| 单词 | taskmistress |
| 例句 | Uncle Clifford is a taskmistress, but she minds her dancers less in the way of a madam than a mother hen. All hail Uncle Clifford on "P-Valley," a vision of Black queerness not seen anywhere else on TV 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z This description probably makes Ho sound like a taskmistress – an approachable one, but a drill coach more than the life coach that she is. Making etiquette for everyone again – despite, or because of, its weaponization 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z Ivana Trump was an immigrant from communist Czechoslovakia and a taskmistress who would not brook dissent. The Apprentices 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Ye find it not in luxury nor in gold, Not in the fame nor in the envied sway, For which O willing slaves to custom old, Severe taskmistress, ye your hearts have sold. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z Humanity, her husband's faithful taskmistress, had not yet set her to work, and the long hours of his service left her lonely, and—the babies once in bed—at a loss. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Whoever feels her hand upon a wounded, quivering heart, knows that she is the benefactress, not the taskmistress of humanity. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z Behold, I will learn a new wisdom that I may be unto my handmaids a friend rather than a taskmistress, that in so doing I may win unto my household the damsel who hath intelligence. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z As she piled the sliced apples thickly into the crimped pie crust, she thought wistfully of Mrs. Carson, who was kind to her although she was a hard taskmistress. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z The yoke of Poverty galled him exceedingly, and he hated his taskmistress with a most rancorous hatred. Drolls From Shadowland Besides these there were others, who, finding art too hard a taskmistress and too niggardly in her rewards, sought other employment.. Jack 1877 But my fair taskmistress only paused, with her finger on the page, smilingly to rebuke me, and then went on with the dictation. The Eye of Osiris But if the two children thought that they had the slightest chance of running away they were terribly mistaken, for Agnes proved even a sharper taskmistress than Mrs. Warren. Sue, A Little Heroine Ann was a good taskmistress; there were, indeed, great powers of administration in the keen, alert mind in that little frail body. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel She gave me a pile of exercises to correct, and some difficult needlework to finish; and I found I had indeed a sharp taskmistress in this blighted lady. Milly Darrell and Other Tales The negresses who worked under her eye found her a hard taskmistress. Audrey There was the little bound girl who lived with a "selec'man's" wife, a woman with children of her own, but a hard taskmistress to the stranger within her gates. Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life We ought not to picture Duty to ourselves, or to others, as a stern taskmistress. The Pleasures of Life Spurn the hand of thy wicked mistress, and flee hastily from thy cruel taskmistress, that thou mayst go back with me to the ships of thy friends and live in freedom. The Danish History, Books I-IX |
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