Sooth

(noun.) truth or reality; 'in sooth'.

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• Sooth to say, they cannot go away too fast, for even here my Lady Dedlock has been bored to death. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Ay sooth, we feel too strong in weal, to need Thee on that road; But woe being come, the soul is dumb, that crieth not on God. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• I endeavoured therefore to sooth and soften her mind; and it was not until after many endeavours that I gave up the task as impracticable. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• In the best French which he could muster, and which was in sooth of a very ungrammatical sort, Jos besought the hussar to tell his tale. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• But these jests did not tell materially on the afternoon, or his suspense; and, sooth to say, they both lagged fearfully. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Sooth to say, Mr Rokesmith not only passed the window, but came into the counting-house. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Nay, thou hast hit me there, said the Knight; and, sooth to say, I have little time to jangle with thee. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• But in sooth, Fate hath ruth, And this dream of youth May change from a dream to immutable truth. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.

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