Letters to His Son, 1749by The Earl of ChesterfieldLETTERS TO HIS SONBy the EARL OF CHESTERFIELDon the Fine Art of becoming aMAN OF THE WORLDand aGENTLEMANLETTER LXIILONDON, January 10, O. S. 1749.DEAR BOY: I have received your letter of the 31st December, N. S. Your thanks for my present, as you call it, exceed the value of the present; but the use, which you assure me that you will make of it, is the thanks which I desire to receive. Due attention to the inside of books, and due contempt f
杭小华大学毕业以后就结婚了,妻子是他的同班同学。当年的周玫几乎是所有的男生追逐的对象,杭小华经过一番努力终于得手,这大概要归功于他那漂亮的舞姿。当年,会跳舞的男生本就不多,舞姿潇洒的就更加难得了。杭小华以跳舞为名接近周玫,终于如愿以偿。这些自然是陈年往事了。如今他们的女儿已经上小学二年级了,杭小华和周玫的婚姻生活也已经有十个年头了。时间证明杭小华是一个合格的丈夫,而周玫是称职的妻子,他俩都十分热衷于家庭生活。另外,时间也自有它的妙用,就是使周玫不可遏止地变老了。杭小华却随着年岁的增长,越来越具有风度,这从那些刚刚分配来他们单位的女大学生的眼神中即能看出。说杭小华是合格称职的丈夫包括他顶住了种种来自年轻女性的诱惑,一如既往地爱着他的家庭、周玫和女儿。杭小华对一妻一妾的流行风尚十分反感。当然,这并不是说他作为男人已心若止水,完全丧失了某种必要的虚荣。虽然杭小华仍然爱...
广州市花都区秀全中学 毕艳梅 陈照麟那人:“此想必是白妞了罢?”其一人道:“不是。这人叫黑妞,是 白妞的妹子。他的调门儿都是白妞教的,若比白妞,还不晓得差多远呢!他的好处人说得出,白妞的好处人说不出。他的好处人学得到,白妞的好处人学不到。你想,这几年来,好顽耍的谁不学他们的调儿呢?只是顶多有一两句到黑妞的地步,若白妞的好处,从没有一个人能及他十分里的一分的。” (刘鹗《明湖居听书》节选)这一段写的是黑妞,作者把黑妞的演唱写到叹为观止的地步,好象已词尽意穷,无可复加。然后结合观众的评论,说明:“他的调门都是白妞教的”;“他的好处人说得出,白妞的好处人说不出”;“他的好处人学得到,白妞的好处人学不到”,这样的描写,使文章绝处逢生,也自然地引出本文主角白妞,为文章的重点内容——白妞演唱技巧的绝妙——作了很好的铺垫,使读者对白妞的演唱产生强烈的兴趣。...
上一页 目录页 下一页 南方周末 2004-08-12 14:55:46 □本报记者 徐楠 ■“选举”仅仅是民主政治的第一步,如果没有分权和制衡机制,民选出来的掌权者依然可以不对选民负责。17号文件的颁布意味着中国的基层民主从选举建设进入到分权制衡建设的新阶段。 “第三驾马车” 2004年6月18日,“第三驾马车”出现在浙江省武义县后陈村。在这个中国村庄的权力结构中,在党支部和村委会之外,一个叫作“村务监督委员会”的机构正式诞生。 44岁的张舍南被选为监委会主任,他花了星期六一个上午的时间,与两委班子有关人员到砂石场,确定村里雇的私人铲车拉一车细砂和石子需付多少钱;他跟着村里做基建工程的人一起去买建材,“哪种便宜买哪种,监委会说了算”,基建工地每次验收他必须到场;每个月村里的所有发票都要过他的手。...
Memoir of the Proposed Territory of Arizonaby Sylvester Mowry"The NEW TERRITORY of ARIZONA, better known as the GADSDENPURCHASE, lies between the thirty-first and thirty-thirdparallels of latitude, and is bounded on the north by the GilaRiver, which separates it from the territory of New Mexico; onthe east by the Rio Bravo del Norte, (Rio Grande), whichseparates it from Texas; on the south by Chihuahua and Sonora,Mexican provinces; and on the west by the Colorado River of the...
