«OLD MAID»的英语 引用
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Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle.
There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry - the old maid, the woman whom sorrow or misfortune prevents from fulfilling her natural destiny.
I don't think that because I'm not married it's made my life any less. That old maid myth is garbage.
She would have been a very remarkable woman, if she had not been an old maid.
I grew up in a time when women didn't really do comedy. You had to be homely, overweight, an old maid, all that. You had to play a stereotype, because very attractive women were not supposed to be funny - because it's powerful; it's a threat.
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Years later, on the eve of the girl's wedding, Charlotte's suppressed anguish surfaces. Wharton's keen eye for observing and articulating telling details of class and society elevates a soap opera scenario into a compelling drama.
After her mother's unexpected death last year, Dewey Pellicano inherits the Quilter Paradiso shop.
One lived in Normandy, another at Bourges, a third (with whom we have here to do) flourished in Alencon, and doubtless the South possesses others. The number of the Valesian tribe is, however, of no consequence to the present tale.
Honore De Balzac, 1st World Library, 2005
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The Confessions of an
Old Maid
Lou Lawrence. I begin this diary in commemoration of the event. I did not have
any birthday party. The time for such things is past for me. Not that I am in any
way ashamed of my age, but an occasion of that kind would be likely to cause ...
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The gallery of antiquities. An
old maid. The illustrious ...
"I fear you are making fun of me,'' said the old maid, "and that is not kind when all
the town will probably misinterpret what happened to me yesterday." "As true as
my name is du Bousquicv, mademoiselle, I have never changed in my feelings ...
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The two brothers. An
old maid
"I fear you are making fun of me," said the old maid, "and that is not kind when all
the town will probably misinterpret what happened to me yesterday." "As true as
my name is du Bousquier, mademoiselle, I have never changed in my feelings ...
Honoré de Balzac, Katharine Prescott Wormeley, 1896
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The
old maid of the family, by mrs. Mackenzie Daniels
THE OLD MAID OF THE FAMILY. A NOVEL. By MRS. MACKENZIE DANIELS,
AUTHOR OP "MY SISTER MINNIE," " OUR GUARDIAN," "RUTH earnley," "the
student's WIFE," " THE OLD HOME," &C. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I. ?L on aim
: T.
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Stories of an
old maid: related to her nephews and nieces
related to her nephews and nieces Emile de Girardin (Mme), Gustave Doré.
Stories of an old maid related to her nephews and nieces Emile de Girardin,
Gustave Doré Stories of an old maid related to her nephews and Front Cover.
Emile de Girardin (Mme), Gustave Doré, 1856
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An
old maid's vengeance
BOOKS BY FRANCES POWELL Published by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
An Old Maid's Vengeance net $1.25 (Postage extra) Old Mr. Davenant's Money
SI. 50 The Prisoner of Ornith Farm $1.50 The By-Ways of Bralthe $1.50 The
House ...
Frances Powell, Frances Powell Case, 1911
10
An
Old Maid's Love: A Dutch Tale Told in English
A Dutch Tale Told in English Jozua Marius Willem van der Poorten Schwartz.
soon as you arrest it." To Jakob this was absolute rubbish, the raving of a woman
distracted by grief. He looked at Dorothy's pale young face, and she returned his
...
Jozua Marius Willem van der Poorten Schwartz, 1891
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Friendly persuasion is set to thrill
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Old Maids and Grumpy Old Men ... Psalm 109:4
Last week Cheryl and I played the game Old Maid with our two oldest grandchildren. In case you have missed out on one of life's greatest ... «Rheaheraldnews, 七月 15»
Leona E. Esser
... noise and laughter as her children and grandchildren gathered for sumptuous holiday meals and a fast-paced game of Old Maid or Scrabble. «Channel3000.com - WISC-TV3, 七月 15»
Old Settlers Reunion started as a picnic way back in 1890
Chants that went like, “Ice cold lemonade, made in the shade, stirred with a spade and good enough for any old maid.” The old horse-drawn ... «Buffalo Reflex, 七月 15»
