| 单词 | poor box |
| 例句 | The ruinous decade had scarred the city, as it had every other: poor boxes on the street, people living on railcars. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Underneath his thin guayabera, I could see the muscles of his broad shoulders shifting as he reached down and gave me a wad of bills to put in the poor box as his donation. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Healed in both body and soul, Pedro Tercero Garcia made his way to the capital with a bundle of clothes and a few coins the priest had taken from the poor box. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The play, which runs just 70 minutes, met a quick demise following mostly negative reviews and poor box office. Felicity Huffman and Rebecca Pidgeon work to set 'Anarchist' free 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z On the poor box office returns Fincher said, “Two years of your life and you get one fax and it’s like, ‘Everybody go home. "Fight Club": David Fincher on clashing with Ed Norton, battling Fox over marketing, bad box office 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z Was it the poor box office for “Rock of Ages”? Farewell, TomKat! 2012-06-29T20:00:00Z Since Pollesch took the reins, the theater’s program has been a hot mess, with critical pans and poor box office returns. Review: ‘Drama’ Contains Many Things. But Drama Isn’t One. 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z With the recent Fantastic Four reboot’s poor box office performance, a lot of people are wondering if superhero fatigue is setting in. Why Patrick Stewart Loves Twitter 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z "Hillsong followers believe that the money they put in the poor box goes to the poor." “The Secrets of Hillsong”: The 8 major bombshells from FX's new Hillsong Church docuseries 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z Studio profit also was hit by the poor box office performance of "Mars Needs Moms." Disney 2Q profit misses estimates on 'Mars,' quake 2011-05-10T20:45:15Z It was a far cry from Mr. Simon’s last outing on his home turf, Broadway: The fall revival of “Brighton Beach Memoirs” closed one week after opening because of poor box office sales. Neil Simon?s ?Prisoner? Is Released in London 2010-07-30T17:24:00Z Anyway, that's the gist of Disney's latest animated release, which, as you may have heard, had a stunningly poor box office showing across Thanksgiving weekend. "Strange World" is a box office flop, but not for the reasons the right is claiming? 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Mr. Weinstein also took responsibility for the poor box office showing of Paul Thomas Anderson's film "The Master." The Carpetbagger: Harvey Weinstein's Regrets 2013-01-29T20:23:37Z It doesn’t seem likely, given Valerian’s poor box office showing, that it’ll spawn 10 sequels. Valerian is the ultimate argument in favor of CGI 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z He warned him that he should consider making a contribution to the court poor box to avoid a conviction. County Kerry chef pays £370 for chip shop sauce squirt - BBC News 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z A chest or any receptacle for the deposit of money; as, a poor box; a contribution box. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z The gold-rimmed vicar’s spectacles of best glass, taken from his eyes in going into the poor box, or put down somewhere when going into the font to fetch the water after the christening.” Ecclesiastical Curiosities 2011-12-13T03:00:24.507Z Mrs. C. But have you a penny for the poor box? The Cat and Fiddle Book Eight Dramatised Nursery Rhymes for Nursery Performers 2010-12-29T03:00:28.543Z Stealing from a church poor box really has to be one of the lowest forms of thievery. City Room: Suspect in String of Church Burglaries Is Arrested 2010-12-20T18:50:49Z You stuck your hand in the church poor box," Percy Pearl said smoothly, "and the parson had left his knife in it. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z The coins were found in his pocket, and his father asked that they be put in the chaplain’s poor box. | The Boy Who Fell From the Sky 2010-12-16T20:50:28Z The thought, however, of a gold-rimmed vicar diminutive enough to enter font or poor box is somewhat staggering! Ecclesiastical Curiosities 2011-12-13T03:00:24.507Z Oh, I'd much rather have the pennies for the poor box, so that I could ring my bell too. The Cat and Fiddle Book Eight Dramatised Nursery Rhymes for Nursery Performers 2010-12-29T03:00:28.543Z If I don’t–laws, dearie, I’m in the same poor box myself. Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch The first rubric after the Offertory Sentences was inserted in 1661; in 1552 the alms were to be put in the poor box, and not presented. The Church Handy Dictionary Don't treat that poor box so badly," as she rescued it from the floor, "there's something else in amongst all that paper. The Making of Mona But the poor box itself was to be pitied; it had come open in the fall, and all that was in it had naturally tumbled out. The Adventures of Herr Baby The cobweb over the poor box, one of the happiest strokes of satire that Hogarth ever invented, would probably say nothing to the inattentive eye, or the dull imagination. Practical Education, Volume II "A box of Evidences antient of some Welch princes and noblemen—the like of Norman donation—their peculiar titles noted on the forepart with chalk only, which on the poor boxes remaineth." Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance The basket Rincon took to be a poor box, for receiving alms, and the little basin he supposed to be a receptacle for holy water, as in truth they were. The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes So they went; Aponībolinayen carried the poor box and Awig took her beads and clothes off from her, and he gave her old clothes to use, and so they went. Traditions of the Tinguian: a Study in Philippine Folk-Lore Would you return to the imprisonment of this poor box,—to your old mimic life? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 04, February, 1858 He not only paid the fees," he answered, "but he forced me to accept something for the poor box. Dead Men's Money Adieu, adieu, poor box of mine; Adieu, my sweet crowns'-worth of bane; Could I with money buy thee back once more, The treasury of Plutus I would drain. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 Not relying solely upon the mute appeal of the poor boxes fastened to the columns near the entrance, this more direct method was resorted to, of awakening the sympathies of the charitable. Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates When they were near the spring they threw away the things they carried, the female pig and poor box. Traditions of the Tinguian: a Study in Philippine Folk-Lore You buy candles instead of tipping the verger or putting it in the poor box, or because you are superstitious and think it will do some good, as I do. Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis I was all ready to go, and I had got the coachman, who is an Englishman, to bring down my poor box and to fetch me a cab. The American After that I felt reckless and put No. 2 and No. 8 into a Children's Hospital poor box. Literary Lapses I pushed the poor box under the sofa, and there it has lain in ignominious neglect, like a pearl of purest ray serene smothered in an oyster, all the time they were here. At Last She helped her mother; she paid her share of the rent to Francesco's father; she gave to the poor box. The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women A blacksmith and carpenter were both enlisted, and with infinite difficulty the poor box was riven open. Foul Play He did give her a sovereign out of the poor box, though.' Robert Falconer This was no other than Reuben Maliki, keeper of the poor box of the Jews; for as well as a usurer he was a silversmith, and kept his shop in the Sok el Foki. The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable |
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