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What should I do with your strong, manly, spirited sketches, full of variety and glow?---How could I possibly join them on to the little bit (two inches wide) of ivory on which I work with so fine a brush, as produces little effect after much labour ?

我该怎么处理你那充满变化和活力的，充满阳刚之气的素描呢?我怎么能把它们连在那一小块(两英寸宽)的象牙上呢?我用那么细的刷子刷着，费了那么大的劲，却收效甚微。

— Jane Austen 简·奥斯汀