They read deep and learned books to him, and then the lightest and most trifling that could be found, but all to no purpose.

人们念些深奥的书给他听，或念些世上最轻松的读物给他听，但这对他的病也没有什么好处。

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Yet by His Majesty's orders he made many trials to open them, but all to no purpose; excepting some scraps containing some words.

在陛下的命令下，他尝试了很多努力试图打开这些纸卷，除了一些带字的碎片，一无所获。

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Yet by His Majesty's orders he made many trials to open them, but all to no purpose; excepting some scraps containing some words.

在陛下的命令下，他尝试了很多努力试图打开这些纸卷，除了一些带字的碎片，一无所获。

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