Vatnorm's ship was the nearest, and he let his ship fall behind the line, and Sigurd rowed clear past, and thus escaped with one ship and the loss of many men. This verse was made upon Vatnorm (1): --英文原著 · 《Heimskringla》
ENDNOTES: (1) Vatnorm, the name of this man, means the water-serpent, and appears to have been a favourite name for war-ships also; hence the pun in the lines upon Vatnorm.英文原著 · 《Heimskringla》
There is thirst: for at one part of the dream, when Vathek's mother, his wives, and some eunuchs "assiduously employed themselves in filling bowls of rock crystal, and emulously presented them to him, it frequently happened that his avidity exceeded their zeal, insomuch that he would prostrate himself upon the ground to lap up the water, of which he could never have enough." And the nightmare incidents of the Arabian tale all culminate in a most terrible heartburn. Could the conception of Vathek have first come to the son after a City dinner?英文原著 · 《The History of Caliph Vathek》
There are places that reminded me of some of those quiet, mildewed corners of courts and ter- races, into which the traveller who wanders through the Vatican looks down from neglected windows. They show you two or three furnished rooms, with Bourbon portraits, hideous tapestries from the ladies of France, a collection of the toys of the _enfant du miracle,_ all military and of the finest make. "Tout cela fonc- tionne," the guide said of these miniature weapons; and I wondered, if he should take it into his head to fire off his little canon, how much harm the Comte de Chambord would do.英文原著 · 《A Little Tour In France》
So, now that we got the vats the Orgo shit came in, we go back to the PERC and we put it in the Orgo.美剧 · 《Billions》
If you can't fucking do it, we'll fly her sister up here with a vat of their original cooking oil, even if we have to go down there and kidnap her ourselves.美剧 · 《Billions》
You know, sometimes it even gets spiritual-- Vatican tours, with the Pope washing their feet, meeting the Dalai Lama, whatever.美剧 · 《Billions》
Or you can store most of the information that's held at CERN in those three vats. Or you can store most of the information that's held at CERN in those three vats.演讲 · 《The age of genetic wonder ~ Juan Enriquez》