A Ward of the Golden Gateby Bret HartePROLOGUE.In San Francisco the "rainy season" had been making itself areality to the wondering Eastern immigrant. There were short daysof drifting clouds and flying sunshine, and long succeeding nightsof incessant downpour, when the rain rattled on the thin shinglesor drummed on the resounding zinc of pioneer roofs. The shiftingsand-dunes on the outskirts were beaten motionless and sodden bythe onslaught of consecutive storms; the southeast trades brought.
THE FROZEN DEEPby Wilkie CollinsFirst SceneThe Ball-roomChapter 1.The date is between twenty and thirty years ago. The place is anEnglish sea-port. The time is night. And the business of themoment isdancing.The Mayor and Corporation of the town are giving a grand ball, incelebration of the departure of an Arctic expedition from theirport. The ships of the expedition are two in numberthe_Wanderer_ and the _Sea-mew_. They are to sail (in search of theNorthwest Passage) on the next day, with the m
Modern Customs and Ancient Laws of Russiaby Maxime KovalevskyLecture 6The Origin, Growth, and Abolition of Personal Servitude in RussiaAn account of the origin, growth, and abolition of serfdom inRussia might easily be made to fill volumes, so vast and sovarious are the materials on which the study of it is based. Butfor the purpose now in view, that of bringing before your noticethe general conclusion to which Russian historians and legistshave come as to the social development of their countr
这是作者1951年给一青年记者的废邮,“文革”时被抄走,此为残存部分。信写了四个月,在已发现的沈从文书信中,是写得最慢、最长的一封。同年11月11日,《光明日报》发表《我的学习》,是作者第一个正式发表的检讨,与这信写于同一时期。……手,根本无从下手。特别是许多书都必须放在手边自由调用,无充分经济力可作到,正如过渡者无舟楫桥梁,因掌握不住资料,任何理想通只是空空的,无办法可言!过去以为升官发财不容易,因为必有大本领的人才办得到。至于读书求知识,且一切为人而努力,总还可以希望。现在才明白也不是简单事。能力强则百事左右逢源,无往不自如。不中用,则什么事都办不通。敦煌展两个月,可惜不曾在会场中见到你。摸索四个月,倒是对于中古美术史中一小部门,学了一课,明白了些问题,不广,不深入,但碰着了一些待清理问题。...
El Doradoby Baroness OrczyFOREWORDThere has of late years crept so much confusion into the mind ofthe student as well as of the general reader as to the identity ofthe Scarlet Pimpernel with that of the Gascon Royalist plotterknown to history as the Baron de Batz, that the time seemsopportune for setting all doubts on that subject at rest.The identity of the Scarlet Pimpernel is in no way whateverconnected with that of the Baron de Batz, and even superficial...
The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thitherby Isabella L. Bird (Mrs. Bishop)PREFACEIn presenting to the public the last installment of my travels in theFar East, in 1879, I desire to offer, both to my readers and critics, mygrateful acknowledgments for the kindness with which my letters fromJapan were received, and to ask for an equally kind and lenient estimateof my present volume, which has been prepared for publication under theheavy shadow of the loss of the beloved and only sister to whom th
译序 《怎么办?》的作者尼古拉·加夫里洛维奇·车尔尼雪夫斯基(一八二八一八八九年),是十九世纪中叶俄国的一位杰出的革命家、思想家、革命民主主义的战斗旗帜,一代新人的思想领袖。俄国第一个马克思主义者。普列汉诺夫曾把他比喻为希腊神话中盗天火予人间的英雄,称他为“俄国文学中的普罗米修斯”。 车尔尼雪夫斯基于一八二八年出生在萨拉托夫一个牧师家庭。一八四二年进入萨拉托夫正教中学。一八四六年五月,考入彼得堡大学历史语文系。在大学期间,接近彼特拉舍夫斯基小组的成员,并逐步形成了革命民主主义的观点和空想社会主义的思想。一八五一年,回到萨拉托夫,在中学任语文教员。一八五三年,重返彼得堡,开始为《祖国纪事》杂志撰稿,后又应涅克拉索夫的邀请到《现代人》杂志编辑部工作。在《现代人》杂志上,他发表了一系列重要的著作,如《哲学中的人本主义原理》、《艺术对现实的审美关系》、《俄国文学果戈...
第一部分:寂寞走过童年漫漫的人生长路(图) 1962年6月27日,梁朝伟出生了。从那张满是稚气、天真的孩童脸上,只有那双大大的眼睛多多少少让人联想起如今 那个忧郁、深沉的大男人,可只凭这张天真而幸福的小脸,谁又能预知他漫漫的人生长路呢……(P2) 深巷中,曾有一个梁朝伟梦想中幸福的家,那里有他执着而坚定的梦想,有他童年时最纯真的希望。但是,那里驻足的, 同样也有伤心和失望,当伤心和失望一次次袭来的时候,那颗年少而弱不禁风的心灵缩在自己小小的壳子里,独自悲伤,独 自品尝……(P2) 《英雄》上海发布会上,满面笑容的梁朝伟一扫昔日的深沉和忧郁,用他最具魅力的笑容倾倒了万千的“伟迷”。 可谁又曾想到,这笑脸绽放的绚烂一瞬,竟是诞生在四十载的人生沉浮之上的呢……(P3)...
三国演义 下卷罗贯中第五十回 诸葛亮智算华容 关云长义释曹操却说当夜张辽一箭射黄盖下水,救得曹操登岸,寻着马匹走时,军已大乱。韩当冒烟突火来攻水寨,忽听得士卒报道:"后梢舵上一人,高叫将军表字。"韩当细听,但闻高叫"义公救我?"当曰:"此黄公覆也!"急教救起。见黄盖负箭着伤,咬出箭杆,箭头陷在肉内。韩当急为脱去湿衣,用刀剜出箭头,扯旗束之,脱自己战袍与黄盖穿了,先令别船送回大寨医治。原来黄盖深知水性,故大寒之时,和甲堕江,也逃得性命。却说当日满江火滚,喊声震地。左边是韩当、蒋钦两军从赤壁西边杀来;右边是周泰、陈武两军从赤壁东边杀来;正中是周瑜、程普、徐盛、丁奉大队船只都到。火须兵应,兵仗火威。此正是:三江水战,赤壁鏖兵。曹军着枪中箭、火焚水溺者,不计其数。后人有诗曰:"魏吴争斗决雌雄,赤壁楼船一扫空。烈火初张照云海,周郎曾此破曹公。"又有一绝云:"山高月小水茫茫,追叹前朝...