Augustus Does His Bitby George Bernard ShawI wish to express my gratitude for certain good offices whichAugustus secured for me in January,1917. I had been invited tovisit the theatre of war in Flanders by the Commander-in-Chief:an invitation which was, under the circumstances, a summons toduty. Thus I had occasion to spend some days in procuringthe necessary passport and other official facilities formy journey. It happened just then that the Stage Society gave a...
The Silverado Squattersby Robert Louis StevensonTHE scene of this little book is on a high mountain. Thereare, indeed, many higher; there are many of a nobler outline.It is no place of pilgrimage for the summary globe-trotter;but to one who lives upon its sides, Mount Saint Helena soonbecomes a centre of interest. It is the Mont Blanc of onesection of the Californian Coast Range, none of its nearneighbours rising to one-half its altitude. It looks down on...
他曾经是少不更事的青涩少年;而这个在岁月中曾青涩过的少年,如今成了一名跨国企业的主事者,年方三十二,算是少年得志吧,毕竟有几个三十二岁的男子能坐拥他今天这种地位?放眼看向全世界,怕是找不到第二个吧。 无疑的,他是一个令幸运之神百般垂幸的男人。父兄早逝,留给了他经营良好的庞大家业,让他在四年前接手时,立即进入情况。这当然不得不归功于自他大学时期即被兄长抓来公司实习。别个大学生是“由你玩四年”,他却无缘体会;被兄长当成一块海棉,无休无止的被迫吸纳所有的水份,直至饱和。 父亲于四十九岁那年逝世,大他十一岁的兄长也在三十九岁的壮年死于肺癌。可以说,他们家族的男性一向不长命,但他例外,自小到大无病无恙,不若父兄生来带病。家中不仅有间医疗室,更有家庭医生长住此中,可见得唐家男人命定了要应验“财多身弱”这句神谶。...
(十四)精灵-马瑞芳 主讲人简介: 内容简介: 蒲松龄写妖精,他的艺术创造就是他有一个拿手好戏,他特别擅长塑造亦物亦人、亦妖亦人,就是他把这种生灵原有的那种生物性和人的个性结合起来,使得我们觉得这是一个平常的人,她不会是妖精。我们在看这些故事的时候,我们感受的是人世间的穷通祸福,现实生活当中的爱恨情仇。 吴组缃教授写过这样两句诗:“虫鸟花卉畜与鱼,百千情态足愉娱。”什么意思?《聊斋志异》的精灵是由虫、鸟、花、木、水族、走兽幻化而成的人,这些千姿百态的生物和人的个性,结合成一些特殊的形象,构成了脍炙人口的童话故事,是倍受各阶层、各个知识结构读者欢迎的成人童话,给我们带来阅读惊喜,阅读快乐,所以就使得《聊斋志异》有着日久弥新的永恒生命力,也使得研究者能够不断地发现新意。...
第七章 完颜宗陟再次领兵来袭时,巡社大大小小的营帐,竟然在一夜之间,全然不知所踪。而搜遍周遭村落,只见坚壁清野,杳无人迹。看来,要想补充粮草,只能去攻打城镇了。但是,他现在最想找到的,倒并不是粮草,而是那个实实令他割舍不下的王映淮! 当日她投水之后,他立即着人打捞,可是一无所获。于是,他派出小股军卒,迳沿滏水而下,虽则也是不曾找到尸身,可却遭遇了巡社义军。他心中断定,既然王映淮死不见尸,必然为人所救,而这最大的嫌疑,当然就是那些巡河的义军。而从两次与这部义军的交锋来看,这巡社之中,竟然藏龙卧虎,小小巡社,也绝非易取之军!大宋,其实有的是人才,可惜国主根本不知善用!除却民间,就连一个深宫的妃嫔,也精灵智慧,让他在太行山中,着着实实地团团转向了一整天!...
The Magic Skinby Honore de BalzacTranslated by Ellen MarriageTo Monsieur Savary, Member of Le Academie des Sciences.ITHE TALISMANTowards the end of the month of October 1829 a young man entered thePalais-Royal just as the gaming-houses opened, agreeably to the lawwhich protects a passion by its very nature easily excisable. Hemounted the staircase of one of the gambling hells distinguished bythe number 36, without too much deliberation....
My Buried Treasureby Richard Harding DavisThis is a true story of a search for buried treasure. The onlypart that is not true is the name of the man with whom I searchedfor the treasure. Unless I keep his name out of it he will not letme write the story, and, as it was his expedition and as my shareof the treasure is only what I can make by writing the story, Imust write as he dictates. I think the story should be told,because our experience was unique, and might be of benefit to...
Marie Antoinette And Her Sonby Louise MuhlbachBOOK I.CHAPTER I.A HAPPY QUEEN.It was the 13th of August, 1785. The queen, Marie Antoinette, had atlast yielded to the requests and protestations of her dear subjects.She had left her fair Versailles and loved Trianon for one day, andhad gone to Paris, in order to exhibit herself and the young princewhom she had borne to the king and the country on the 25th of March,and to receive in the cathedral of Notre Dame the blessing of the...
一位作家说过:“生命短促得像一道闪电,我们根本无法看清自家的田地和屋檐,又归于永恒的黑暗。孤独地来,孤独地去。” 的确,生命漂泊的旅程是如此短暂,并且充满了种种未知的风浪。我们不由自主地来到这世界,春夏秋冬,朝朝暮暮,在茫茫人海里流连在世态炎凉中挣扎,感受着种种悲欢离合喜怒哀乐。 多少朝朝暮暮,看初升的太阳为之心动,对落日晚霞为之陶醉,于是更加珍惜每一次太起,留恋每一个黄昏夕阳;几度春去秋来,堤边栏杆独倚,任秋叶簌簌地飘落肩头手上;小楼独酌,听舟中箫声牵愁,仰天上明月相思,知道窗下的花儿开了又谢,生命仿佛也开了又谢……风雨人生,沧桑岁月,无论是你我他她,还是春花秋叶,谁能逃避生命的流逝?谁能不经雨侵霜欺?那些痛苦、残缺、遗憾和悲哀,我们无法逃避、无法选择、无法拒绝。当“9·11”的浓烟滚滚而起时,当那种叫做“SARS”的病毒肆无忌惮地蔓延时,你的心中是否偶尔也会...
文/心香一瓣1 我被孤零零地丢在厦门机场时,是中午十二点三十分。那时,机场的外面有很好的阳光,朋友乘坐的飞往日本的班机正缓缓起飞,空中浮动着淡淡的尘埃,很讨厌地模糊了我的视线。一种深深的失落和疼痛,纠缠得我的身体如喝飘了的酒鬼般绵软。可我返程的机票是明天晚上七点十分的,这么说我还要独自在这个陌生的地方整整逗留一天半的时间。死一般的孤寂在陌生中淹没了我。 我想起自己早想一个人到外面走走的愿望,机会来了,怎么反倒像霜打的花般蔫了。我自嘲而疲倦地笑了笑。这时,迎面开过来一辆红色的出租车,于是,我招招手。还好,司机是个看上去还算可爱的家伙。 “我要包车,从现在起到明天晚上五点结束,你要尽可能地带我到处逛逛,看遍厦门的各大名胜,你安排。”我因有气无力而声调软软地对他说。 “但我只开白天,晚上五点要交车换夜班司机,也就是说我今晚五点前必须把你送回来,明早八点来接你...