Copley says that aunt Celia has been feeing the vergers altogether too much, and I wrote a song about it called "The Ballad of the Vergers and the Foolish Virgin," which I sang to my guitar. Copley says it is cleverer than anything he ever did with his pencil, but of course he says that only to be agreeable.英文原著 · 《A Cathedral Courtship》
"For thus he ventured, to the verge, Push a vain mummery." . Sordello, p. i.e., for thus he ventured [to] push to the verge a vain mummery. "as yet He had inconsciously contrived FORGET I' the whole, to dwell o' the points". Sordello, p. "Grown bestial, dreaming how BECOME divine." Sordello, p. "And the whole music it was framed AFFORD," -- Sordello, p. "Was such a lighting-up of faith, in life, Only allowed initiate, set man's step In the true way by help of the great glow?" R.英文原著 · 《Introduction to Robert Browning》
We are on the verge of an abyss. Undoubtedly the laws have not the nap which they ought to have--Hein?" he said, looking at Jenny. "All orators put France on the verge of an abyss. They either say that or they talk about the chariot of state, or convulsions, or political horizons. Don't I know their dodges? I'm up to all the tricks of all the trades. Do you know why? Because I was born with a caul; my mother has got it, but I'll give it to you.英文原著 · 《The Illustrious Gaudissart》
He has been playing at blind man's buff, but the poverty to which he has reduced so many of our tradespeople has torn the English bandage from his eyes!' For three or four days the Comte de Vergennes visited publicly, and showed himself everywhere in and about Paris; but M. de Calonne was so well convinced of the truth of the old fox's satire that he pocketed his annoyance, and no more was said about fighting. Indeed, the Comte de Vergennes gave hints of being able to show that M. de Calonne had been bribed into the treaty."英文原著 · 《The Memoirs of Louis》
I hastened to pick up the horrid thing, for fear the nice young man would feel obliged to do it for me; but, in my indecorous haste, I caught hold of the wrong end and emptied the entire contents on the stone flagging. Aunt Celia didn't notice; she had turned with the verger, lest she should miss a single word of his inspired testimony. So we scrambled up the articles together, the nice young man and I; and oh, I hope I may never look upon his face again英文原著 · 《A Cathedral Courtship》
After scooping the cardamom seeds out of the cracks in the stone flagging, he handed me the tattered, disreputable-looking copy of "A Modern Circe" with a bow that wouldn't have disgraced a Chesterfield, and then went back to his easel, while I fled after aunt Celia and her verger.英文原著 · 《A Cathedral Courtship》