"Speaking of Operations"by Irvin S. CobbRespectfully dedicated to two classes:Those who have already been operated onThose who have not yet been operated onNow that the last belated bill for services professionally renderedhas been properly paid and properly receipted; now that the memoryof the event, like the mark of the stitches, has faded out from avivid red to a becoming pink shade; now that I pass a display ofadhesive tape in a drug-store window without flinchingI sit me...
A UNITARIAN CREED_To Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse__Monticello, June 26, 1822_DEAR SIR, I have received and read with thankfulness andpleasure your denunciation of the abuses of tobacco and wine. Yet,however sound in its principles, I expect it will be but a sermon tothe wind. You will find it as difficult to inculcate these sanativeprecepts on the sensualities of the present day, as to convince anAthanasian that there is but one God. I wish success to both...
Two Short PiecesTwo Short PiecesCharlotte Bronte1- Page 2-Two Short PiecesBIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE OFELLIS AND ACTON BELLIT has been thought that all the works published under the names ofCurrer, Ellis, and Acton Bell were, in reality, the production of one person.This mistake I endeavoured to rectify by a few words of disclaimer...
天堂,是真实或虚构的?是梦幻或现实的?是失落在我们身后,或者仍在前方诱惑着我们?维京人希望死后在温暖的天堂醒来,手中仍握着剑,而天堂里充满阳光和美丽的少女。阿拉伯人期盼一个凉爽的天堂,有许多凉荫和一条酒河。直到现在,基督徒所谓的天堂,还是指轻轻地飘浮在云端,置身于天使之间———由于后来找不到想像中的天使,于是某些人便把信仰转移到当代科技,梦想着未来的天堂在外层空间的人造金属平台上,而且有机器人做伴。《圣经》里的天堂,是指我们所在的这个星球上某一个热带花园,园中满是植物和动物,随时可以哺育及滋养新生的人类。那是人类曾经遗弃和失落的地方。百万年前天堂的景象,曾被希伯来人(Hebrew)用文字记录下来,而随着他们向外移民,天堂的印象也逐渐由美索不达米亚(Mesopotamia)最古老的文明中被带出来。那是人类历史上最古老的有关天堂的记录。自从人类开始构建文明,先是犹太人,接着是基督徒和...
"UNLEARNED VIEWS OF MEDICINE"_To Dr. Caspar Wistar__Washington, June 21, 1807_DEAR SIR, I have a grandson, the son of Mr. Randolph, nowabout 15 years of age, in whose education I take a lively interest.His time has not hitherto been employed to the greatest advantage, afrequent change of tutors having prevented the steady pursuit of anyone plan. Whether he possesses that lively imagination, usuallycalled genius, I have not had opportunities of knowing. But I think...
《接骨师之女》的主题仍然跟谭恩美前三部长篇一样,围绕着华裔移民母女两代人的矛盾与和解展开。研究者可能会对她笔下的华裔移民在美国的经历和心路历程更感兴趣,但当代都市读者,不论身处何地,任何种族,一定会觉得她对于母女关系的描写丝丝入扣,真切动人,为人儿女,为人父母,都能对她的角色有深深的认同感。 第二部分变为第一人称,由茹灵来叙述自己早年的生活。这一部是母亲失忆前写的一本回忆录,希望女儿了解母亲身世的真相。这个部分围绕北京郊区一个制墨世家的兴衰,北京人骨的发掘,与一位接骨大夫的女儿,即茹灵生身母亲的惨烈遭遇,讲述茹灵姐妹如何于国仇家难之中幸存下来,在美国人办的孤儿院得以栖身,又如何先后抛下过去的种种伤痛,最终来到美国的坎坷经历。作为中国读者,可能会挑剔作者对于中国历史的了解不完全准确,但这一段里面展现的人物故事,仍然细腻生动,曲折丰富。...
Is Shakespeare Dead?by Mark TwainFROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHYCHAPTER IScattered here and there through the stacks of unpublished manuscript which constitute this formidable Autobiography and Diary of mine, certain chapters will in some distant future be found which deal with "Claimants"claimants historically notorious: Satan, Claimant; the Golden Calf, Claimant; the Veiled Prophet of Khorassan, Claimant; Louis XVII., Claimant; William Shakespeare, Claimant; Arthur Orton, Claimant; Mary Baker G. Eddy,
RECOLLECTIONS OF THE PRIVATE LIFE OF NAPOLEON, V11BY CONSTANTPREMIER VALET DE CHAMBRETRANSLATED BY WALTER CLARK1895CONTENTS:CHAPTER XV. to CHAPTER XXIII.CHAPTER XV.During the second day of the battle of Dresden, at the end of which theEmperor had the attack of fever I mentioned in the preceding chapter, theKing of Naples, or rather Marshal Murat, performed prodigies of valor.Much has been said of this truly extraordinary prince; but only those who...