The origins of "Ozymandias" were humble: a playful contest with a friend, Horace Smith, a jolly London poet-stockbroker, who was staying with Shelley at Marlow.

“奥西曼迭斯”这首诗的创作缘由很一般：雪莱有一位与他同在马洛的朋友贺拉斯·史密斯—他是一位快乐的伦敦股票经济人，同时也是一位诗人。

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I like that. I like finding a place in the world that's small,that's humble.

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What happened to him, I mean why does he all of a sudden ? become so humble and acquiescent?

他怎么搞的，为何他突然间,变得如此谦卑和默默顺从？

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But it's almost as if Milton were tempted now to make himself go even further back, to write a humble ode that he could place at the feet of the Creator, the Creator at the moment of the actual creation of the entire universe.

但弥尔顿那时好像,要把自己放回比那还要早的年代，来写一篇谦逊的颂歌安放在造物主的脚下，那时的造物主实际就是创造天地万物的神。

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Even to get a humble job in a call centre passion is required.

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His neighbors in the small town of Newton and relatives remembered Poland as a gentle man, a humble man, a man of faith.

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Mr. Dickerson was dressed to the absolute nines for a humble round at a municipal course, his shirt, shoes and shades easily worth more than my car and clubs combined.

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