265-269) And Thaumas wedded Electra the daughter of deep- flowing Ocean, and she bare him swift Iris and the long-haired Harpies, Aello (Storm-swift) and Ocypetes (Swift-flier) who on their swift wings keep pace with the blasts of the winds and the birds; for quick as time they dart along.英文原著 · 《Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica》
"He's a beauty!" says another. "Cur'us how he can git along without any fur," says the mother swift, as she run er nose over 'is bare foot. He thought of 'is folks waitin' fer him an' he begged em t' let 'im go. Then they come an' smelt 'im over. '"Yer sech a cunin' critter," says the mother swift, "we couldn't spare ye."
'"Want to see my mother," says the boy sobbing. '"Couldn't afford t' let ye go - yer so cute" says the swift. "Bring the poor critter a bone an' a bit o' snake meat"
'The boy couldn't eat. They fixed a bed fer him, but 'twant clean.英文原著 · 《Eben Holden》
The letters he despatched by swift messengers. When night fell, and the stars of direction came out, he mounted, and with an Arab guide set out for the Jordan, intending to strike the track of the caravans between Rabbath-Ammon and Damascus. The guide was sure, and Aldebaran swift; so by midnight the two were out of the lava fastness speeding southward.英文原著 · 《Ben-Hur》
The wild geese as they fly northward are not swifter than the warriors of Tarhe. Swifter than all is the vengeance of the Huron. The young paleface has cost the lives of some great warriors. What has he to say?"
"It was not my fault," answered Isaac quickly. "I was struck down from behind and had no chance to use a weapon. I have never raised my hand against a Wyandot. Crow will tell you that. If my people and friends kill your braves I am not to blame.英文原著 · 《Betty Zane》
The chimney swift is, properly speaking, not a swallow at all, though chimney swallow is its more popular name. Rowing towards the roof of your house, as if it used first one wing, then the other, its flight, while swift and powerful, is stiff and mechanical, unlike the swallow's, and its entire aspect suggests a bat. The nighthawk and whippoorwill are its relatives, and it resembles them not a little, especially in its nocturnal habits.英文原著 · 《Bird Neighbors》
"I remember," said I, "that Swift, in his Journal, tells Stella he had dined in the house of a Scots nobleman, with two Highland chiefs, whom he had found as well-bred men as he had ever met with." [Extract of Journal to Stella.--"I dined to-day (12th March 1712) with Lord Treasurer and two gentlemen of the Highlands of Scotland, yet very polite men." SWIFT'S WORKS, VOL. 1824.]英文原著 · 《Chronicles of the Canongate》
We can't advise you, for example, to dispute Ms. Swift's uncorroborated statements if you know them to be true, or attack Ms. Swift's credibility any chance you get.美剧 · 《The Good Wife》
Oh, and my self-esteem could really use being mistaken for Taylor Swift right now.美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》
The Black Keys, Jack White, and look who's opening up the night-- Taylor Swift. [Bed vibrates]美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》