Shakespeare, who serenaded his darling boy in his sonnets;

莎士比亚在十四行诗中为他心爱的男孩唱小夜曲；

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Her darling boy was to come back to her repentant and tender-hearted.

她的宝贝孩子即将怀着悔罪和体贴的心回到她的身边。

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'Darling boy, I'm not very well and the doctor has told me to rest, I shall go to bed early tonight and so shall not see you.

亲爱的孩子：我有点不舒服，医生嘱咐我休息，今晚我要早些睡，我们就不见面了。

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One day his mother said When Pierre climbed out of bed Good morning,darling boy, you are my only joy.

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As with so much about Twitter, which has gone from media darling to whipping boy at warp speed, the promise still outweighs the reality.

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But Candy knew that this boy was neither sweet nor darling, and probably never had been.

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He clearly cares deeply about the title character (Vincent Gallo), a writer living in Buenos Aires, who had been the darling, and is now the whipping boy, of a dominant local critic.

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