Could I have preserved the picturesque force of his style, and the humourous colouring which nature taught him how to throw over his descriptions, the result, I honestly believe, would have been something new in literature.
如果我能保留风格如画的力量,以及大自然教会如何抛弃的描述的幽默色彩,我真诚地相信, 结果会成为文学中的新事物。