In my particular case the consolatory topics were close at hand, and, indeed, had suggested themselves to my meditations a considerable time before it was requisite to use them.

在我的特殊情况下， 安慰的主题就在眼前，而且，事实上，在需要使用它们之前的相当长一段时间里， 它们已经在我的冥想中出现了。

And a very large pool it was, miles and miles across, though the air was so clear that the ice cliffs on the opposite side looked as if they were close at hand.

这是一个非常大的水池，有数英里宽，尽管空气如此清新，以至于对面的冰崖看起来就好像近在咫尺。

A book, face downward, on the table, a roll of manuscript, a half-written sheet, a newspaper, some tools of his present occupation, and several rejected daguerreotypes, conveyed an impression as if he were close at hand.

桌上一本书，面朝下，一卷手稿，一张写了一半的纸，一张报纸，他目前职业的一些工具，还有几张被拒绝的银版照片，给人的印象就好像他近在咫尺。