1. The persons now in the market-place of Boston had not been born to an inheritance of Puritanic gloom. 此刻在波士顿市场上的人们,并非生来就继承了清教徒的阴郁。
2. Here, indeed, in the sable simplicity that generally characterised the Puritanic modes of dress, there might be an infrequent call for the finer productions of her handiwork. 诚然,在这里,清教徒们的服饰一般以深黑和简朴为特色,她那些精美的针线活儿可能很少有人问津。