"You made one mistake, Adele," he said, with a light smile; "there is no earthly possibility of Mrs. Pontellier ever taking me seriously. You should have warned me against taking myself seriously. Your advice might then have carried some weight and given me subject for some reflection. Au revoir. But you look tired," he added, solicitously. "Would you like a cup of bouillon? Shall I stir you a toddy?英文原著 · 《Awakening & Selected Short Stories》
"Come, Silas, step off twenty paces and make them long ones," said Betty, who was in earnest. "We'll make it forty paces," said Silas, as he commenced taking immense strides. "What is Lewis looking at?" remarked Col. Zane's wife. Wetzel, in taking his position for the race, had faced the river. Zane had seen him start suddenly, straighten up and for a moment stand like a statue. Her exclamation drew he attention of the others to the hunter. "Look!" he cried, waving his hand toward the river.英文原著 · 《Betty Zane》
ESSER, 102, 405. Estimation, of optical magnitudes, 428. EULENBERG, 421. Events, psychical, and physical pro- cesses, 42. Evidence, conditions of taking, 7; method of taking, 7; effect of per- suasive, 36. Examples, education by, necessary, 24; dangers of, 251. Excellences characterize, 252. Exceptions and rules, 134, 135.英文原著 · 《Criminal Psychology》
Wouldn't you liefer be my com- rade, growing up the like of Emer and Maeve, than to be in this place and you a child always? DEIRDRE. You don't know me and you'd have little joy taking me, Conchubor. I'm a long while watching the days getting a great speed passing me by. I'm too long taking my will, and it's that way I'll be living always. CONCHUBOR -- dryly. -- Call Fergus to英文原著 · 《Deirdre of the Sorrows》
Before me there waited glad bustle and strife; love itself, an emulous game; religion, a cause and a controversy, well smitten and well defended; men governed by reasons and suasion of speech; wheels going, steam buzzing - a mortal race, and a slashing pace, and the devil taking the hindmost - taking ME, by Jove (for that was my inner care), if I lingered too long upon the difficult pass that leads from thought to action.英文原著 · 《Eothen》
Thereafter King Hakon carried war far and wide in Sealand; plundering some, slaying others, taking some prisoners of war, taking ransom from others, and all without opposition. Then Hakon proceeded along the coast of Skane, pillaging everywhere, levying taxes and ransome from the country, and killing all vikings, both Danish and Vindish. He then went eastwards to the district of Gautland, marauded there, and took great ransom from the country. So says Guthorm Sindre: --英文原著 · 《Heimskringla》
I don't know what's going on between you and Foley, but I know it's enough that you're taking aim on him, and I don't want to do you disrespect because I don't want you taking aim on me.美剧 · 《Billions》
It says in the Qur'an: "The taking of one innocent life is like the taking of all mankind." It also says that "The saving of one life is like the saving of all mankind." You didn't ask me here to apologize.美剧 · 《House of Cards》
"If patrick is taking the house, what are we taking? " Copper pipes.美剧 · 《Shameless》