Four Short Playsby John GalsworthyCONTENTS:HALL-MARKEDDEFEATTHE SUNPUNCH AND GOHALL-MARKEDA SATIRIC TRIFLECHARACTERSHERSELF.LADY ELLA.THE SQUIRE.THE MAID.MAUD.THE RECTOR.THE DOCTOR.THE CABMAN.HANNIBAL and EDWARDHALL-MARKEDThe scene is the sitting-room and verandah of HER bungalow.The room is pleasant, and along the back, where the verandahruns, it seems all window, both French and casement. There is a...
"A REAL CHRISTIAN"_To Charles Thomson__Monticello, January 9, 1816_MY DEAR AND ANCIENT FRIEND, An acquaintance of fifty-twoyears, for I think ours dates from 1764, calls for an interchange ofnotice now and then, that we remain in existence, the monuments ofanother age, and examples of a friendship unaffected by the jarringelements by which we have been surrounded, of revolutions ofgovernment, of party and of opinion. I am reminded of this duty by...
Money Answers all Things by Jacob Vanderlint1734Money Answers all Things: or, an Essay to Make Money Sufficiently plentiful Amongst all Ranks of People, And Increase our Foreign and Domestick Trade; Fill the Empty Houses with Inhabitants, Encourage the Marriage State, Lessen the Number of Hawkers and Pedlars, and In a great measure, prevent giving long Credit, and making bad Debts in Trade. Likewise shewing, The Absurdity of going to War about Trade; and the most likely Method to preve
The Golden AgeThe Golden AgeBy Kenneth Grahame1- Page 2-The Golden AgePROLOGUE: THE OLYMPIANSLooking back to those days of old, ere the gate shut behind me, I cansee now that to children with a proper equipment of parents these thingswould have worn a different aspect. But to those whose nearest were...
1990年那个春天,整个中国似乎深陷因果轮回之苦。 在帕米尔高原和长白山之间,火焰绵延不绝,长达四千八百公里,覆盖着西北、华北和东北的大片国土。一位学者把这“条带状的火线”叫做“地火”,说它已经燃烧几百年,每天烧掉至少五十万吨煤。不过,没有死人,伤者也很少,这是北方人的幸运。可惜这条“地火”之外,火灾也是层出不尽,平均每天一百五十六起,烧死七个人,还烧掉八十万元人民币。新年第一个月,北京接到五万件告状信;上海有数千吃了不洁毛蚶感染甲肝的人,尽管大都痊愈,却还抱怨不已;广州有几个大公司的经理逃到国外去了;云南发现一百四十六个艾滋病病毒感染者。还有刑事犯罪、环境污染、老少两代之间的隔阂、怠工的、吸毒的、嫖娼的、冷嘲热讽政府的。诸如此类的消息,在当日媒体上是没有的,所以老百姓很难知道。普通人身边的气氛倒是和和平平的。10日,在北京城内实行了七个多月的戒严被取消。东长安街上的国贸中心大厦即将...
On the Frontierby Bret HarteCONTENTSAT THE MISSION OF SAN CARMELA BLUE GRASS PENELOPELEFT OUT ON LONE STAR MOUNTAINAT THE MISSION OF SAN CARMELPROLOGUEIt was noon of the 10th of August, 1838. The monotonous coast linebetween Monterey and San Diego had set its hard outlines againstthe steady glare of the Californian sky and the metallic glitter ofthe Pacific Ocean. The weary succession of rounded, dome-like...
11994年,四年级一班的我、荚孟、君乐、马蓬号称“四人帮”。这是一个听起来挺牛逼的称号,这要感谢四年级一班的班主任周扒皮同志。这孙子为人特奸诈,主要表现为请我们的父母聊天,聊完之后我们父母的主要表现是痛揍我们一顿,原因是我们让他们失去了生活的信心。94年的时候,游戏机还是比较能吸引我们的,比现在漂亮姑娘的吸引力还要强。当时单纯的我和小乐天真地认为拥有一家游戏房是世界上最幸福的,四年后我们再次天真地认为拥有一个漂亮的姑娘是幸福的,至于游戏房,去他妈的吧!那时的我向往一片深蓝色的天空,在那样的蓝色的天空下我可以自由地翱翔,自由地歌唱,自由地做我喜欢做的一切事情。可事实我生活在一片灰色暗淡的天空下,没有自由,没有歌唱,没有我想要的一切。而我却必须要生活在这样的一片天空下。多年以后我还会想起我的那片蓝色的天空,可是她已经随着时间慢慢地变得模糊起来,直到有一天彻底地记不起来。...
暗恋的面貌:像埃菲尔铁塔般轮廓该课主要从外到内讲述作为一个暗恋者的脸谱,以及由暗恋这种特殊情感所散发开来的社会构成。英国心理学家佛曼斯特针对暗恋现象进行了五年的研究,发表了令人惊讶的统计数据:全世界有一亿多人在暗恋。暗恋者的身体语言是显而易见的:50%爱+50%期盼。看到了她的手,想,弧度真漂亮;看到了她的头发,觉得黑得真有光彩;看到她的唇,有了细微的性的欲望。于是就悄悄地喜欢上了她,开始了暗恋的漫漫长旅。显然,暗恋者已经形成了属于他———他那个阶层的独有的习性。他已经不变,至少是很难改变。对他来说,他有他的“上帝”———而不是所爱的那个人———而是考虑他持这种无望的爱究竟到什么程度那只手决定的。...
Ismailiaby Samuel W. BakerContents.Chap.I. IntroductoryII. English PartyIII. The RetreatIV. The Camp at TewfikeeyahV. Exploration of the Old White NileVI. The StartVII. Arrival at GondokoroVIII. Official AnnexationIX. New EnemiesX. Destruction of the Shir DetachmentXI. Spirit of DisaffectionXII. Vessels Return to KhartoumXIII. Moral Results of the HuntXIV. The Advance South...