Orthography, etymology, syntax, and prosody, biography, astronomy, geography, and general cosmography, the sciences of compound proportion, algebra, land-surveying and levelling, vocal music, and drawing from models, were all at the ends of his ten chilled fingers.

正字法、词源学、句法和韵律、传记、天文学、地理学和宇宙学、复合比例科学、代数、土地测量和整平、声乐和模型绘图，都在他的十年末手指。