The Ancient RegimeThe Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 1by Hippolyte A. TainePREFACE.BOOK FIRST. The Structure of the Ancient Society.CHAPTER I. The Origin of Privileges.CHAPTER II. The Privileged Classes.CHAPTER III. Local Services Due by the Privileged Classes.CHAPTER IV. Public services due by the privileged classes.BOOK SECOND. Habits and Characters.CHAPTER I. Social Habits....
1无法坚持到底的时候,放弃也是一种智慧——一只被经验困死的鳄鱼几年前,一位心理学家心生好奇,他知道鳄鱼是一种十分迅猛而有力的动物,但是他想知道它们是不是也有耐力和韧性。于是他把一条饥饿的鳄鱼和一些小鱼放在一个小箱的两端,中间用一个厚厚的透明的玻璃板隔开,刚开始,鳄鱼毫不犹豫地向小鱼发动进攻,它失败了。但毫不气馁,接着,它又向小鱼发动第2次更猛烈的进攻,它又失败了,并且受了伤。它还要进攻,第3次,第4次……多次进攻无望后它再也不进攻了。这时候,人们将两者之间的隔板拿开,奇怪的是鳄鱼像是死去了一样,仍然一动不动。它只是无望地看着那些小鱼在自己的眼皮底下悠闲地游来游去。它放弃了所有努力,最终活活饿死。...
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...
David Elginbrodby George MacDonaldAnd gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche.CHAUCER.TO THE MEMORY OFLADY NOEL BYRON,THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED,WITH A LOVE STRONGER THAN DEATH.BOOK I.TURRIEPUFFIT.With him there was a Ploughman, was his brother.A trew?swinker, and a good was he,Living in peace and perfect charity.God loved he best with all his trew?heart,At all?tim閟, were it gain or smart,And then his neigh閎our right as himselve....
Pioneers of the Old SouthwestA Chronicle of the Dark and Bloody Groundby Constance Lindsay SkinnerAcknowledgmentThis narrative is founded largely on original sourceson thewritings and journals of pioneers and contemporary observers,such as Doddridge and Adair, and on the public documents of theperiod as printed in the Colonial Records and in the AmericanArchives. But the author is, nevertheless, greatly indebted tothe researches of, other writers, whose works are cited in the...
于坚费里尼是一个故乡。他是那种在所有人的故乡都消失之后,可以把关于故乡的记忆一次次复活的导演。30年前,我阅读希腊神话,是把它作为希腊的神话来读的。30年后,我再次阅读《奥德修斯》,却发现它是一个现代寓言。不是因为我聪明了,理解力增强了,而是世界变小了。许多基本的东西可以看见了,许多基本的感受是相同的,许多共同的命运是不受语言限制的。奥德修斯流浪多年回到故乡,他的家已经被求婚者占领,他的面目被女神雅典娜改变了,故乡没有人认得出他来,就是他的妻子佩涅洛佩也认不出他来了。就是他自己也认不出他的故乡伊塔卡的云雾,他后来认出了自己的故乡,“他趴在大地上,亲吻着大地”。他认出了故乡,但故乡认不出他,但老犬阿尔戈斯认出了他。老仆人欧律克勒亚在为他洗脚的时候,看见他脚上的伤疤认出了他。他为父亲数出童年种下的果树是哪几棵,他父亲也认出了他。最重要的是他和他妻子佩涅洛佩的相认,这里出...
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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