The longer the French remained, the more these forms of town life perished, and at the end all was lost in one indistinguishable, lifeless scene of pillage.

• 法国人占领的时间越久，这些城市生活组织形式就被消灭的越多，最后，变得一塌糊涂，遭受劫难之后，呈现成一片死气沉沉的废墟了。