原文 (英语)

The Satyricon Petronius Arbiter Translated by William Burnaby Introduction by C. K. Scott Moncrieff ON READING PETRONIUS AN OPEN LETTER TO A YOUNG GENTLEMAN My dear ————, On a bright afternoon in summer, when we stand on the high ground above Saint Andrew's, and look seaward for the Inchcape Rock, we can discern at first nothing at all, and then, if the day favours us, an occasional speck of whiteness, lasting no longer than the wave that is reflecting a ray of sunli