Dickens began to write sketches of London life, signed them with the pen-name Boz.

狄更斯开始写一些活随，以“鲍斯” 名发表。

Another is Annie Dillard's Holy the Firm, her poetic 1975 ramble about everything and nothing.

另一本是安妮·狄勒德《神圣坚实》，这是她1975年所写充满诗意随，描写了万物与虚无。

It contains 40 pages of hand-sketched drawings and lines to write on.

这本书包含40页手绘作品，还留有用来写下随横线。

I was so happy that they'd done that, but then I saw that they'd made loads and loads of stupid mistakes, and I just thought, " Ugh, why didn't you check it? I'm just correcting the same thing over and over again" .

我很高兴他们写了这么多随，但当我看到他们犯了这么多愚蠢错误后，我就想：呃，你为什么不检查一下呢？同样错误我已经改了一遍又一遍了。

In his early essay collections, Sedaris wrote about the homophobic speech therapy he was forced to endure as a child, his experimentation with drugs and his stint working as a Santaland elf at Macy's.

在早期随集中，他就写到了自己小时候被迫接受恐同语言治疗，他做过毒品实验以及在梅西百货兼职，扮演圣诞精灵时光。

In addition, Banneker’s almanac gave times for meetings of the courts, including the Supreme Court, as well as essays and other interesting writings.

除此外，班纳克历书还记录了其他事情包括最高法院在内法院会议次数，以及一些随和有趣作品。

They are based on 50 hours of conversation with Paul Muldoon, a prizewinning poet, in which Sir Paul reflected on his life, his lyrics and the relationship between them.

这些随基于与获奖诗人保罗·马尔登长达50个小时对话，在对话中，保罗爵士回顾了他活、他歌词以及它们关系。

These are not the typical musings of a renowned thinker, but Montaigne's " Essays" are not typical works of philosophy.

这些都不是典型思想家沉思，不过蒙田《随》也不是典型哲学著作。

When I do art journaling, people see my journals and (they go), 'Oh my gosh! I wish I were creative.'

我平时做艺术随创作，别人看到我本子总会说：‘天呐，真希望我也有创作天赋。’

The sketches were so popular that the proprietors of the Morning Chronicle regarded him with an increasing kindly eye.

这些随当时很受欢迎，晨报老板们对他青睐有加。

Even in the informal essay, however, it's possible to see how strong the basic paragraph form can be.

但是，即便是在非正式随写作中，仍然可以看出基本段落形式力量。

They liked informal essays, greeting them like the old high school friends they were.

他们都喜欢写随，像欢迎髙中老同学一样欢迎这种作业。

It used to really annoy me when my students would come in with five essays.

每次我学拿着五篇随进来，（我看过后）都会很恼火。

But in the essays that accompany each song, his underlying purpose is to affirm his status as a writer.

但从每首歌附带随中，可以看出他潜在目是肯定自己作为作家地位。

It also has spaces to journal – in other words, to write about what you're doing or thinking.

书中还留出了随书写区域，也就是说，读者可以写下当下感受与思绪。

The writer admits that his " Essays" are a personal undertaking rather than an authoritative, objective study.

这位作者承认他《随》是个人事业，而不是权威、客观研究。

The " Essays" document a changeable mind as well as a changing body.

《随》记录了一个多变心灵和一个多变身体。

Wandering isn't a big deal in an informal essay, is practically de rigueur, as a matter of fact—but it's a very bad habit to get into when working on more serious subjects in a more formal manner.

写非正式随时候游离主题不算什么大毛病，事实上跑题几乎是时尚必需道一问是在正式写作严肃题材文章时候跑起题来却是个很坏习惯。写作是对思维精炼。

He published two volumes of the " Essays" in 1580 and a third in 1588.

他在1580年出版了两卷《随》，并于1588年出版了第三卷。

Informal essays are, by and large, silly and insubstantial things; unless you get a job as a columnist at your local newspaper, writing such fluffery is a skill you'll never use in the actual mall-and-filling-station world.

所谓非正式随大半写都是些滑稽琐事；除非你在当地小报上开专栏，否则写这等琐屑零碎本事在这个布满商场加油站现实世界中根本派不上用场。