The reader gratifies his curiosity in pursuing the adventures of a person in whose favour he is prepossessed.

读者在追寻一个他预先有好感的人的冒险中满足了他的好奇心。

The attention is not tired with a bare catalogue of characters, but agreeably diverted with all the variety of invention.

注意力不会因单纯的角色列表而感到疲劳，而是愉快地被各种发明所分散。