Tottering

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• The house had stood on a tottering base for a dozen years; and at last, in the shock of the French Revolution, it had rushed down a total ruin. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
• She was gone out of the Lock-house as soon as he gave her this permission, and her tottering steps were on the road again. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
• In that case her tottering faith would have become firm again. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
• Tottering with weakness, she came forward, and delivered her basket. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
• Two days later, D'Arnot was tottering about the amphitheater, Tarzan's strong arm about him to keep him from falling. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Thus tottering on the dizzy brink, we were happy. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
• There was a little tottering bench of shabby old volumes outside the door, labelled Law Books, all at 9d. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
• After a time she arose, and with feeble and tottering steps ascended the street. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
• I informed her that my reason was tottering on its throne, and only she, Miss Mills, could prevent its being deposed. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
• There was only Amelia to stand by and support with her gentle arms the tottering, heart-broken old man. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
• Counterstroke after counterstroke had failed, and Russia was now tottering towards a collapse. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
• She dragged her tottering limbs from the bed to visit her son once more, but her strength failed her, and she sank powerless on the ground. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
• It was very odd to see what old letters Charley's young hand had made, they so wrinkled, and shrivelled, and tottering, it so plump and round. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
• Tottering and shaking in all his giant frame, he stumbled slowly from the room. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
• The old absolutist system of government was fast breaking up, and ancient thrones were tottering. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
• When a building seems clumsy and tottering to the eye, it is ugly and disagreeable; though we be fully assured of the solidity of the workmanship. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
• This having been administered at a neighbouring public-house, he conducted me, with tottering steps, to the Misses Spenlow's door. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
• And on this tottering foundation you build up your comfortable moral maxim that Crime causes its own detection! 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Fanny stood up tottering--made a step or two towards her mother, and fell forwards into her arms in a fainting fit. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
• Porter; but, believe me, sir, I am tottering on the verge of forgetfulness as to your exalted position in the world of science, and your gray hairs. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.

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