The Boss and the Machine, A Chronicle of the Politicians and Party Organizationby Samuel P. OrthCONTENTSI. THE RISE OF THE PARTYII. THE RISE OF THE MACHINEIII. THE TIDE OF MATERIALISMIV. THE POLITICIAN AND THE CITYV. TAMMANY HALLVI. LESSER OLIGARCHIESVII. LEGISLATIVE OMNIPOTENCEVIII. THE NATIONAL HIERARCHYIX. THE AWAKENINGX. PARTY REFORMXI. THE EXPERT AT LASTBIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTETHE BOSS AND THE MACHINECHAPTER I. THE RISE OF THE PARTY...
The Pigeon Pieby Charlotte M. YongeCHAPTER I.Early in the September of the year 1651 the afternoon sun was shiningpleasantly into the dining-hall of Forest Lea House. The sunshinecame through a large bay-window, glazed in diamonds, and with longbranches of a vine trailing across it, but in parts the glass hadbeen broken and had never been mended. The walls were wainscotedwith dark oak, as well as the floor, which shone bright with rubbing,...
a rich man who had a beautiful and pious wife, and they lovedeach other dearly. They had, however, no children, though theywished for them very much, and the woman prayed for them dayand night, but still they had none. Now there was a court-yardin front of their house in which was a juniper tree, and one dayin winter the woman was standing beneath it, paring herself anapple, and while she was paring herself the apple she cut herfinger, and the blood fell on the snow. Ah, said the woman,...
作者: 单士元故宫作为五朝宫阙的皇宫,就是最近八百年来改朝换代,治乱兴废见证者。从辽金元至明清,皇帝和越来越大,宫殿建筑自然地随着皇权的扩大而越来越壮丽,豪华。宫阙构建得宏伟,高大,壮丽,固然出于皇帝的穷奢极欲的私心驱使,更深层次地来考察,还在于多民族统一大国的皇帝,他替天发布命令,皇帝是“天子”,不同于一般百姓,封建神权时代,最最高贵的享用是神的特权。无论中外,古代封建社会都是政教合一,神权支配王权。中国封建社会独具特色,皇权神权高度合一,皇权也是神权,神权也是皇权。皇帝诏令一天头必为“奉天承运,皇帝诏曰……”故宫三大殿有行政作用,更具有神殿作用。西方的最壮丽的建筑物是教堂。国王的宫殿,当然也豪华,但比不上教皇的教堂,一座教堂有继续建造一百年尚未完工的。...
作者:[美]罗桑德拉·希斯内罗丝翻译:潘帕推荐阅读年龄:9~99岁 ★★★★目录序言头发大流士和云猫皇后凯茜四棵细瘦的树生辰不吉阁楼上的流浪者芒果有时说再见故事背后的故事 内容简介 它由44个短篇组成,一个短篇讲述一个人、一件事、一个梦、几朵云,几棵树、几种感觉,语言清澈如流水,点缀着零落的韵脚和新奇的譬喻,如一首首长歌短调,各自成韵,又彼此钩连,汇聚出一个清晰世界,各样杂沓人生。所有的讲述都归于一个叙述中心:居住在 拉丁裔贫民社区芒果街上的女孩esperanza。生就对他人痛苦的同情心和对美的感觉力,她用清澈的眼打量周围的世界,用美丽稚嫩的语言讲述成长,讲述沧桑,讲述生命的美好与不易,讲述年轻的热望和梦想,梦想着有一所自己的房子,梦想着在写作中追寻自我,获得自由和帮助别人的能力。...
写什么是一个问题,怎么写又是一个问题。 今年不大写东西,而写给《莽原》〔2〕的尤其少。我自己明白这原因。说起来是极可笑的,就因为它纸张好。有时有一点杂感,子细一看,觉得没有什么大意思,不要去填黑了那么洁白的纸张,便废然而止了。好的又没有。我的头里是如此地荒芜,浅陋,空虚。 可谈的问题自然多得很,自宇宙以至社会国家,高超的还有文明,文艺。古来许多人谈过了,将来要谈的人也将无穷无尽。但我都不会谈。记得还是去年躲在厦门岛上的时候,因为太讨人厌了,终于得到“敬鬼神而远之”式的待遇,被供在图书馆楼上的一间屋子里。白天还有馆员,钉书匠,阅书的学生,夜九时后,一切星散,一所很大的洋楼里,除我以外,没有别人。我沉静下去了。寂静浓到如酒,令人微醺。望后窗外骨立的乱山中许多白点,是丛冢;一粒深黄色火,是南普陀寺的琉璃灯。前面则海天微茫,黑絮一般的夜色简直似乎要扑到心坎里。我...
[第一章]故事开始的地方我是谁,我来这里做什么?我要到哪里去?——这是上大学之初我常问自己的问题……这是一个宜于远行的日子,也是一个宜于梦想生长的日子……1.1谁在美好的终端等待2002年9月3号这一天飘着细雨,但却没有寒冷的感觉,虽说一丝秋雨一丝寒,但温暖的天气好象故意和着我的心情节拍。这场秋季暖雨给了我别样的浪漫。两大包的行李对我一个小小女子来说无异于千钧巨担。但我这个人一直独立性很强,从小做事我都不喜欢父母帮忙,可是如今坐上武汉方向开去的列车后,我多希望下车后能有位绅士般的男士分担我的哪怕小一点的那个行李啊!虽然前几天,我一个人早已经拜访了比对明星还崇拜的那所学校,肯定不会走冤枉路。...
A Charmed Lifeby Richard Harding DavisShe loved him so, that when he went away to a little war in whichhis country was interested she could not understand, nor quiteforgive.As the correspondent of a newspaper, Chesterton had looked on atother wars; when the yellow races met, when the infidel Turkspanked the Christian Greek; and one he had watched from inside aBritish square, where he was greatly alarmed lest he should betrampled upon by terrified camels. This had happened before he and...
用你的眼睛,犹如你将在明天遭遇失明……去聆听美妙的乐曲,鸟儿的歌唱,管弦乐队强劲的旋律,犹如你将在明天遭遇耳聋。触摸所有你想要抚摸的物品吧,犹如你将在明天触觉衰退。呼吸所有的花香,品尝所有的佳肴吧,犹如你将在明天再也无法使用嗅觉和味觉。把每一种感官都发挥到极致吧,并为世界向你展露的每一分喜悦和美丽而自豪。――海伦•凯勒(Hellen Keller)亲爱的读者,20世纪80年代中期,有一次吃完饭,我发现《鸡仔总动员》(Chicken Little)里的那只小鸡并不是胡说(译者注:电影《鸡仔总动员》里有一只神经质的小鸡,有点风吹草动就大喊:“天要塌下来了!天要塌下来了!”):天真的会突然塌下来,并且化作一块巨大的屋顶镶嵌板落在我头上,把我砸倒在桌子上。餐厅里并没有其他人受伤。...