As soon as I could recover my presence of mind, which quite deserted me in the first overpowering shock of my aunt’s intelligence, I proposed to Mr. Dick to come round to the chand...
Her narrative ended; even its re-assertions and secondary explanations were done. — 她的叙述结束了;甚至重新表明和次要解释也已完成。 — Tess’s voice throughout had hardly risen higher than its opening ...
I scarcely know how we got through that day. — 我几乎不知道那一天我们是如何熬过来的。 — Stroeve could not bear to be alone, and I exhausted myself in efforts to distract him. — 斯特罗夫无法独自一人,而我努力让他...
Whatever his motive might have been, Laurie studied to some purpose that year, for he graduated with honor, and gave the Latin oration with the grace of a Phillips and the eloquenc...
It was during the more pleasant weather, that in due rotation with the other seamen my first mast-head came round. 在更宜人的天气里,轮到我做第一个观望的桅头。 In most American whalemen the mast-hea...