Calamities

(pl. ) of Calamity

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• Pin-pricks hurt more than cannon balls, and incessant worries are far more painful than great calamities. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• The flood and storms did more harm to continental Europe than to us--giving, as it were, the last blow to the calamities which destroyed it. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• I doubt if I have made the best use of all my calamities. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Well, there's calamities where we least expect it, whether or no. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Terrible have been the calamities that have befallen your great-grandsire's mighty nation since the fatal day that saw you leave our midst. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• I pray God to strengthen me to bear this and other calamities, and to bless you always. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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