With the decline of genuine Puritanism came that peculiarly English manifestation of piety and virtue which is represented by Mr. Pecksniff — a being so utterly different from Tartufe, and perhaps impossible to be understood save by Englishmen themselves.
随着真正的清教主义的衰落,出现了以佩克斯尼夫先生为代表的英国特有的虔诚和美德表现——他与塔尔图夫截然不同,也许只有英国人自己才能理解。