare colour and painted, but after a time the picture faded. Another read in the old books, and made a colour rich and rare, but when he had put it on the picture it was dead.英文原著 · 《Dreams》
"Twin children are almost unknown with us," I hastened. "They are rare, very rare, but it is true we do not welcome them."英文原著 · 《Legends of Vancouver》