On The Ruin of Britain (De Excidio Britanniae)by GildasTranslation by J.A. GilesThe Works of Gildas surnamed "Sapiens", or The Wise.I. The Preface1. Whatever in this my epistle I may write in my humble but wellmeaning manner, rather by way of lamentation than for display,let no one suppose that it springs from contempt of others or thatI foolishly esteem myself as better than they; -for alas! the subjectof my complaint is the general destruction of every thing that is...
Five Talesby John Galsworthy"Life calls the tune, we dance."CONTENTS:THE FIRST AND LASTA STOICTHE APPLE TREETHE JURYMANINDIAN SUMMER OF A FORSYTETHE FIRST AND LAST"So the last shall be first, and the first last."HOLY WRIT.It was a dark room at that hour of six in the evening, when just the single oil reading-lamp under its green shade let fall a dapple of light over the Turkey carpet; over the covers of books taken out of the bookshelves, and the open pages of the one selected; over the deep bl
祭墨神殿。 “无边的血色,在南方,在梦萦城外,我看到虚幻的王者陷于困境,残暴的恶魔吞噬生灵……我看到族长你身受重伤,倒在魔怪身前……四周是赤色的火焰,照亮天地,淋漓的鲜血,流成长长的河流……” 卜者头上蒸腾着汗气,紧闭着眼睛,全身激烈的抖动着。空旷的大殿中充满他因竭尽全力而显得有些怪异的声音。 十余个半透明的人形站在旁边,穿着与卜者相同的古典衣著。震惊之情溢于言表。他们散漫的站着,却发出绝强的气势。他们只是冥灵。三千年前,祭墨族不满姬氏天帝的统治,全族皆反。他们随着祭墨族长云之君征战天下,他们的名字,让天帝也时时从恶梦中惊醒。今天,就算本领已及不上原来的百分之一,却没有人敢怀疑他们的力量。而让他们这样震惊的,会是什么呢?...
“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!...
有人把自己去酒吧的第一次叫做“处女泡”,有人管自己的第一次喝酒叫“处女醉”,更有甚者,将自己的头一回水泳称为“处女游”……照这样的逻辑分析,我工作后的第一次值夜班,也可以和纯洁的处女拉上关系。那是一个寂静如水的夜晚。收费室的武老二照旧捧着闲书看得烟头烫到手;急诊科的高胖子依然抱着传呼机乱摁个不停直到电池预警;传染科的续小明当时正值热恋之中,放有门诊一楼唯一电视机的值班室被他紧紧关闭,门上大书“看电视者与狗不得入内。”生活如昔,一切照旧。所有的人都在习惯着自己的习惯,惟独第一次单独值班的我目光炯炯,精神抖擞,象只狼一样兴奋地满世界游走;直到120救护车尖利地刹车声在门诊口响起,瞬间还是各有所好的同事们顿时象训练有素的飞虎队一样从角落里钻出,裹夹着既兴奋又紧张的我有如雨水般地涌出……...
当《古国怪遇记》出版后,反应缤纷。因为我一直坚持非“佳评泉涌”“掌声如雷”不可的,所以,虽然出版社老板早已魂飞天外,告诉我销路不好,赔得简直要上吊啦。但我仍心硬如铁,不为所动。于是,《打翻铅字架》巨著,乃隆重出笼。 是为序。第一部分第一节 求婚记我这个人,和普通人不一样,我虽然表面上看起来很平凡,可是却有一颗非常不平凡的内心,不但脑筋灵活,而且坚毅卓绝,英勇超群。这些,你在我向张暖玉小姐求婚这件事上,可以充分地得到证明。 当我准备去张暖玉家,向她那最受人尊敬的老太爷,提出结婚请求的时候,仅在化妆上,就足足用了三个钟头。刮胡子是最麻烦的了,我恨不得刮得像根本没有胡子一样,结果,平白在颔下刮了两三条刀口,涂了一阵牙粉之后,才算定了血痂。然而最使人心乱如麻的不止这些,那个该死的理发店显然不够高级,有一根头发竟标枪似地往上直翘,我咬牙拔了去,第二根头发被带起来了,我又...
Arizona Nightsby Stewart Edward WhiteCHAPTER ONETHE OLE VIRGINIAThe ring around the sun had thickened all day long, and theturquoise blue of the Arizona sky had filmed. Storms in the drycountries are infrequent, but heavy; and this surely meant storm.We had ridden since sun-up over broad mesas, down and out ofdeep canons, along the base of the mountain in the wildestparts of the territory. The cattle were winding leisurely toward...
Christie JohnstoneA NOVELby Charles ReadeI dedicate all that is good in this work to my mother.C. R.,NOTETHIS story was written three years ago, and one or two topics in it arenot treated exactly as they would be if written by the same hand to-day.But if the author had retouched those pages with his colors of 1853, hewould (he thinks) have destroyed the only merit they have, viz., that ofcontaining genuine contemporaneous verdicts upon a cant that was...
Confessio AmantisorTales of the Seven Deadly SinsBy John Gower, 1330-1408 A.D.PrologusTorpor, ebes sensus, scola parua labor minimusqueCausant quo minimus ipse minora canam:Qua tamen Engisti lingua canit Insula BrutiAnglica Carmente metra iuuante loquar.Ossibus ergo carens que conterit ossa loquelisAbsit, et interpres stet procul oro malus.Of hem that writen ous toforeThe bokes duelle, and we therforeBen tawht of that was write tho:Forthi good is that we also...
On Public Creditby David HumeIt appears to have been the common practice of antiquity,make provision, during peace, for the necessities of war, and tohoard up treasures before-hand, as the instruments either ofconquest or defence; without trusting to extraordinaryimpositions, much less to borrowing, in times of disorder andconfusion. Besides the immense sums above mentioned, which wereamassed by ATHENS, and by the PTOLEMIES, and other successors ofALEXANDER; we learn from PLATO, that the frugal