References were extensive even here, but not altogether shoreless; and sentences were actually to be written in the shape wherein they would be scanned by Brasenose and a less formidable posterity.

即使在这里，参考文献也很广泛，但并非完全没有根据。句子实际上要写成 Brasenose 和不那么强大的后代会扫描的形状。