Stings

• I have health, wealth, and youth; but I feel the stings of the rod all the same. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Again he thought, how during this long month, he had avoided Perdita, flying from her as from the stings of his own conscience. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Ah me, I fear the sharpness of their stings. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• These insects were as large as partridges: I took out their stings, found them an inch and a half long, and as sharp as needles. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• You will remember that in the oligarchy were found two classes--rogues and paupers, whom we compared to drones with and without stings. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Their victims attempt to resist; they are driven mad by the stings of the drones, and so become downright oligarchs in self-defence. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• His praises were so many adder's stings infixed in my vulnerable breast. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• There is a poison on the tips of their little shafts, which stings a thousand times more than a man's blunter weapon. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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