The Golden Asseby Lucius ApuleiusTranslated by William AdlingtonDedicationTo the Right Honourable and Mighty Lord, THOMAS EARLE OF SUSSEX, Viscount Fitzwalter, Lord of Egremont and of Burnell, Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter, Iustice of the forrests and Chases from Trent Southward; Captain of the Gentleman Pensioners of the House of the QUEENE our Soveraigne Lady.After that I had taken upon me (right Honourable) in manner of that unlearned and foolish Poet, Cherillus, who rashly
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第一部分好马配上好鞍 榆木(丈夫) 我羞于去菜场买菜/但夫人说这样可以增进我们的似蜜情爱。于是我有时会进蔬菜超市/虽然我知道它们其实就来自同一片农场/我也知道半斤薇菜/这里要比外面贵出不止一块。而惟一的好处就是它会给你一个精巧且每天不同的拎袋/这样别人就不知道我提着的是一家的晚餐还是公司的外派。 小姗(妻子) 先生的切菜动作很像是在给蚂蚁洗澡/直到今天只要看见我依然会笑闪了腰。这个时候先生每每心情不糟/共进晚餐还会用筷尾夹我的脚。和父母一起时我的饭量通常很小/现在和榆木一道/不知为何有时两碗进肚却仍然不饱。先生说这从一个侧面反映出他精于烹调/我把手一摇/说只有青春期女孩的摄食总量才会陡然增高。...
Fantastic Fablesby Ambrose BierceContents:The Moral Principle and the Material InterestThe Crimson CandleThe Blotted Escutcheon and the Soiled ErmineThe Ingenious PatriotTwo KingsAn Officer and a ThugThe Conscientious OfficialHow Leisure CameThe Moral SentimentThe PoliticiansThe Thoughtful WardenThe Treasury and the ArmsThe Christian SerpentThe Broom of the Temple...
亡者无双亡者无双 第一卷 螳螂?黄雀?楔子 神龟呈洛书天水不单单是水,同时也是地名,一个名副其实的地名。一道绸缎般的匹练从空瞑的九天之上倾洒下来,夹带着雷霆万钧之势和震耳欲聋的声响在群山之间轰鸣,尽悉注入如明珠般的天水湖。没有谁知道这道匹练为何独独注入此处,就这样日夜不停地倾注下来,似乎想要把数百里的天水湖填满。“造物之神奇果真另世人侧目,如此壮观的飞瀑日夜不停竟然不能将他注满。”弥漫的水雾中,一个身形九尺的男子径自站立在突兀出来的一块巨石上。此人面呈赤铜,大鼻朝天,眼如铜铃。随手在旁边一捞,把悬崖上一棵如腰般粗壮,曲曲盘旋的痕纹古松连根扒起,在手里如旗帜般摇晃挥舞着:“儿郎们,仆求开始。”...
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你看哟,炎炎热热的酷夏里,人本就不受活①,却又落了一场雪。是场大热雪③。一夜间,冬天又折身回来了。也许是转眼里夏天走去了,秋天未及来,冬天紧步儿赶到了。这年的酷夏里,时序乱了纲常了,神经错乱了,有了羊角风,在一天的夜里飘飘落落乱了规矩了,没有王法了,下了大雪了。真是的,时光有病啦,神经错乱啦。小麦已经满熟呢。一世界漫溢的热香却被大雪覆盖了。受活庄⑤里的人,睡觉时赤裸裸在床上摇着大蒲扇、软纸扇;身边放了一张布单也是不盖的。可是,到了下半夜,先是刮了一阵风,谁都眯着眼儿去扯拽单子了,把单子搭在身上了,却又觉得寒气从单子缝中往人的身骨里边扎,往心肝脾胃里边拧,就又起床去箱里、柜里翻那收拾好的被子了。...
Adventures and Lettersby Richard Harding DavisEDITED BYCHARLES BELMONT DAVISCONTENTSCHAPTERI. THE EARLY DAYSII. COLLEGE DAYSIII. FIRST NEWSPAPER EXPERIENCESIV. NEW YORKV. FIRST TRAVEL ARTICLESVI. THE MEDITERRANEAN AND PARISVII. FIRST PLAYSVIII. CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICAIX. MOSCOW, BUDAPEST, LONDONX. CAMPAIGNING IN CUBA, AND GREECEXI. THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WARXII. THE BOER WAR...
Michaelby E. F. BensonCHAPTER IThough there was nothing visibly graceful about Michael Comber, he apparently had the art of giving gracefully. He had already told his cousin Francis, who sat on the arm of the sofa by his table, that there was no earthly excuse for his having run into debt; but now when the moment came for giving, he wrote the cheque quickly and eagerly, as if thoroughly enjoying it, and passed it over to him with a smile that was extraordinarily pleasant....
没见过满天雪舞,怎么会见识到梅花傲雪而放的风骨。现在是十月底,正一步步的走过秋季,接近初冬的清冷。心情明媚得如同晴朗的天空,街边的树郁郁葱葱,花坛里不知名的小花,紫的蓝的黄的红的白的相亲相拥地绽放着冬雪到来之前的美丽。现在的四季已经不再那么分明,寒冷已经不再那么明显,也有好几年没有在雪地里奔跑过了,只有各色各样的花儿还是依序在属于自己的花期,周而复始地绽放着自己生命的最美。正月梅花破雪出、二月杏花放妖媚、三月桃花笑春风、四月牡丹添富贵、五月石榴艳如燃、六月莲花亭亭立、七月蜀葵昨日愁、八月桂花香飘远、九月菊花闲情致、十月芙蓉如梦醉、十一月山茶香万家、腊月水仙凌波舞,还有很多很多不计其数的鲜花,在这个世界的每一个角落对阳光绽放出迷人的笑颜,我想我们不得不感谢大地母亲,她是如此的神奇,她送给了我们如此五彩斑斓的奇妙世界,她送给了我们如此万紫千红的鲜花,让我们可以在那些...