他乐于描写心情, 而不愿意描写 “ 无聊的迷信, 尖拱式的堡垒和妖魔鬼怪. ”He was more interested in states of mind than in " puerile superstitions, Gothic castles, and chimeras. "...

“拱式的”的英语可以翻译为：arcuate ...