| 单词 | plague spot |
| 例句 | “This is a plague spot, infecting the entire community,” complained William Miller Bowen, a former City Councilman who taught law classes. Coliseum turns 100: Timeless Los Angeles cultural centerpiece endures as an icon 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z “The time has come when these plague spots should be removed,” the newspaper wrote. This California town ran its Chinese residents out. Now the story is finally being told 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z The "plague spot" was, until 1955, known for its musicians, artists, and writers as well as its gangsters. The town destroyed to stop black and white people mixing 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z Our scurvy plague spots disappeared before its wonderful healing power. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z Bit tough, isn't it, sending him over to a plague spot like that? Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z The region is a social plague spot, neglected and allowed to spread. The Leaven in a Great City 2011-12-05T03:00:48.150Z This pestilential plague spot, into which it was hardly safe to venture, was done away with in the years 1890-95. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z But the authorities portrayed it as a time of celebration, saying the residents were happy to get away from a "plague spot". The town destroyed to stop black and white people mixing 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z The Roman man shares his recreations with his wife, and the wife-kicking which is such a plague spot in the life of the common people in England, is not one of them. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z To sum it up, the real plague spot is the people who are bored, and who must needs kill other men's time, lest their own should kill them by its weight. Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music 2011-04-12T02:00:25.667Z "Devilish is the very adjective I should have used—my dear man, this is the plague spot of the Congo; it's the home of every death-dealing fly and bug in Africa." Sanders of the River 2011-03-12T03:00:26.427Z An I cannot find these plague spots, I will seek him and make inquiry, for 'tis good I saw into the matter at once. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z Any plague spot of indeterminate location is always compared to Wales. Mind your language: Wales, Belgium and other units of measurement 2010-05-17T10:26:00Z Does any one who knows the plague spot and disgrace of our modern civilisation suppose for a moment that more could have been attempted, in that age, for the great cause of purity? The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus An association has been formed in this neighbourhood to wipe away this plague spot. Here and There in London An incubus had fallen from him; a plague spot that for the last two or three years had been eating into and embittering his life, and rendering its otherwise achieved success null and void. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion I consider him,” Gordon went on, his tones lower and more tense, “a plague spot, a source of evil that would be a menace to any community.” The Fate of Felix Brand Russia, whose collapse had cost the Allies a glimpse of destruction and a million lives, was a new plague spot, the center of the world’s dread. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards Somebody has got to take holt and work as well as pray, if these plague spots and misery breeders are ever purified.” Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife This would prevent them from being moral plague spots, as is too often the case, as we have already said. Rural Life and the Rural School The vicinity of Rome, with its swampy marshes and low-lying areas, has been one of these plague spots. Rural Hygiene Moreover, as he drove across to the other terminus, he felt none of that sickness at heart which he had dreaded so greatly, which had made him avoid the place as a plague spot. People of Position “And I understand,” he continued, “that you are ready to give me every assistance I need to root out this plague spot, as you term it?” Hunting the Skipper The Cruise of the "Seafowl" Sloop The cabin was saturated with poison; it had become to me a plague spot, and there was no other way to stamp it out. Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West The mill is also on deeded land, and together they are a plague spot. The Forester's Daughter A Romance of the Bear-Tooth Range The press, with honorable and noble exceptions, wink at this great plague spot, while loudly crying for laws to correct comparatively harmless evils. The Arena Volume 4, No. 24, November, 1891 The plague spot of famine is on their foreheads; the worm of want has eaten in two their heart strings. A Journal of a Visit of Three Days to Skibbereen, and its Neighbourhood We must make them pass a law that will wipe out these plague spots already existing and prevent the growth of any more. Mary Ware's Promised Land If he were other than he pretended then it would have been better for him to have shunned the darkened passage as he would a plague spot. The Heart of Unaga Early in the morning I shall look further into that plague spot of Cerverra's. Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines or, Following the Flag against the Moros I can see how Earth might be considered the plague spot of the universe....” Stairway to the Stars No, not all the gold in the mines would get me to that pestilential plague spot. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 They are few in number, but each is a very plague spot, infecting honester men. Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia Even among dentists a great many, probably the majority, do not appreciate that "bad" teeth mean indigestion, lowered vitality, plague spots for contaminating sound teeth and for breeding disease germs. Civics and Health A dark secret is a plague spot in the heart. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author It became a plague spot, retaining as the only vestige of its former beauty, its grand old trees, which were once the pride of the city. