He was a master of English style and prose, and his work ranks among the very greatest in this or any other language.

他是英文写作的大师，他的作品不管在哪种语言里,都是佼佼者。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

He did not ever imagine the abandonment of the table of ranks, which set everybody in a hierarchy, not for a minute-- we're talking about the end of the end of the 17th and 18th century.

他绝不会想要抛弃一个,把每个人都划分阶层的等级社会,从来没有动过这个念头,我们说的是在十七世纪末到十八世纪初

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

I'm going to look sort of with some care at these passages - so all will become clear, but particularly in this: Sidney-- and I didn't exactly quote the passage in which Sidney does this - but I urged you to believe that he does-- Sidney actually ranks poetry somewhere between divinity and the other sciences.

我会重点讲这点,等我讲完你们就明白了-,我不读他的原句了,但我想让你们知道，西德尼的确-,将诗歌排在了,神学和其他科学之间。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选