Ivanhoe: A Romance

Nothing can be more dangerous for the fame of a professor of the fine arts, than to permit (if he can possibly prevent it) the character of a mannerist to be attached to him, or that he should be supposed capable of success only in a particular and limited style.

对于一位艺术教授来说，没有什么比允许（如果他能阻止的话）人们给他贴上风格主义者的标签，或者认为他只能在特定和有限的风格中取得成功更危险的了。

The public are, in general, very ready to adopt the opinion, that he who has pleased them in one peculiar mode of composition, is, by means of that very talent, rendered incapable of venturing upon other subjects.

公众通常很容易接受这样的观点：那些在某种特定创作方式上取悦他们的人，正是由于这种才华，而无法尝试其他主题。