「旅途中再无什么阻我；地球的吸引，毕竟比月亮更强。」

——弗朗西斯·戈德温《月中人》

"nothing stayed me in my Journey... the Attraction of the Earth was so much stronger than that of the Moon"

——Francis Godwin The Man in the Moone

「月亮在辽阔的平台上，把高柱的阴影胀大；那些柱子从露台几乎直抵云端。」

——威廉·贝克福德《瓦泰克》

"The moon dilated, on a vast platform, the shades of the lofty columns, which reached from the terrace almost to the clouds."

——William BeckfordVathek