The Second Funeral of Napoleonby William Makepeace Thackeray"by Michael Angelo Titmarch."I. On the Disinterment of Napoleon at St. HelenaII. On the Voyage from St. Helena to ParisIII. On the Funeral CeremonyI.ON THE DISINTERMENT OF NAPOLEON AT ST. HELENA.MY DEAR ,It is no easy task in this world to distinguishbetween what is great in it, and what is mean; and many and many isthe puzzle that I have had in reading History (or the works of...
The Professor at the Breakfast Tableby Oliver Wendell HolmesPREFACE TO REVISED EDITION.The reader of to-day will not forget, I trust, that it is nearly aquarter of a century since these papers were written. Statementswhich were true then are not necessarily true now. Thus, the speedof the trotting horse has been so much developed that the record ofthe year when the fastest time to that date was given must be veryconsiderably altered, as may be seen by referring to a note on page...
序言落入凡间的银幕天使(2)(图) 在法国被誉为“男人永远的至爱”的苏菲·玛索,她精致的面孔有着一抹独特的东方气质,妖娆中带着几分清纯。这位法国最漂亮的女人,兼有西方人的性感、东方人的神秘,浑身散发出让人无法抵御的魅力,不愧为世界第一流的璀璨明星。她妩媚,美丽,有个性,她所演绎的每一个角色都使人强烈地感受到醉人的魅力和刻骨铭心的震撼力。她天天制造着自己的神话,前途坦荡,正如她自己所说:“我更渴望前进和变化,对我来说,明天更重要。”我们会在那格言式的诉说中寻求安慰,也会在她那些即兴而又精彩纷呈的句子里感受美妙的细节。 面对苏菲·玛索的滔滔不绝,我们不可能无动于衷,她告诉我们,一个人怎样去爱,怎样去相爱,怎样去把散乱的生活过得更为完整,怎样去面对激情破灭时的困惑与彷徨。她不奢望任何人给予她物质上的实惠,只需要在被爱的一刻,有一种朝圣与皈依的圆满结局。 在将电影当作...
Adventure VThe Musgrave RitualAn anomaly which often struck me in the character ofmy friend Sherlock Holmes was that, although in hismethods of thought he was the neatest and mostmethodical of mankind, and although also he affected acertain quiet primness of dress, he was none the lessin his personal habits one of the most untidy men thatever drove a fellow-lodger to distraction. Not that Iam in the least conventional in that respect myself....
The Little DreamAn Allegory in six scenesBY JOHN GALSWORTHYCHARACTERSSEELCHEN, a mountain girlLAMOND, a climberFELSMAN, a glideCHARACTERS IN THE DREAMTHE GREAT HORN |THE COW HORN | mountainsTHE WINE HORN |THE EDELWEISS |THE ALPENROSE | flowersTHE GENTIAN |THE MOUNTAIN DANDELION |VOICES AND FIGURES IN THE DREAMCOWBELLS...
Alexandria and her Schoolsby Charles KingsleyPREFACEI should not have presumed to choose for any lectures of mine such a subject as that which I have tried to treat in this book. The subject was chosen by the Institution where the lectures were delivered. Still less should I have presumed to print them of my own accord, knowing how fragmentary and crude they are. They were printed at the special request of my audience. Least of all, perhaps, ought I to have presumed to publish them, as I ha
长期以来,外交一直被蒙上一层神秘色彩。一方面是因为在许多人的心目中,外交是国家大事,高不可攀,不敢问津。另一方面,外交部门也因外交无小事,总是有意无意之中将外交神秘化。但随着经济社会的发展,伴随着中国国际地位的提高,这一做法的弊端逐渐显露出来。由于缺乏了解和沟通,国内公众在一些涉及民族感情的问题的处理上,对中国在一些重大国际事件的态度等问题上对我外交政策产生了一些误解,甚至不满。为了改变这一状况,外交部加强了公众外交方面的工作,希望在逐渐撩起中国外交神秘面纱的同时,争取通过外交部与公众之间的互动,来加强与公众的联系,树立外交部亲和形象,提高公众对我外交工作的认识和理解,为我外交工作的顺利开展争取更广泛的民意支持。...
文/焦 桐《伤心咖啡店之歌》以自由为主题,铺排情节,通过人物性格和发生在他们身上的事件,展开一场又一场的哲学思辨,追寻生命自由的奥义。相对于《伤心咖啡店之歌》,朱少麟的《燕子》有更精湛的演出。无论就意蕴(significance),隐喻性关联(metaphoricalcoher-ence),主题统一(thematicunity)等法则来观察,朱少麟充分具备卡勒(JonathanCuller)所谓的传统文学能力(literarycompetence),这种能力,促进读者对文本的传统式理解。《燕子》表达的是关于自由解放了的年轻心灵,面对生命中无可避免的缺憾。这样有兴味的叙述,我们随便就可辨识某些修辞手段、美学特征,进一步让这些特征产生关联,证明文本的统一性和完整性。...
话说宋江大军灭了江南方腊,普天同庆之时,燕青在一个月圆之夜,弃加官进爵之锦绣前程于不顾,在杭州不辞而别,漫漫黑夜里一个人遁去了。次日清晨,大军准备班师回朝,去东京受天子册封。燕青手下军士慌慌张张跑来,告知宋公明,燕青头领昨夜在军中留下一无皮书信,上面只写了“告辞”二字。说毕将书信呈给了宋江。宋江大惑不解,闷闷不乐去找卢俊义问个究竟。燕青从小跟着卢俊义,卢俊义不会不知道个中缘由。卢俊义听得说,欲言又止,被宋江一再催问,终于如实相告道:“燕小乙昨夜三更天来了一趟,说是被一怪梦惊醒,梦很荒诞,道是我卢俊义来年八月份将有血光之灾,劝我和他纳还原受官诰,此去隐姓埋名,寻个僻静之处,以终天年。我卢俊义为人堂堂正正,不信鬼神,一心要报效朝廷,自是没听他的。他见劝不动我,就说不给你公明哥哥告别了,怕你重情义不肯放他,月夜里走了。临走丢下句话来,说明年七八月份他燕小乙必来保我于左...
A PERSONAL RECORDBY JOSEPH CONRADA FAMILIAR PREFACEAs a general rule we do not want much encouragement to talk aboutourselves; yet this little book is the result of a friendlysuggestion, and even of a little friendly pressure. I defendedmyself with some spirit; but, with characteristic tenacity, thefriendly voice insisted, "You know, you really must."...
回忆起自己的童年来,眼前没有红,没有绿,是一片灰黄。七十多年前的中国,刚刚推翻了清代的统治,神州大地,一片混乱,一片黑暗。我最早的关于政治的回忆,就是“朝廷”二字。当时的乡下人管当皇帝叫坐朝廷,于是“朝廷’’二字就成了皇帝的别名。我总以为朝廷这种东西似乎不是人,而是有极大权力的玩意儿。乡下人一提到它,好像都肃然起敬。我当然更是如此。总之,当时皇威犹在,旧习未除,是大清帝国的继续,毫无万象更新之象。我就是在这新旧交替的时刻,于1911年8月6日,生于山东省清平县(现改临清市)的一个小村庄——官庄。当时全中国的经济形势是南方富而山东(也包括北方其它省份)穷。专就山东论,是东部富而西部穷。我们县在山东西部又是最穷的县,我们村在穷县中是最穷的村,而我们家在全村中又是最穷的家。...