Everybody answered the questions well, intelligently,while he C why,dear me C he did not know anything, so to speak.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

Bitter constraint, and sad occasion dear, Compels me to disturb your season due: For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime... Milton is lamenting, once again, that Milton has been compelled to begin writing.

因为亲友的惨遇，痛苦的重压，迫使我前来扰乱你正茂的年华：,利西达斯死了，死于峥嵘岁月。,弥尔顿再一次哀叹道，他是不得以写这首诗的。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

"Johnsy,dear," said Sue, "will you promise me to keep your eyes closed, and not look out the window until I am done working?

VOA: special.2009.08.01