| 单词 | begum |
| 例句 | Amid all the fear, the battling begums continue to trade insults. Fear in the shadows 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Bangladesh suffers a dysfunctional two-party system in which the two leaders, the “battling begums”, wage mutual vendettas at the country’s expense. On fire 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z One begum is winning the endless battle—for the time being. One and only one 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Unless the little begum took the initiative I shouldn't know where to begin. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z The evidence now available seems to show that Warren Hastings did his best throughout to rescue the nawab from his own incapacity, and was inclined to be lenient to the begums. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The authorities professed to take charge of those caged begums for their own safety, but I don't think many of them were over-thankful for the protection. Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59 Including the relief, siege, and capture of Lucknow, and the campaigns in Rohilcund and Oude Were they princesses, or runaway Indian begums, or what? Three Margarets “I hear that the English are being driven out of the country, and that the rajahs and begums are going to call the land their own once more.” Gil the Gunner The Youngest Officer in the East Other passengers got ready for them in advance, but the little begum in front of me did nothing. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z Sheridan's speech in the House of Commons upon the charge relative to the begums of Oude probably excelled anything that Burke achieved, as a dazzling performance abounding in the most surprising literary and rhetorical effects. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Her name danced in illustrious company; here were dukes and earls and viscounts; a sprinkling of the foreign element: begums, emirs, the nation's guests. Half A Chance I fancy she must have inherited it from an Indian ancestress, for her great-great-grandfather rescued a begum on her way to be burnt on her husband's funeral pyre. From out the Vasty Deep No Indian begum rolling in wealth, no countess mistress of castles and townhouses, ever had such a faithful toady as Hannah Hicks was to her mistress. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family The begum's khotee, or ladies' house, stood near the center of the inclosure; it was a large building, and was used as a commissariat store and for the dwellings of many officers' families. In Times of Peril Hastings believed, and, it would seem, on good grounds, that the younger begum had busied herself actively in fomenting the insurrection which broke out upon the arrest of Cheyt Sing at Benares. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 2 With this wealth at their disposal the begums enjoyed a practical independence of the new vizier, who was no match in energy and resolution for his mother and grandmother. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 2 He withdrew the guarantee, and urged the Vizier to seize upon the estates possessed by the begums. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 2 Early the next session, in February, 1787, Sheridan moved the third charge, touching the begums of Oude, in a speech which was pronounced the most brilliant ever delivered in the House of Commons. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 2 |
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