and about his shelves a beggarly account of empty boxes, green earthen pots, bladders and musty seeds, remnants of packthread and old cakes of roses, were thinly scatter'd, to make up a show.
他的架子上稀疏地散入着几只空匣子、绿色的瓦罐、一些胞囊和发霉的种子、几段扎的麻绳,还有几块陈年的干玫瑰花,作为聊胜于无的点缀。