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...
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
它往往在眼前刚一闪现,就会掠住一个人的魂魄 传说它是生于南海的一种动物,又有风声兽之称。它形如狐狸但小于狐狸,浑身上下长着绚烂的斑纹。因为速度奇快,人们甚至很难目睹它的真容。它往往在眼前刚一闪现,就会掠住一个人的魂魄,大凡魂魄被它俘获的人会变得蔑视道德、伶牙利齿、风趣幽默、没有诚信,在女性眼里颇有魅力。 历史上有许多道德之士对这种鬼怪深恶痛绝而力图将它捕杀,但由于难以确定它们的真实面孔,而且追赶不上风的脚步,所以始终不能得逞。据民间消息称,宋代的大儒朱熹曾用一张坚韧的密网将其捕获,找来刽子手用大刀砍杀之,却怎么也砍不死;又用铁杵猛砸其头顶,最后风精被砸得奄奄一息。大家都以为它要死了,刽子手也累得瘫倒在地。可是当一阵大风吹来,这个怪物吸上几口风后,竟又奇迹般地活了过来。最后,朱熹从一本秘不可传的典籍中查出了一种名叫菖蒲的植物可以制服这种怪物,于是让刽子...
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……...
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....
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...
作者2004年12月于北京第一部分第1节 创业当老板,先掂分量权力与金钱,是人类历史上两个永恒的话题。圣贤如孔子,在学有所成之后,不也驾着马车,周游列国,一心想谋个一官半职吗?但是,孔老夫子说,当官要有"命",那么做老板呢?也许不必有"命",但一定要有素质。在我们对北京海淀区的一所小学做的一个随机调查显示,长大后想当老板与想当官、想成为科学家、教师、工程师、解放军的学生几乎是一半对一半;换了同一地区的一所中学做调查,结果将来想当老板与想做官的学生一样多,而想成为科学家、教师、工程师的学生则寥寥无几,想成为解放军、打工者的学生几乎没有。想当老板的学生如此之多,而成为老板的途径却极为有限。目前来看,成为老板的有效途径不过3条,第一,传承。像周海江之于周耀庭、鲁伟鼎之于鲁冠球、徐永安之于徐文荣、梁昭贤之于梁庆德、茅忠群之于茅理翔,这是儿子接老子的班,儿子接替老子当老板;第二,先加入...
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...
Daisy Millerby Henry JamesIN TWO PARTSPART IAt the little town of Vevey, in Switzerland, there is aparticularly comfortable hotel. There are, indeed, many hotels,for the entertainment of tourists is the business of the place,which, as many travelers will remember, is seated upon the edgeof a remarkably blue lakea lake that it behooves every touristto visit. The shore of the lake presents an unbroken array...
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