THE YOUNG KING[TO MARGARET LADY BROOKE - THE RANEE OF SARAWAK]It was the night before the day fixed for his coronation, and theyoung King was sitting alone in his beautiful chamber. Hiscourtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads tothe ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and hadretired to the Great Hall of the Palace, to receive a few lastlessons from the Professor of Etiquette; there being some of themwho had still quite natural manners, which in a courtie
The Marriage Contractby Honore de BalzacTranslated by Katharine Prescott WormeleyDEDICATIONTo Rossini.THE MARRIAGE CONTRACTCHAPTER IPRO AND CONMonsieur de Manerville, the father, was a worthy Norman gentleman,well known to the Marechael de Richelieu, who married him to one ofthe richest heiresses of Bordeaux in the days when the old dukereigned in Guienne as governor. The Norman then sold the estate he...
Personal Memoirs of P.H.Sheridan V2 of 2by Philip Henry SheridanVOLUME II.CHAPTER I.ORGANIZING SCOUTSMISS REBECCA WRIGHTIMPORTANT INFORMATIONDECIDETO MOVE ON NEWTOWNMEETING GENERAL GRANTORGANIZATION OF THE UNIONARMYOPENING OF THE BATTLE OF THE OPEQUONDEATH OF GENERAL RUSSELL--A TURNING MOVEMENTA SUCCESSFUL CAVALRY CHARGEVICTORYTHREELOYAL GIRLSAPPOINTED A BRIGADIER-GENERAL IN THE REGULAR ARMYREMARKS ON THE BATTLE....
《天池传说》作者:紫朱砂[正文:第一章 横空出世]在古老的长白山区,流传着一个美丽的传说,那是一段跨越三界的情缘,一段可歌可泣的爱情……在长白山天池池底,孕育着七颗宝珠,名为仙玥神珠。它们吸取天地之灵气,享日月之精华,内含无尽的能量与灵力,被视为仙家瑰宝。仙玥神珠每五千年成体,每五千年被送到天庭供给玉皇大帝、王母娘娘、如来佛祖、观音大士等众仙家享用。又是一个五千年,采珠仙子奉命驾云来到天池采珠。她单手一挥,顿时内池内五光升腾,七颗仙玥神珠依次被一股巨气托出,再一一被收入采珠仙子的篮子里。除了一颗月白色的神珠外,其余六颗各个晶莹剔透、光润动人。这颗月白色的神珠没有光泽,是个尚未成熟的神珠。仙界有规定,如果池底的神珠有尚未成熟者,可继续留在池底孕育知道成熟。这颗神珠居于其他六颗神珠之下,灵气精华逊于一筹,因此它虽在池底生长了五千年,但实际内力不过三千年。这颗神珠讨厌呆...
《黄花赋》作品相关 自序及书中精彩片段自序及书中精彩片段文/陕西石之轩一.从清末中日甲午之战后,中国的先知先觉者开始行动起来了,试图用各种方法来挽救这个古老的帝国免于沉亡。与此同时,知识分子在思想上刮起了一股旋风,西洋、东洋的维新思想、民主自由思想,共和理论,社会主义理论,无政府理论等等,这些人文思想的纷纷登陆和传播,将中国的知识分子及热血青年迅速的卷入了时代的浪潮里,从此时直到1949年,中国大地上思想的探索,主义的争斗,独裁与民主,争霸与统一,抗日的烽火,内战的硝烟,纷扰繁复、持续不断。在约半个多世纪的时空里,神州大地被迫经历一次次血与火的洗礼,血染南国,血污中原,血洒在太行与华北平原。...
The Soul of the Indianby Charles A. EastmanAn InterpretationBYCHARLES ALEXANDER EASTMAN(OHIYESA)TO MY WIFEELAINE GOODALE EASTMANIN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF HEREVER-INSPIRING COMPANIONSHIPIN THOUGHT AND WORKAND IN LOVE OF HER MOSTINDIAN-LIKE VIRTUESI DEDICATE THIS BOOKI speak for each no-tongued treeThat, spring by spring, doth nobler be,And dumbly and most wistfullyHis mighty prayerful arms outspreads,...