George Cruikshankby William Makepeace ThackerayAccusations of ingratitude, and just accusations no doubt, are madeagainst every inhabitant of this wicked world, and the fact is, thata man who is ceaselessly engaged in its trouble and turmoil, bornehither and thither upon the fierce waves of the crowd, bustling,shifting, struggling to keep himself somewhat above waterfightingfor reputation, or more likely for bread, and ceaselessly occupied...
The Bridge-Buildersby Mark Twain [Samuel Clemens]The least that Findlayson, of the Public Works Department,expected was a C.I.E.; he dreamed of a C.S.I. Indeed, hisfriends told him that he deserved more. For three years he hadendured heat and cold, disappointment, discomfort, danger, anddisease, with responsibility almost to top-heavy for one pair ofshoulders; and day by day, through that time, the great KashiBridge over the Ganges had grown under his charge. Now, in less...
第一部分我不喜欢你(1)作者 : 飞蓝飘雪 第一章 苏幻灵托着腮帮看窗外的大树冒出嫩芽,直起身子伸了个懒腰。哈欠,春天虽然是万物复苏,朝气蓬勃的季节,可是春困秋乏这句话也不是完全没有道理的。她强打精神扫视了一遍班里的同学,本来提起的一口气又泄了出去。真没想到大学生活是这么的无聊,而她竟然在这种无聊的环境中安安静静待了两年,真是太令人难以置信了!不过这里要说明一下,难以置信的不是苏幻灵上了两年大学,而是她竟然会“安安静静”地上了两年学! 沈如坐到苏幻灵的身边,漫不经心地传话给她:“历史系的那个冯什么让我约你出去耶,就算你不喜欢他,至少也要给人家一个交代嘛,你这样总吊着他算什么啊?” 沈如是苏幻灵多年的密友,初中高中大学都腻在一起,以苏幻灵的口吻说,她们好得跟同性恋似的。沈如不得不承认,苏幻灵虽然有些疯癫,但长相却也不错,这也解释了为什么从小到大苏幻灵身边都充满着...
The Bittermeads Mysteryby E. R. PunshonCONTENTSI THE LONE PASSENGERII THE FIGHT IN THE WOODSIII A COINCIDENCEIV A WOMAN WEEPSV A WOMAN AND A MANVI A DISCOVERYVII QUESTION AND ANSWERVIII CAPTIVITY CAPTUREIX THE ATTIC 0F MYSTERYX THE NEW GARDENERXI THE PROBLEMXII AN AVOWALXIII INVISIBLE WRITINGXIV LOVE-MAKING AT NIGHTXV THE SOUND OF A SHOT...
THE DISCOVERY OF GUIANATHE DISCOVERY OFGUIANABy Sir Walter Raleigh1- Page 2-THE DISCOVERY OF GUIANAINTRODUCTORY NOTESir Walter Raleigh may be taken as the great typical figure of the ageof Elizabeth. Courtier and statesman, soldier and sailor, scientist and manof letters, he engaged in almost all the main lines of public activity in his...
The Light Princessby George MacDonald1. What! No Children?Once upon a time, so long ago that I have quite forgotten the date,there lived a king and queen who had no children.And the king said to himself, "All the queens of my acquaintancehave children, some three, some seven, and some as many as twelve;and my queen has not one. I feel ill-used." So he made up his mindto be cross with his wife about it. But she bore it all like a good...
序言落入凡间的银幕天使(2)(图) 在法国被誉为“男人永远的至爱”的苏菲·玛索,她精致的面孔有着一抹独特的东方气质,妖娆中带着几分清纯。这位法国最漂亮的女人,兼有西方人的性感、东方人的神秘,浑身散发出让人无法抵御的魅力,不愧为世界第一流的璀璨明星。她妩媚,美丽,有个性,她所演绎的每一个角色都使人强烈地感受到醉人的魅力和刻骨铭心的震撼力。她天天制造着自己的神话,前途坦荡,正如她自己所说:“我更渴望前进和变化,对我来说,明天更重要。”我们会在那格言式的诉说中寻求安慰,也会在她那些即兴而又精彩纷呈的句子里感受美妙的细节。 面对苏菲·玛索的滔滔不绝,我们不可能无动于衷,她告诉我们,一个人怎样去爱,怎样去相爱,怎样去把散乱的生活过得更为完整,怎样去面对激情破灭时的困惑与彷徨。她不奢望任何人给予她物质上的实惠,只需要在被爱的一刻,有一种朝圣与皈依的圆满结局。 在将电影当作...
Palace of the Alhambra.TO THE traveller imbued with a feeling for the historical andpoetical, so inseparably intertwined in the annals of romanticSpain, the Alhambra is as much an object of devotion as is the Caabato all true Moslems. How many legends and traditions, true andfabulous; how many songs and ballads, Arabian and Spanish, of love andwar and chivalry, are associated with this oriental pile! It was theroyal abode of the Moorish kings, where, surrounded with the splendors...
A History of Science, Volume 4by Henry Smith Williams, M.D., LL.D.ASSISTED BY EDWARD H. WILLIAMS, M.D.IN FIVE VOLUMES VOLUME IV.MODERN DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCESA HISTORY OF SCIENCEBOOK IVMODERN DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCESAS regards chronology, the epoch covered in the present volume is identical with that viewed in the preceding one. But now as regards subject matter we pass on to those diverse phases of the physical world which are the field of
琼瑶1 春天。春天可能是很多人的,但是,绝不是贺盼云的。 盼云走在街上,初春的阳光像一只温暖的手,在轻抚着她的头发和肩膀。雨季似乎过去了,马路是干燥的,阳光斜射在街边的橱窗上,反映着点点耀眼的光华。盼云把那件黑色有毛领的麂皮外套搭在手腕上,有些热了,外套就穿不住了。她的手背接触到麂皮外套的毛领,狐狸皮,软软长长的毛,软软的,软软的,一直软到人的内心深处去。在她那内心深处,似乎有个多触角的生物,被这柔软的皮毛一触,就紧缩成了一团,带给她一阵莫名的悸痛。这才蓦的想起,这件麂皮大衣,是前年到欧洲蜜月旅行时,文樵买给她的,在意大利的佛罗伦斯。蜜月,文樵,欧洲,佛罗伦斯的主教堂,教堂前的鸽子,石板小路,雕像,拂面的冷风,街头有人卖烤栗子,从不知道烤栗子那么好吃。握一大把热热的烤栗子,笑着,叫着,踩遍了那些古古雅雅的石板小路……这是多遥远多遥远以前的事了?像一个梦,一个...
Selected Writingsby Guy De MaupassantA SELECTION from the WRITINGS of GUY DE MAUPASSANTSHORT STORIES of the TRAGEDY AND COMEDY OF LIFEWITH A CRITICAL PREFACE BY PAUL BOURGET of the French AcademyAND AN INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT ARNOT, M.A.TABLE OF CONTENTS.VOLUME I.1. MADEMOISELLE FIFI2. AN AFFAIR OF STATE3. THE ARTIST4. THE HORLA5. MISS HARRIET6. THE HOLE7. LOVE8. THE INN9. A FAMILY10. BELLFLOWER11. WHO KNOWS?...