Unbeaten Tracks in Japanby Isabella L. BirdAN ACCOUNT OF TRAVELS IN THE INTERIORINCLUDING VISITS TO THE ABORIGINES OF YEZO ANDTHE SHRINE OF NIKKO BY ISABELLA L. BIRDPREFACEHaving been recommended to leave home, in April 1878, in order torecruit my health by means which had proved serviceable before, Idecided to visit Japan, attracted less by the reputed excellence ofits climate than by the certainty that it possessed, in an especialdegree, those sources of novel and sustained interest which con
An International Episodeby Henry JamesPART IFour years agoin 1874two young Englishmen had occasion to goto the United States. They crossed the ocean at midsummer,and, arriving in New York on the first day of August,were much struck with the fervid temperature of that city.Disembarking upon the wharf, they climbed into one of those hugehigh-hung coaches which convey passengers to the hotels,and with a great deal of bouncing and bumping, took their...
“啊!不要啊!哎呀——别念出来!~~~~~~~ >O “……我常常躲在你的身后望着你的背影,我实在是太喜欢你了……哈哈~~~~~~~ ^0^ 你干脆去写诗算了……这也算是一个女高中生的求爱情书吗?”“求求你啦,快把信还给我吧……呜呜~~~~~~~~ T_T”“写给天上?!什么?!……这不是给我哥的吗?喂,爱哭鬼,你不会是把我和我哥的背影给弄混了吧?”“……”—_—| | |这是我昨晚彻夜未眠——不!应该是从一个星期前就开始搜肠刮肚、绞尽脑汁才写出来的平生第一封情书!这一封写在粉红色信纸上的信——是我费了九牛二虎之力才写出来的︶︷︶ * ** ***……本打算亲手交给我心爱的那个人,可是没想到……由于我的不小心,阴差阳错地落到了这个男生的手里……T0T~~~~~~~~~~ 真是荒唐啊!...
慕容无言 清咸丰二年夏初的江南,依旧是富庶而又贫瘠。老人们说湖广熟天下足,每到秋收的时候,金晃晃的稻穗一眼望去不着边际,条条沟埂将稻田分成方正的田块,说不出的秀美与壮观。这个时候,所有人都是快乐的,为秋收而快乐,农户们日以继夜的抢在雨季来临前收割,农妇们将最扛时候的饭食送到田头上,孩子们撵赶着鸭、鹅在地里捡摸泥鳅、看守稻谷。这短暂的欢乐几天后就会消失干净,因为晒场、收仓之后马上就是结算、交皇粮的日子。富户、地主们拨着算盘在清脆的响声中憧憬着中秋和除夕,贫瘠的雇农、佃户们在交粮交租之后,依旧为过年和春耕发愁,开始准备在农闲时外出打短工或做些小生意。而这一年据说两广闹起了长毛匪,号称太平军,朝廷更加派了剿饷,逢十五抽一。...
A Defence of Poesie and Poemsby Philip SidneyContents:Introduction by Henry MorleyA Defence of PoesiePoemsINTRODUCTIONPhilip Sidney was born at Penshurst, in Kent, on the 29th of November, 1554. His father, Sir Henry Sidney, had married Mary, eldest daughter of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, and Philip was the eldest of their family of three sons and four daughters. Edmund Spenser and Walter Raleigh were of like age with Philip Sidney, differing only by about a year, and when Elizabeth b
1978年,11月27日笔记本上留有这样的字样,这个笔记本是我在自己的档案里找到的。那是我政治生涯中具有重大意义的日子。1978年11月27日,星期一,苏共中央全会召开的日子,我在全会上当选为中央书记。结局出乎意料的聚餐11月25日,我从斯塔夫罗波尔飞到莫斯科。星期天中午12点,我来到既是老乡又是朋友的马拉塔·格拉莫夫家中,我俩从当共青团员时就很要好,当天他过50岁生日。这当然是朋友聚会的由头了。在小费列夫街一幢新楼四层的住宅里聚集了几个人,基本上都是斯塔夫罗波尔人。这样的日子我们是如何庆祝的,大家都知道。按照俄罗斯人的方式,阔绰大方,佳肴美酒,友好交谈,开开玩笑,唱唱歌曲。另外,这次聚到一起的人,大家都是老相识。聚会开始,照例是相互祝酒。不过因为这是朋友聚会,祝酒词既发自内心,又不很规范。大家情绪高涨,过生日者本人也不例外。50岁算什么!连中午都不到!...
