Audiobook Dictation: “But there certainly is truth in…”

But there certainly is truth in what you have said.

不過你說的確實有幾分道理。

Most of my likenesses do look unamiable; but the very sufficient reason, I fancy, is, because the originals are so.

我拍的肖像大多確實顯得不討人喜歡；不過我想，其充分的理由就在於本人原就如此。

There is a wonderful insight in Heaven's broad and simple sunshine.

上天那廣闊而質樸的陽光，有著一種奇妙的洞察力。

There is, at least, no flattery in my humble line of art.

至少，在我這門微不足道的藝術裡，是沒有阿諛奉承的。

Now, here is a likeness which I have taken over and over again, and still with no better result.

瞧，這張肖像我拍了一遍又一遍，結果始終不見好轉。

Yet the original wears, to common eyes, a very different expression.

然而在常人眼裡，本人的神情卻截然不同。

It would gratify me to have your judgment on this character."

我很想聽聽你對這個人物的看法。」

He exhibited a daguerreotype miniature in a morocco case.

他拿出一個摩洛哥皮盒，裡面裝著一張小幅銀版照片。

Phoebe merely glanced at it, and gave it back.

菲比只瞥了一眼，就把它遞了回去。

"I know the face," she replied; "for its stern eye has been following me about all day.

「我認得這張臉，」她答道，「因為它那雙嚴厲的眼睛整天都在跟著我。