There they collected women as well as food and drink, and a life of ease had made them soft.

他们不仅搜刮吃的喝的，而且抢掠妇女，安逸的生活已使丹麦军队变得软弱无力。

Many firms, for instance, have great difficulty in obtaining technical or scientific books from libraries

比如，很多公司向图书馆借阅科技书籍时感到很困难，

if these intimations of a something behind and beyond are not evil humour born of indigestion, or whimsies sent by the devil to mock and madden us.

如果某种玄妙事物的暗示不是消化不良引起的邪恶情绪，也不是魔鬼为了捉弄我们，使我们发狂而送给我们的邪念，

In his mouth were the remains of fir trees -- the last meal that he had before he fell into the crevasse and broke his back.

它嘴里还留着冷杉 -- 它掉进冰河裂隙折断脊椎柱之前的最后一顿饭。

but our spiritual outlook would be different.

但人们的精神面貌将是另一个样子。

at eighty can knock us out, and into our grave.

能到了80岁可能会使我们一蹶不振而进入坟墓。