He was the son of a merchant in London, who, like Rome, from small beginnings had raised himself to the highest honours of the city.

他是伦敦一个商人的儿子，像罗马一样，从小小的起点提升到了城市的最高荣誉。

Nature, in all probability, had mixed little or nothing inflammable in his composition.

很可能，大自然在他的性格中混合了很少或没有易燃物质。