There were juvenile letters and petitions from Rebecca, too, in the collection, imploring aid for her father or declaring her own gratitude. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
I don't suppose such vicarial piety will avail much, but the petitions come out of a sincere breast, from innocent lips. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
He was alone, examining some petitions lately presented. 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.
Go patter thy petitions to heaven, said the fierce Norman, for we on earth have no time to listen to them. 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
Oh, I know,' said Sam; 'them as hangs up in the linen-drapers' shops, with beggars' petitions and all that 'ere upon 'em? 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
I laid it in your desk with a prayer: I must indeed be a sinner: Heaven will not hear the petitions that come warmest from my heart. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.维莱特.
What power does she suppose is in the person she petitions to avert this unjust suspicion, if it be unjust? 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.
They held meetings, they made speeches, they got up petitions to extort this boon; on what terms it was made they cared not. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
He sat at a table with several secretaries, who were arranging petitions, or registering the notes made during that day's audience. 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.