Times are altered at Ostend now; of the Britons who go thither, very few look like lords, or act like those members of our hereditary aristocracy. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
It is from the well of St Dunstan, said he, in which, betwixt sun and sun, he baptized five hundred heathen Danes and Britons--blessed be his name! 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
The respect in those happy days of 1817-18 was very great for the wealth and honour of Britons. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
In a practical point of view, they listlessly abandoned the matter, as being the business of some other Britons unknown, somewhere, or nowhere. 查尔斯·狄更斯.小杜丽.
A few bilious Britons there were who would not subscribe to this article of faith; but their objection was purely theoretical. 查尔斯·狄更斯.小杜丽.