In France I had published a two-volume work, in quarto, entitled The Mysteries of the Great Ocean Depths.

我前在法国出版过一部八开本的书，共两册，书名为：《底的神》。

Often has my heart ached with regret for those quartos.

我常常为那些四开本而后悔不已。

To possess those clean-paged quartos I would have sold my coat.

要拥有那些页面干净的四开本， 我会卖掉我的外套。

The account of the French taxes, which takes up three volumes in quarto, may be regarded as perfectly authentic.

法国税收的账目占四开本三， 说是完全真实的。

In France I had published a two–volume work, in quarto, entitled The Mysteries of the Great Ocean Depths.

在法国， 我出版了一本两本的四开本，题为《大洋深处的》。

The author of a two-volume work, in quarto, on The Mysteries of the Great Ocean Depths has no excuse for not setting sail with Commander Farragut.

两本人开本的著作《底的神》的作者。不能不跟法拉古司令一同出发。

Between the rose bowls the books were duly set out–a row of nursery quartos opened invitingly each at some gaily coloured image of beast or fish or bird.

把书在花钵的行列之间排开——一大排幼儿园用的四开本大书翻了开来，露出了一些色彩鲜艳的鸟儿、野兽和鱼的形象，美丽动人。

'I suppose they are those heavy ones, sir, ' said Oliver, pointing to some large quartos, with a good deal of gilding about the binding.

“我想它们是那些沉重的， 先生，” 利弗指着一些大的四开本说， 装订处有很多镀金。

It poured itself out, higgledy-piggledy, in torrents of rhyme and prose, poetry and philosophy which stand congealed in quartos and folios that nobody ever reads.

它韵律和散文、诗歌和哲学的洪流倾泻而出，杂乱无章，凝结在没人读过的四开本和对开本中。

The author of a two–volume work, in quarto, on The Mysteries of the Great Ocean Depths has no excuse for not setting sail with Commander Farragut.

两本四开本《大洋深处之谜》的作者没有理由不与法拉格特指挥官一起起航。

What was the good of all this fuss about an old quarto, bound in rough calf, a yellow, faded volume, with a ragged seal depending from it?

对一本旧四开本大惊小怪有什么好处，它是用粗糙的小牛皮装订的， 是一本黄色、褪色的书，上面有一个破旧的印章？

He welcomed wet days because on them he could stay at home without pangs of conscience and spend the afternoon with white of egg and a glue-pot, patching up the Russia leather of some battered quarto.

他欢迎下雨的日子，因为在雨天他待在家里而不必担心良心的问题，用蛋清和胶水罐度过一个下午，修补一些破旧的四开本的俄罗斯皮革。