The Autobiography of a QuackS. Weir Mitchell, MD, LLDTHE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A QUACKANDTHE CASE OF GEORGE DEDLOWBYS. WEIR MITCHELL, M.D.,LL.D. HARVARD AND EDINBURGHCONTENTSTHE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A QUACKTHE CASE OF GEORGE DEDLOWINTRODUCTIONBoth of the tales in this little volume appeared originally in the ``Atlantic Monthly' as anonymous contributions. I owe to the present owners of that journal permission to use them. ``The Autobiography of a Quack ' has been recast with large additions....
Chronicles of the Canongateby Sir Walter ScottCONTENTS.Introduction to Chronicles of the Canongate. Appendix to IntroductionThe Theatrical Fund Dinner. IntroductoryMr. Chrystal Croftangry. The Highland Widow. The Two Drovers. Notes.INTRODUCTION TO CHRONICLES OF THE CANONGATE.The preceding volume of this Collection concluded the last of the pieces originally published under the NOMINIS UMBRA of The Author of Waverley; and the circumstances which rendered it impossible for the writer to
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The Wood Beyond the Worldby William MorrisCHAPTER I: OF GOLDEN WALTER AND HIS FATHERAwhile ago there was a young man dwelling in a great and goodly cityby the sea which had to name Langton on Holm. He was but of fiveand twenty winters, a fair-faced man, yellow-haired, tall andstrong; rather wiser than foolisher than young men are mostly wont;a valiant youth, and a kind; not of many words but courteous ofspeech; no roisterer, nought masterful, but peaceable and knowing...
第一部分:菩提本无树菩提本无树(图) 一阵风雨,一些杨树的枝叶被折断下来。我捡起一枝,用清水洗去了沾染它的泥污,那一种天然的芳香,便透过我的意念之窗,直达内心。那一片片绿叶,显示了心的形状。这举在手上、近在眼前的美丽,让我感受到一种既高贵又平凡的宁静和喜悦。我找出一只净瓶,注满了清水,将它供在案头。 有朋友西西居士来访。进了屋,便目不转睛地被那枝绿叶吸引了过去。他看了半天,问:“这是菩提树叶吧?”还没等我开口回答,便又急急地问:“这菩提树叶,是从哪里请来的?”看得出他心中的惊喜、疑惑和向往。我知道,只要我回答一个字或是点一下头,他便会马上顶礼膜拜下去。我向他笑了笑,用手指了指窗外。 窗外是一大块刚被雨水洗过的天空,蓝蓝的有几朵浮云。在浮云之下,是几棵中国白杨树。这是北方极为普通的一种树木。在乡村,在城市,在山丘,在池塘河流边,到处生长着。也许正因为它的无处不...
Four Arthurian Romances by Chretien DeTroyesINTRODUCTIONChretien De Troyes has had the peculiar fortune of becoming the best known of the old French poets to students of mediaeval literature, and of remaining practically unknown to any one else. The acquaintance of students with the work of Chretien has been made possible in academic circles by the admirable critical editions of his romances undertaken and carried to completion during the past thirty years by Professor Wendelin Foerster of Bonn
The Chateau of Prince Polignacby Anthony TrollopeFew Englishmen or Englishwomen are intimately acquainted with thelittle town of Le Puy. It is the capital of the old province of LeVelay, which also is now but little known, even to French ears, forit is in these days called by the imperial name of the Department ofthe Haute Loire. It is to the south-east of Auvergne, and is nearlyin the centre of the southern half of France.But few towns, merely as towns, can be better worth visiting. In...
--《新中华之抗日铁军》作品相关 作品说明本故事发生于X维空间之地球。公元2011年9月18日,中华共和国解放军军事科学院代表团在访美后乘飞机前往俄罗斯,途经百慕大黑三角时遇上时空虫洞,军事科学院战史部29岁的副教授蒋云翔昏迷后醒来,发现自己的记忆已复制到70年前、即1931年9月18日躺在苏联莫斯科克里姆林医院的一名病人脑海中。该病人即中国北伐铁军名将蒋先云,按其在蒋云翔副教授所在的时空已于1927年在河南临颍的作战中牺牲,但在此X维空间却只是脑部受了重伤,丧失全部记忆成为植物人,已在莫斯科的医院躺了四年。蒋云翔副教授明了情况后,决心利用蒋先云的身身份和自己21世纪的知识和智慧,在此空间完成自己时空中蒋先云烈士的未竟事业。...
The Ninth Vibration, et. al.by L. Adams BeckCONTENTSTHE NINTH VIBRATIONTHE INTERPRETERA ROMANCE OF THE EASTTHE INCOMPARABLE LADYA STORY OF CHINA WITH A MORALTHE HATRED OF THE QUEENA STORY OF BURMAFIRE OF BEAUTYTHE BUILDING OF THE TAJ MAHAL"HOW GREAT IS THE GLORY OF KWANNON!""THE ROUND-FACED BEAUTY"THE NINTH VIBRATIONThere is a place uplifted nine thousand feet in purest air where one of the most ancient tracks in the world runs from India into Tibet. It leaves Simla of the Imperial councils by
The Book of Snobsby William Makepeace ThackerayTHE BOOK OF SNOBSBY ONE OF THEMSELVESPREFATORY REMARKS(The necessity of a work on Snobs, demonstrated fromHistory, and proved by felicitous illustrations: I amthe individual destined to write that workMy vocationis announced in terms of great eloquenceI show that theworld has been gradually preparing itself for the WORKand the MANSnobs are to be studied like other objects...
The Old Bachelorby William CongreveQuem tulit ad scenam ventoso Gloria curru, Exanimat lentus spectator; sedulus inflat: Sic leve, sic parvum est, animum quod laudis avarum Subruit, and reficit.HORAT. Epist. I. lib. ii.To the Right Honourable Charles, Lord Clifford of Lanesborough, etc.My Lord,It is with a great deal of pleasure that I lay hold on this first occasion which the accidents of my life have given me of writing to your lordship: for since at the same time I write to all the world,