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
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...
Reprinted Piecesby Charles DickensTHE LONG VOYAGEWHEN the wind is blowing and the sleet or rain is driving againstthe dark windows, I love to sit by the fire, thinking of what Ihave read in books of voyage and travel. Such books have had astrong fascination for my mind from my earliest childhood; and Iwonder it should have come to pass that I never have been round theworld, never have been shipwrecked, ice-environed, tomahawked, or...
My Discovery of Englandby Leacock, StephenIntroduction of Mr. Stephen Leacock Given by Sir Owen Seaman on the Occasion of His First Lecture in LondonLADIES AND GENTLEMEN: It is usual on these occasions for the chairman to begin something like this: "The lecturer, I am sure, needs no introduction from me." And indeed, when I have been the lecturer and somebody else has been the chairman, I have more than once suspected myself of being the better man of the two. Of course I hope I should always
第一部分 第1节:自序芙蓉树下的礼物自序芙蓉树下的礼物小时候外婆院子里的芙蓉树,一直在记忆里陪伴温暖着我成长的岁月,那一树粉色的花朵如云霞般在弄堂的深处绽放,是迷人的风景,也是无尽的希望。蓦然回首,当年那个二十岁的自己依旧站在那里,洋溢着青春的笑颜,美好纯洁得不带一丝阴郁。一别经年,在现实社会里生活奔波,常常会有很多的困惑。人情凉薄得让心灵结冰,你不得不一点点暖过;爱情脆弱得让人失落,你不得不一遍遍来过;人性阴暗得让爱退缩到了角落,你不得不一次次挺过。生活越来越像一场假面舞会,盛大又冷漠,华丽又污浊,热情又虚伪。有多少人可以只爱它的盛大、华丽和热情,摒弃它的冷漠、污浊和虚伪?我们想脱俗却又纯粹不了,我们想呐喊却又张不开喉咙,我们想改变却又迈不开第一步。于是,痛苦遮去了阳光,眼泪淹没了希望,迷途的人很多很多。...
The Fatal Bootsby William Makepeace ThackerayJanuary.The Birth of the YearFebruary.Cutting WeatherMarch.ShoweryApril.FoolingMay.Restoration DayJune.Marrowbones and CleaversJuly.Summary ProceedingsAugust.Dogs have their DaysSeptember.Plucking a GooseOctober.Mars and Venus in OppositionNovember.A General Post DeliveryDecember."The Winter of Our Discontent"THE FATAL BOOTS...