He was a funny little man, a great dandy, but wonderfully clever.”Mary Cavendish(Jonh Cavendish的妻子),戏谑一番我们的Captain Hastings,借他之口引出了整套侦探系列的主角,但是我觉得用dandy来形容波洛不是很恰当, a high standard of tidiness in their dress and appearance我觉得更恰当。 7楼2022-11-...
This was never more apparent than in the 1970s girls' comics industry in Britain. The British comics industry is perhaps best known for children's humour titles such as The Dandy (DC Thomson, 1937-present) and the Beano (DC Thomson, 1938-present), which began the golden age of British ...
The idea of escape most clear in Pertencias (Belongings) where a young window, overwhelmed by her loss and the ever present reminders of her late husband, she answers an ad in the paper looking for someone to exchange the complete contents of an apartment. In doing so, the narrator complet...
By Garrick Davis July 31, 2012 July 2012: The Literary Dandy, This Month Of all the modern poets of France who claimed noble birth—and many did so, by inserting de before their last name as a literary and social affectation—only two indisputably had that right: Villiers de L’isle-Ad...
Also he was a sixty-year-old dandy and woman-chaser. And he had ample opportunity to indulge his weakness.For the Tattaglia Family dealt in women. Its main business was prostitution. It also controlled most of the night¬clubs in the United States and could place any talent anywhere in ...
Sandy: Like in my last job, I met Daniel when he was three weeks old. And I got to watch him grow into this awesome person... When I left, I said: I'll see you soon... And he said to me: Skdandy... (Ross and Rachel look puzzled) That was his name for me... I'll se...
In the last few years, Epic Games has also introduced Zero Build mode. If you disliked Fortnite players building fortresses within seconds when you played before, Zero Build allows you to play without having to worry about the major mechanic. Recently, Fortnite also introduced three new 'gam...
Handy Dandy Over the past few days, I've been struggling to assemble furniture. One piece was a bedside table, and the other was a chest of drawer. The bedside table wasn't too bad, because it was small. The chest of drawers, however, was an entirely different matter. The instructions...
The stake for heretics is gone; the pillory is taken down; Bishops are even found lifting up their voices against the remains of persecution, and ready to do away with the last Catholic Disabilities. Sir Robert Peel, though he wished it ever so much, has no power over Mr. Benjamin ...
Whom we deem ‘beautiful’ is a reflection of our values. Now, a more expansive world has arrived where ‘we are all beautiful.’