Four brothers had watched with indignation the felonious attempts of a sparrow to possess himself of the nest of a house martin, in which lay its young brood of four unfledged birds.
四兄弟愤怒地看到一只麻雀试图夺取一只燕子的巢窠,里面有四只羽翼未丰的小燕子。
为女权辩护(下)
Those who are entering life, and those who are departing, see the world from such very different points of view, that they can seldom think alike, unless the unfledged reason of the former never attempted a solitary flight.