Oliver Twist 雾都孤儿 - Chapter 48

THE FLIGHT OF SIKES Of all bad deeds that, under cover of the darkness, had been committed within wide London's bounds since night hung over it, that was the worst., ,Of all the horrors that rose with an ill scent ¹ upon the morning air, that was the foulest ² and most cruel. The sun--the bright sun, that brings back, not light alone, but new life, and hope, and freshness to man--burst upon the crowded city in clear and radiant glory., ,Through costly-coloured glass and paper-mended window, through cathedral dome ³ and rotten crevice ⁴, it shed its equal ray., , ,It did., ,He tried to shut it out, but it would stream in., ,The flowers give off a heady scent at night.这些花晚上散发出醉人的芳香
。,Most of the foremen abused the workmen in the foulest languages. 大多数的工头用极其污秽的语言辱骂工人。 来自《简明英汉词典》