Ali PachaBy Alexander Dumas, pereCHAPTER IThe beginning of the nineteenth century was a time of audacious enterprises and strange vicissitudes of fortune. Whilst Western Europe in turn submitted and struggled against a sub-lieutenant who made himself an emperor, who at his pleasure made kings and destroyed kingdoms, the ancient eastern part of the Continent; like mummies which preserve but the semblance of life, was gradually tumbling to pieces, and getting parcelled out amongst bold adventure
The Modern Regime, Volume 1 [Napoleon]The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 5by Hippolyte A. TaineContents:PREFACEBOOK FIRST. Napoleon Bonaparte.Chapter I. Historical Importance of his Character and Genius.Chapter II. His Ideas, Passions and Intelligence.BOOK SECOND. Formation and Character of the New State....
The Dore Lectures on Mental Scienceby Thomas TrowardENTERING INTO THE SPIRIT OF ITINDIVIDUALITYTHE NEW THOUGHT AND THE NEW ORDERTHE LIPS OF THE SPIRITALPHA AND OMEGATHE CREATIVE POWER OF THOUGHTTHE GREAT AFFIRMATIVECHRIST THE FULFILLING OF THE LAWTHE STORY OF EDENTHE WORSHIP OF ISHITHE SHEPHERD AND THE STONESALVATION IS OF THE JEWSFOREWORD.The addresses contained in this volume were delivered by me at the Dore Gallery, Bond Street, London, on the Sundays of the first three months of the present
┌───────┐└───────┘ 《隋唐演义》叙事从隋主伐陈开始,以“安史之乱”后唐明皇回京作结。它的主要内容由三部分构成:一是以隋炀帝——朱贵儿为中心人物的隋末官廷故事,二是秦琼、单雄信、程咬金等“乱世英雄”反隋的故事,三是唐明皇——杨贵妃为中心人物的“安史之乱”前后唐代官延故事。全书将隋炀帝——朱贵儿与杨贵妃——唐明皇的两世姻缘作为一条副线,把纷繁的历史事件、趣闻轶说溶进一个庞大而松散的整体结构中。 在反隋英雄中,秦琼一生的经历最具典型性。秦琼曾充任过地方上的“捕盗都头”,对造反的“勾当”几度迟疑。当“盗贼”程咬金、王伯当等人以拜寺为名在家聚义时,他出于江湖义气,毅然冒着生命危险放走了众人。在亲眼看到了麻叔夜吃人等一系列惊心动魄的事件,彻底认清了隋王朝的极端腐败本质后,他自觉主动走上了反抗道路。参加起义队伍后,他利用自己在江湖上的声望,为壮大农民起义...
呈现在读者面前的是一部读史札记,它以古人社会生活为范围,内容包括古人的婚姻,家庭生活,人口的再生产、死亡、丧葬、迁徙和社会救济,社会结构中人们的群体生活,古人衣饰的规制与风尚,古人的文化娱乐。在我的写作过程中,注意到以下几个问题。第一,弄清某些史实。笔者共写了近50个小题,立题多是具体的历史人物、事件、制度、风俗,即从具体的史实出发,叙一人,道一事,把过节儿闹清,而不在于一般的抽象概括,更不作脱离史实的空论。为澄清事实,笔者以可靠的历史文献资料为依据,间亦利用有待考证的材料,必云“据说”如何如何以区别之。要之,笔者以为先把资料搜集了,史实搞清楚了,才有进行综合分析的可靠基础,我们应当做好第一步的工作。...