This theory is not an unpleasant one; I regard it as much more acceptable than those so-called scientific demonstrations which would make us suppose that we are descended from tree-climbing and bug-eating simians. However, it is far from my purpose to enter upon any argument of these questions at this time, for Judge Methuen himself is going to write a book upon the subject, and the edition is to be limited to two numbered and signed copies upon Japanese vellum, of which I am to have one and the Judge the other.英文原著 · 《The Love Affairs Of A Bibliomaniac》
On the 17th of June, while I was at the Carmelites, Madame de Chateau- Thiers came to me in my chamber, and said, "M. de Simiane is just come in from the Palais Royal, and he thinks it fit you should know that upon your return you will find the court of the Palais Royal filled with people, who, though they do not say anything, will not disperse."英文原著 · 《The Memoirs of the Louis XIV. and the Regency》
Clearly, I needed a more sophisticated technique to motivate my simian sister.美剧 · 《Young Sheldon》