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City So far the law has been unable to control or check greed, and the plague spots grow worse. Aliens or Americans? You have permitted a General Practice Patrol ship to approach a potentially dangerous plague spot without any notification of higher authorities. Star Surgeon "How many people are there in our church that know anything about this plague spot from personal knowledge, Mr. Winter?" The Crucifixion of Philip Strong But no medicine could reach the plague spot which preyed upon her heart and cast a dark shadow over every feeling of pleasure. Tempest and Sunshine Lindsay had no desire to take in any of the plague spots of the city with Bromfield. The Big-Town Round-Up You are a plague spot upon the place. The Betrayal Scientific medicine was summoned to stamp out the tropical diseases that had made Panama a plague spot. History of the United States This revolutionary movement was a moral and political plague spot which must be stamped out, or there would be anarchy in every kingdom in Europe. A Short History of France They were quite proud of it, and seemed to consider it rather as an acquisition than a plague spot. Greenwich Village We have here no acrid cynic sneeringly pointing out the plague spots of humanity, and showing pleasantly how even the good are tainted with evil. Life of Charles Dickens You have been a plague spot all your life. The Betrayal Go and see it with your own eyes, and then if you dare, come back and establish another plague spot in God's own wilderness. The Gun-Brand On the contrary, I am told on authority I cannot question that in some places this plague spot is rife among them. The Power of Womanhood, or Mothers and Sons A Book For Parents, And Those In Loco Parentis The boy was uppermost in him now and I saw the gay flash of her eye which recognized it—the enthusiast of Horsham Manor who wanted to help cure the "plague spots." Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment "The Tunnel Gang?" asked Banneker, wise in the plague spots of the city. Success A Novel The man who signed "Aurelius" had not spared to point out, with a certain melancholy sternness, the plague spots, the defenceless places. Lewis Rand "Sligo is a plague spot; disease in every street, and of the worst kind." The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines Man is ever the plague spot of the world, where he is not, all is peace, and beauty, with his presence comes contamination and discord. Three Months of My Life Another had small leaflets on which directions were given for applying a certain ointment to the plague spots, which at once cured them as by magic. The Sign of the Red Cross I swear to you as an honest and a truthful man, that this society is like a plague spot for the noble youth of The Hague. The Youth of the Great Elector I merely add: in whosoever it is found it is an evil, in a superior it is a plague spot.... Evelyn Innes As a matter of fact, of the cases that recovered, most, if not all, had the plague spots upon them. In the Days of Chivalry "Another plague spot," he cried, jerking his head in that direction. The Firm of Girdlestone With these conditions no contagious diseases, if properly taken care of, could exist; without them the place would be a veritable plague spot. The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient But a plague spot is found in the opposing doctrine of caste and privileged classes, which finds illustration in American slavery. Thirty Years in the Itinerancy When he was sent to Joló, practically in banishment, the town was a plague spot to which were assigned Spaniards whose early demise would have been looked upon with favour by those in power. The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 1 of 2) "But none beheld with clearer eye The plague spot o'er her spreading, Nor heard more sure the steps of doom Along her future treading." Life's Enthusiasms This, he knows too well, is the "plague spot," and if he examine his plants carefully, he will perhaps find that there is scarcely a plant which is not spotted. Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 If we omit the great plague spot, the city of Havana, it will appear that Santiago is in a region as pestilential as can be found in the provinces of Havana and Pinar del Rio. The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient We hear them called "foul sinks of corruption" and "plague spots on our body politic." Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins But worst of all the trouble seemed a smittal one, and even our own land began to show symptoms of the plague spot. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction "You burned out the plague spots, too, with a mighty hot iron, some of them," he added. Wild Wings A Romance of Youth We must shun those plague spots, else bear false witness to the world, for any true pen-picture of their hell-born horrors would, like Medusa's awful face, turn all who gazed thereon to stone! Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 The profligate had been scared away by the sight of the 'plague spot' on the neck of the unfortunate lady. The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume I (of II) So near is that plague spot of Europe, Monte Carlo, that it may almost be regarded as a suburb. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" The fiery rain had come down—impalpable, invisible, leaving its deadly tokens in burning plague spots, the forerunners of death. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger The old republics were more despotic and exclusive in their separation of the different grades than modern monarchies; and in the most enlightened, that of Greece, the plague spot of slavery was found. Life in the Clearings versus the Bush Great purple and yellow fungi had broken out in a dense eruption, as though Nature were afflicted with a foul disease, which manifested itself by this crop of plague spots. The Mystery of Cloomber "I think," said the cooper, trying to look sober, "you will find the cold-water treatment efficacious in removing the plague spots, as you call them." Jack's Ward He drank but little whiskey, and but rarely chewed tobacco, and was therefore more free from that plague spot of spitting which rendered male colloquy so difficult to endure. Domestic Manners of the Americans He was back in his childhood, and the Major had just brought in a slave he had purchased from Rainy-day Jones—"the plague spot in the county," as the angry old gentleman declared. The Battle Ground She read and read with a horrid fascination, believing every word of it, wondering whether this house could have been infected, and at length feeling for the plague spot! Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume Bereaved father starts f'r th' plague spot to see his afflicted son. Observations By Mr. Dooley She came from Chelsea, Mass., and it was her first visit to what her pious father had always referred to as the plague spot of Europe. Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo "No plague spot, sweet one, save, perhaps, in the eyes of you Protestants, but to me they are a gladsome sight—a token I never hoped to see." Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland The plague spot began to be visible and palpable in the days of the Cabal. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 Do you suppose we shall have a single visitor in the town, if we go about proclaiming that our water is polluted, that we are living over a plague spot, that the entire town— Aslaksen. An Enemy of the People And so," said the Queen, in a low voice, tender, but with a sort of banter, "she thought she had the plague spot on her little white shoulders. Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland |
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