For the last few days I have seen the swallows gathering, now they were ranged upon my roof, perhaps in the last council before their setting forth upon the great journey.

在过去的几天里，我看到燕子聚集在一起，现在它们在我的屋顶上排列，也许是在它们踏上伟大旅程之前的最后一次会议上。

So they were all setting upon poor Sir John, year after year, and trying to talk him into spending a hundred thousand pounds or so, in building, to please them and not himself.

因此，他们年复一年地都在攻击可怜的约翰爵士， 并试图说服他花费十万英镑左右建造建筑， 以取悦他们而不是他自己。

The man at the table took up the hedge-carpenter's remark, and added smartly, 'True; but the oddity of my trade is that, instead of setting a mark upon me, it sets a mark upon my customers'.

桌旁的人接受了树篱木匠的话，巧妙地补充说：“是的；但我的交易很奇怪，它没有给我留下印记，而是给我客户留下印记。

With their fierce Germanic heritage entwined with the laws and customs of Medieval Christian Europe, the Mercians emerged as a powerful force, setting upon a path that would forever remain inscribed in the foremost pages of English history.

凭借其强烈的日耳曼传统与中世纪基督教欧洲的法律和习俗交织在一起，麦西亚人成为一支强大的力量，踏上了一条将永远铭刻在英国历史最重要页面的道路。